How does China plan its future? What economic blueprint does the country paint for the coming year? It all comes down to what is released during the country's most significant political gathering each year - the “two sessions.” This episode of Two Sessions Talk will walk you through the highlights of the anticipated annual government work report and find out the answers.

China will adopt a visa-free policy for Switzerland, Ireland, Hungary, Austria, Belgium and Luxembourg on a trial basis, starting March 14, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said today.

The crucial role of reform has been accentuated in a vital report submitted to the ongoing session of China's national legislature for deliberation. The government work report was unveiled Tuesday at the opening meeting of the second session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC), setting the tone for government work in 2024.

During China's ongoing annual "two sessions," a major event in the country's political calendar, the phrase "new quality productive forces" has emerged as a buzzword among national legislators and political advisors. This term is gaining attention in the context of China's economic upgrading.

It is estimated that China’s move to promote a new round of large-scale equipment renewals will create an enormous market worth more than 5 trillion yuan (about US$704 billion), Zheng Shanjie, head of the National Development and Reform Commission, told reporters yesterday.

Not everything in life is always black and white. Neither are giant pandas. For years, scientists — and the public — in China have been fascinated by Qizai, the only brown-and-white panda in captivity. Found abandoned in the wild, he lives at Louguantai Wild Animal Breeding and Protection Center in Xi’an. Only seven brown-and-white pandas have ever been documented — all from Qinling, a mountain range in Shaanxi Province.

The 40-day travel rush concluded Tuesday. During that period, China’s railway network handled 484 million passenger trips, with an average of 12.089 million trips per day, marking a 39% increase year on year and an 18.8% increase compared to the same period in 2019. During those 40 days, the national civil aviation sector handled over 2.08 million passenger trips per day, hitting a record high.

A bidding consortium, including the Shenzhen Qianhai Energy Technology Development Co. Ltd., recently won the design, build, and operate (DBO) contract for the first phase of the regional cooling system in the Kwu Tung North New Development Area in Hong Kong's Northern Metropolitan Area. This will increase the coverage of Qianhai's centralized cooling services in Hong Kong to 1.2 million square meters.