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China, Africa ready to deepen cooperation in water conservancy: spokeswoman

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China, Africa ready to deepen cooperation in water conservancy: spokeswoman
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China, Africa ready to deepen cooperation in water conservancy: spokeswoman

2024-09-06 17:29 Last Updated At:19:37

China will continue to promote the sustainable use of global water resources with all parties, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a press briefing in Beijing on Friday.

Four ancient Chinese irrigation sites, including the Karez Wells in Turpan of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, the Huizhou Weirs in east China's Anhui Province and the Wuyuan Weirs in east China's Jiangxi Province (joint application), the Fengyan Terraces in Hanyin County of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, and the Jufeng Weirs in Xiushan County of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, were honored on Tuesday as World Heritage Irrigation Structures.

Mao extended congratulation on this.

"China has a long tradition of water management. Dujiangyan Irrigation system, Karez wells and Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal are all well-known water conservancy projects. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC), China's water conservancy construction has achieved fruitful results, providing a strong guarantee for economic and social development and the people's peaceful and happy life. It also offered valuable experience for the world to cope with the shared issue on water,"said Mao.

Mao said water cooperation is a crucial part of China-Africa cooperation and China will continue to promote cooperation with all parties.

"Over the past few days, people have been following closely the Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing. Water cooperation is also an important part of China-Africa cooperation. As the impacts of climate change intensify, many African countries are looking to improve their capacity for water use, management and governance. China and African countries continue to deepen cooperation in water conservancy and actively share successful experience and mature technologies through capacity building, joint research and project cooperation," said the spokeswoman.

"Chinese enterprises have carried out many landmark projects and 'small and beautiful' projects in the fields of water supply, flood control, irrigation and hydropower station construction in Africa, providing 'Chinese solutions' for African countries to achieve comprehensive water resources management and sustainable use. In the future, we will continue to work with all parties, including African countries, to strengthen international cooperation and promote the sustainable use of global water resources,"she said.

China, Africa ready to deepen cooperation in water conservancy: spokeswoman

China, Africa ready to deepen cooperation in water conservancy: spokeswoman

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People across China make preparations to welcome Spring Festival

2025-01-21 06:41 Last Updated At:07:17

A festive atmosphere is building up as people across China have been making preparations to ring in the Spring Festival next week, with lights and decorations set everywhere, and with New Year goods markets all seeing booming sales.

The Spring Festival, which marks the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year, is the most important annual holiday in China, when people across the country return to their hometowns for Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations and family reunion. 

In Xi'an City of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, a grand lantern show is in its final stage of preparation before opening to the public ahead of the eve of the 2025 Chinese Lunar New Year. To be lit up on Wednesday, the large light sets presented at the event will draw numerous visitors, with lanterns that replicate 38 cultural relics as the highlight.

Buying New Year flowers has been a custom for Chinese people. In Yancheng City of east China's Jiangsu Province, various flowers which have auspicious meanings are already in high demand.

This year, tulips bred locally have been put on sale, and quickly become a favorable choice for many customers.  

"I have never seen this kind of flower before. I think it is really bright-colored. Therefore, I decided to buy some to enhance the festive atmosphere at home," said Zhang Jinjian, a local resident.

The Anchang ancient town in Shaoxing City of east China's Zhejiang Province has a time-honored custom of making aired sausages and spiced duck.

As the Spring Festival draws near, plenty of visitors and tourists choose to purchase these local delicacies as ingredients for their Chinese New Year feast.

"The number of tourists has been increasing, so the sales of our spiced meat have been quite good. Compared with the same period of last year, our sales is expected to increase by about 50,000 yuan (about 6,835 U.S. dollars). We will earn an additional 200,000 to 300,000 yuan (27,335 to 41,000 U.S. dollars) in sales during this whole winter," said Yang Jing, owner of a local spiced meat shop.

In southwest China's Yunnan Province, the "Tiaocai dance" is a time-honored tradition of the Yi ethnic minority group. The dance is presented in the form of serving dishes while dancing to the rhythm. It usually happens on a joyous or grand occasion.

Since the most significant annual festival is around the corner, Yi people have dressed up in traditional costumes, and got ready to welcome the arrival of the Chinese Lunar New Year with the special dance.  

People across China make preparations to welcome Spring Festival

People across China make preparations to welcome Spring Festival

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