At the request of Vietnam, China has doubled the amount of water being discharged from the Jinghong Hydropower Station, which is in Southwest China's Yunnan province, to help alleviate the drought.

A new review is suggesting the Chinese government's "Belt and Road" initiative has made progress over the past year.

Meeting with Hong Kong Chief Executive CY Leung, Jin Liqun says he's hopeful the city's plans to join the AIIB can be finalized before the end of this year.

China's shale gas output has registered a year-on-year growth of 258.5 percent, amounting to more than 4.4 billion cubic meters (bcm).

China will invest more in the country's high-tech research and development, as well as infrastructure development, including railway, fixed assets, water conservancy projects.

The "nervous system" of the world's first fourth-generation nuclear power plant has been successfully developed by China recently.