Beijing Review

President: Li Yafang Associate Editors in Chief: Li Jianguo, Ding Zhitao Associate President: Yan Ying Assistant President: Li Zhenzhou Executive Editor: Yan Wei Associate Executive Editors: Zan Jifang, Liu Yunyun, Ding Ying Production Director: Yao

Sixteen people from six poverty-stricken families became the biggest test for Xie Wanju, First Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Zhadong Village Branch, in the second half of this year. Zhadong, a remote village in Hechi, Guangxi Zhuang

The State Council has issued master plans for three new pilot free trade zones (FTZs) in Beijing and Hunan and Anhui provinces amid efforts to elevate the country’s opening up to a higher level. The plans outline the priorities for these zones and pl

A Long March-11 carrier rocket blasts off from a ship in the Yellow Sea on September 15, sending nine satellites into planned orbit. It is China’s first sea-launched rocket. The Long March-11 is the only one among China’s Long March rocket series tha

Sprinter Xie Zhenye clocked a 20.72-second win in the men’s 200-meter race at the 2020 Chinese National Athletics Championships on September 17, adding to his 100-meter title. The 27-year-old is the Asian record holder in the men’s 200-meter race aft

The truck, laden with farm produce and baskets of raw silk cocoons, was ready to leave. The driver started the engine and Qin Yongfu, standing in front of his two-story house, waved goodbye to him. Soon the truck vanished on the new concrete road, le

Four years ago, when Xie Wanju, a military veteran, was selected to head the poverty alleviation work in Zhadong, a mountainous village in Hechi, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in south China, he was reluctant. The job came with a lot of pressure a

The author is a researcher with the Institute of American Studies at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Discussions about a possible China-U.S. decoupling have been ongoing for over a year, with scholars from many countries airing various opinion

The author is a research fellow with China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations Chinese President Xi Jinping co-hosted a China-Germany-EU leaders’ meeting in Beijing on September 14 via video link with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, E

The author is an op-ed contributor to Beijing Review and a senior researcher on international studies Yoshihide Suga, a long-time right-hand man of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, was elected to the top government post at an extraordinary

At the 99 Giving Day, an annual charity event held on September 9, donations poured in from Internet users, enterprises and the Tencent Charity Foundation of technology company Tencent. They totaled more than 3 billion yuan ($443 million), marking a

The number of registered charitable organizations has risen rapidly. By the end of 2019, there were over 7,500 registered charity organizations, up by 40 percent year on year. In comparison, last year saw the number of social organizations in China g

The author is a research fellow with the National Academy of Development and Strategy of Renmin University of China The annual China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT), held in Xiamen, Fujian Province in southeast China, from Septemb

The top 500 private enterprises in China have all registered growth in 2019, with the city of Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province, east China, maintaining its reputation as home to the largest number—39—for 18 consecutive years. However, despite the growth

Both domestic and foreign-funded companies in China have been readjusting their supply chains amid dynamics in total costs, uncertainty in tariffs, vulnerabilities of globalized supply chains and governmental push for reshoring. Nonetheless, the supp

Arecent investigative report by a Chinese monthly magazine, Renwu, gave an insight into the working conditions of China’s food delivery people, circulating widely on social media. It revealed how food delivery drivers are pushed by companies to deliv

When U.S. President Donald Trump allegedly downplayed the severity of the novel coronavirus in the early days of its spread, did he take his country’s best interests into consideration? In his new book Rage, veteran journalist Bob Woodward has quoted