China supports all efforts conducive to the political settlement of the Ukraine crisis, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said at a press briefing in Beijing on Friday.
She made the statement in response to a question about the crisis and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.
"The relationship between Russia and the United States is a matter of their own as two sovereign states. As for the Ukraine crisis, China's position is consistent. We support all efforts conducive to the political settlement of the crisis," Mao said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that he is ready to hold discussions with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and congratulated Trump on winning the U.S. presidential election.
China supports all efforts helping political settlement of Ukraine crisis
China supports all efforts helping political settlement of Ukraine crisis
In the first two months of 2025, China's software and information technology services industry maintained the momentum of sound development, with business revenue growing steadily, data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology showed on Wednesday.
In the January-February period, the software business revenue reached 1.8965 trillion yuan (about 259.25 billion U.S. dollars), an increase of 9.9 percent year on year. The total profit of the software industry was 232.8 billion yuan (about 31.82 billion U.S. dollars), up 10.7 percent year on year.
Specifically, in the first two months of this year, the country's software product revenue reached 425.3 billion yuan (about 58.14 billion U.S. dollars), an 8.3 percent increase compared to the same period last year.
Information technology service revenue continued to achieve double-digit growth, totaling 1.2585 trillion yuan (about 172.04 billion U.S. dollars), up 10.3 percent year on year. Notably, cloud computing and big data services generated a combined revenue of 237.6 billion yuan (about 32.48 billion U.S. dollars), up 8.8 percent year on year.
China's software business revenue up 9.9 pct in first two months
