China and Switzerland will establish an innovative strategic partnership to promote common development and prosperity, a joint statement issued on Friday said.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang met with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Beijing, China, April 8, 2016.

Greece has inked an agreement to sell 67 percent of stake in Piraeus, the country’s largest port, to Chinese shipping company China Cosco Holding Co. at 368.5 million euros on April 8.

Kim Jong Un has overseen a successful test of the heavy-lift engine of a new-type intercontinental ballistic rocket, the official KCNA news agency reported Saturday.

The bright side is that China’s ocean biodiversity remains in a stable condition.

Friday's decline led by consumer and industrial stocks, but Shanghai index still 12 percent ahead since March.