China: Daily Scan, October 18, 2022

(CPC Congress) Wang Yang calls for striving in unity to build modern socialist country in all respects: Xinhuanet
October 17, 2022

Wang Yang on Monday called for striving in unity and gathering strength to build a modern socialist country in all respects. The report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), delivered Sunday by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, serves as a political declaration and program of action to open a new chapter of building a modern socialist country in all respects, Wang said. Click here to read... [2]

(CPC Congress) Wang Huning stresses using congress spirit to build consensus, unity in action: Xinhuanet
October 17, 2022

Wang Huning on Monday stressed using the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to build consensus and unity in action for building a modern socialist country in all respects. Click here to read... [3]

How will CPC withstand ‘dangerous storms’ in the future?: Global Times
October 17, 2022

After delivering a report at Sunday's opening session of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), Xi Jinping on Monday called on all Chinese people to stay united as "a piece of hard steel" under the CPC's leadership and pull together with one mind to power the giant ship of national rejuvenation through the winds and waves to reach its destination. Click here to read... [4]

China detects world’s most powerful gamma ray bursts, breaking multiple records: Global Times
October 17, 2022

Chinese astronomers have detected record-breaking, most powerful gamma ray bursts (GRBs) in the world, boosting the highest-energy GRBs record by almost 20 times and marking the first detection of a GRB with energies above 10 TeV. The observations have broken several records and are of great value in revealing the mechanism of the phenomenon, observers said on Sunday. Click here to read... [5]

Chinese mainland reports 208 new local confirmed COVID-19 cases: Xinhuanet
October 18, 2022

The Chinese mainland on Monday reported 208 locally transmitted confirmed COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said Tuesday. Altogether 587 local asymptomatic carriers were newly identified. Click here to read... [6]

20th National Congress of Communist Party of China opens in Beijing, Xi Jinping delivers report to Congress on behalf of 19th CPC Central Committee: Qiushi
October 18, 2022

Strive in unity to lay out a new blueprint for national rejuvenation; make concerted efforts to create new historic achievements. The highly anticipated 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) opened on the morning of October 16 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Click here to read... [7]

China's new journey a boon to world development: Qiushi
October 18, 2022

A report delivered on Sunday by Xi Jinping at the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) struck Sean Slattery as "very forward-looking." "The report shows great vision, but it's very practical as well," said the Irishman. "It's going to have a big influence on China's development going forward." Click here to read... [8]

Party's anti-graft efforts generate fruitful outcomes: China Daily
October 18, 2022

The spread of corruption has been effectively contained in China as the Communist Party of China has made unprecedented efforts to tackle corruption in the past decade, senior Party officials said at a news conference on Monday. Click here to read... [9]

China to tackle major issues faced by foreign firms, in unswerving opening-up drive: Global Times
October 18, 2022

China will focus on tackling major issues faced by foreign businesses, as part of the country's unswerving effort to expand all-around opening-up, a Chinese official said on Monday, responding to questions about the nation's business environment amid a growing smear campaign by some anti-China forces in the West. Click here to read... [10]

Major takeaways from Xi Jinping's report to 20th CPC National Congress: People’s Daily
October 18, 2022

The following are major takeaways from Xi Jinping's report to the ongoing 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Our Party has dedicated itself to achieving lasting greatness for the Chinese nation and committed itself to the noble cause of peace and development for humanity. Our responsibility is unmatched in importance, and our mission is glorious beyond compare. It is imperative that all of us in the Party never forget our original aspiration and founding mission, that we always stay modest, prudent, and hard-working, and that we have the courage and ability to carry on our fight. We must remain confident in our history, exhibit greater historical initiative, and write an even more magnificent chapter for socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. Click here to read... [11]

For China's women, this week's Congress is unlikely to mean progress: Reuters
October 18, 2022

As Xi Jinping consolidates power at China's 20th Communist Party Congress this week, Chinese women are not holding their breath for progress in gender equality. Xi's decade as the party's general secretary has seen the number of women in politics and elite government roles decline and gender gaps in the workforce widen, academics and activists say. Feminist voices have also been muzzled and in recent years, the government has increasingly emphasised the value of traditional roles for women as mothers and carers, they add. Click here to read... [12]

China delays release of key economic data amid party congress: Reuters
October 18, 2022

China delayed the release of economic indicators scheduled for publication this week, including its third-quarter gross domestic product data due on Tuesday, according to an updated calendar on the statistics bureau's website. Click here to read... [13]

COVID-19: Zhengzhou locks down almost 1 million people: Taipei Times
October 18, 2022

Zhengzhou, the iPhone manufacturing hub, has locked down one of its most-populated districts to tame a COVID-19 flare-up, with creeping restrictions throughout China underscoring the constant threat of disruption companies face while the country sticks to “zero COVID.” Click here to read... [14]

(CPC Congress) Li Keqiang calls for forging ahead with concrete work toward building modern socialist China in all respects: Xinhuanet
October 18, 2022

Li Keqiang on Monday participated in a group discussion with delegates from northwest China's Gansu Province who are attending the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Click here to read... [15]

(CPC Congress) Zhao Leji calls for pooling strength to implement strategic arrangements made at Party congress: Xinhuanet
October 18, 2022

Zhao Leji on Monday called for pooling strength to implement strategic arrangements laid out in a report of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to the 20th CPC National Congress, when he joined delegates from north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in discussing the report. Click here to read... [16]

(CPC Congress) Han Zheng stresses firmly advancing great rejuvenation of Chinese nation on all fronts: Xinhuanet
October 18, 2022

Han Zheng on Monday expressed full support for the report to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), delivered Sunday by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, on behalf of the 19th CPC Central Committee. Click here to read... [17]