China launches modified ZQ-2 carrier rocket

China on Wednesday successfully launched the modified ZQ-2 Y-1 carrier rocket into space from a commercial space innovation pilot zone in northwest China.

The carrier rocket blasted off at 10:00 (Beijing Time) and sent two test satellites into planned orbits.

This mission marks the fourth flight of the ZQ-2 carrier rocket.

Chinese President Xi Jinping extended congratulations to a UN meeting held on Tuesday to commemorate the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.

Xi noted that the question of Palestine is the core of the conflict in the Middle East and concerns international fairness and justice.

Xi said that the pressing task for the Palestinian question is to comprehensively and effectively implement the relevant UN Security Council resolutions to end the war as soon as possible and de-escalate tensions in the region.

The fundamental way out is to implement the two-state solution and promote the political settlement of the Palestinian question, so as to establish an independent State of Palestine that enjoys full sovereignty based on the 1967 border with East Jerusalem as its capital, and realize Palestinian people's right to survival, statehood and return, Xi said.

Xi said that China has always been a staunch supporter of the just cause of the Palestinian people to restore their legitimate national rights, and has always supported all Palestinian factions to strengthen unity, implement the Beijing declaration on ending division and strengthening Palestinian national unity, and achieve internal reconciliation.

Xi noted that China firmly supports Palestine's full membership in the United Nations, and supports a more broad-based, authoritative and effective international peace conference.

Xi said that China will continue to work with the international community to jointly end the fighting and killing, support the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in continuing to provide humanitarian assistance to the people in Gaza, bring the question of Palestine back to the right track of the two-state solution, and seek an early resolution that is comprehensive, just and durable.