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China's President Xi Jinping on Tuesday pledged to strengthen the alignment of development strategies with Tonga and expand cooperation in fields such as trade and investment, infrastructure and clean energies,

Beijing also criticized Washington over its withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty in 2002, a now-defunct arms control agreement with Russia that prohibited the deployment of nationwide defenses against strategic nuclear-armed ballistic missiles.

By 2030, the average life expectancy of the Chinese people is expected to reach 80 years, one year longer than that in 2024, and major health indicators will reach the level of high-income countries, according to top health official Lei Haichao.

This year, China’s peak electricity load, or demand, and peak daily gas consumption are both forecast to hit the highest level yet recorded in winter, an official from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said on Thursday.

An engineer observes a humanoid robot grabbing a component at a laboratory of Leju Robotics in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Oct. 24, 2025. In recent years, Hefei has been actively promoting the development of its intelligent robot industry.

Over the past half-century, China’s development was achieved mainly by 250 million labourers moving from rural areas to urban ones, making the country the ‘factory of the world’. By contrast, going forwards, it will be young Chinese scientists who will drive progress.

VW’s investments in China contrast with its sweeping job cuts at its German plants, where production costs are higher. Under a deal agreed with unions last year, the carmaker plans to reduce the headcount at its domestic factories by 35,000 by 2030, as a result of weak auto demand in Europe.