Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Peru Friday to attend the upcoming APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting and pay his first state visit to the Latin American country.

China and Ecuador agreed here Thursday to boost their cooperation in production capacity, as well as economic and trade areas.

China is strongly urging its northern neighbor Mongolia to stick to its commitment to Tibet-related issues for maintaining the sound development of bilateral ties.

The permanent shiplift at China's Three Gorges Dam started its round-the-clock operations on Friday after its first phase of two-month trial operation ended.

Two astronauts who completed Tiangong-2 and Shenzhou-11 manned flight mission returned to Earth safely Friday.

China will start building research vessel Ocean No.2 and a mother ship for manned submersible Jiaolong, both expected to be put into service in March 2019.