Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Sao Tome and Principe Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada, calling for mutual understanding and support on issues concerning each other's core interests and major concerns.

Beijing urges Washington, Seoul and Pyongyang to stop irritating to prevent the situation on the peninsula from sliding to the point of being irreparable.

The Xiongan New Area's most important role is as a new home for Beijing's "non-capital" functions, according to Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli.

U.S. Treasury Department on Friday declared that no major trading partner of the U.S., including China, met the standard of manipulating its currency.

A new strategically important natural gas pipeline running from southern Kazakhstan to China began operating on Friday, China National Petroleum Corp said in a statement.

The Urdu language edition of the book "Xi Jinping: The Governance of China" was launched in Pakistan on Friday.