Beijing Review

President: Li Yafang Editor in Chief: Li Jianguo Associate Editor in Chief: Liu Yunyun Vice Presidents: He Peng, Gao Dingbo Executive Editor: Yan Wei Production Director: Yao Bin Editors: Wang Hairong, Zhang Shasha, Lu Yan Researcher: Lan Xinzhen Edi

China’s total population dropped for a second consecutive year in 2023, adding fuel to an ongoing demographic debate. In this context, it is important to take a closer look by observing shifting demographics across the country’s provinces. Of the 31

As of 4 p.m. on April 27, the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge had seen over 10 million inbound and outbound vehicles pass through its Zhuhai port since it opened to public traffic in October 2018, according to the bridge’s border inspection station. Th

Profits of China’s major industrial firms increased 4.3 percent year on year in the first quarter (Q1) of this year, official data showed. The growth reversed a 2.3-percent decline registered in 2023, extending an upward trend for three consecutive q

Vital Heynen of Belgium has been named head coach of China’s men’s volleyball team, the China Volleyball Association announced on April 25. Heynen, born in 1969, was formerly the captain and setter of the Belgian men’s volleyball team. In his coachin

Earlier this year, several Chinese provinces and regions published their population data for 2023. Among them, both Liaoning and Jilin provinces, located in the country’s northeast, announced they had achieved rarely seen net population inflows. To b

Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi recently participated in a written interview with Al Jazeera Media Network, a prominent media organization based in the Middle Ea

The concept of high-quality development was first introduced in the report delivered by Xi Jinping at the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2017. The report emphasized that “China’s economy has been transitioning from a phase

Since the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology first put forward the concept of using special and sophisticated technologies to produce novel and unique products (SSNU) in 2011, embracing the new has been recommended as an important growth

At a United Nations Security Council meeting in New York City on April 18, the United States voted against a widely backed draft resolution that would pave the way for Palestine to obtain full UN membership. The draft resolution recommended to the 19

Six hundred years ago, Zheng He, a Chinese explorer, commanded seven great voyages across Asia and Africa. At the time, almost 100 years before Christopher Columbus set sail for the Americas, Zheng’s fleet was the largest in scale, with the largest n

Scenes from college campuses across the U.S. have shocked the world. From Columbia University to the University of Texas at Austin, riot police and other heavily-armed security forces have been deployed to suppress encampments of peaceful pro-Palesti

Chinese President Xi Jinping met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on the afternoon of April 26. Noting that this year marks the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between China and the Unite

On April 26, Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese Foreign Minister, held talks with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, with the two sides reaching a five-point consensus based on

Senior U.S. and European Union officials recently visiting China repeated concerns about the country’s “overcapacity” during discussions with their Chinese counterparts. Prior to her latest trip to China in early April, the second in nine months, U.S

Where does our trash go? Should garbage only be landfilled or incinerated? Can kitchen scraps be turned into fertilizer? As we watch garbage trucks haul away load after load, these questions may be on everyone’s mind. Actually, products made from sol

Liu Zhongyuan, a technician at the Ruichen Wanniu Livestock Farm in Jungar Zhao Town, Jungar Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, has been busy at work. Unlike conventional cattle farms, Ruichen Wanniu Livestock Farm has adopted a new agro-husba

On the evening of April 19, 150 spectators filled the seats at the sunken basketball court of Lang Park Vintage, a bustling cultural and creative park in Beijing, renovated from old warehouse clusters. They gathered for the open-air screening of the

Inside the lecture hall of the China Science and Technology Museum (CSTM), film producer Li Ningyuan detailed a groundbreaking application of artificial intelligence (AI) in her latest documentary, Chen Ning Yang: The Chinese Century of a Nobelist. S

Like an April breeze sweeping through, melodious tunes filled the halls of China Conservatory of Music in Beijing. On the evening of April 25, the Sino-Russian Youth Concert, themed Friends of Youth, Enjoying the Future, was held there, attracting an

Since China proposed the Belt and Road Initiative 11 years ago, aiming to boost connectivity along and beyond the ancient Silk Road routes, many questions have been raised: What does the initiative mean to the countries along the ancient Silk Road? W