An article by Chinese President Xi Jinping on working together to build a community with a shared future for humanity was published Friday.

The biggest highlight in China's foreign relations has been the "cloud diplomacy" conducted at the head-of-state level, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said.

The Chinese word for "crisis" (wei ji) is composed of two characters: "danger" (wei) and "opportunity" (ji), and the wisdom to avert a crisis is always somewhere in between.

China's Civil Code officially takes effect on Friday, replacing the country's previous standalone civil laws.The Civil Code was passed on May 28, 2020 at the third session of the 13th National People's Congress, China's top legislature.

US sanctions have no legal effect on the Chinese mainland and in Hong Kong, CBIRC addressed in its statement on Thursday.

China's efforts to stimulate economic growth in 2021 will continue contributing to global economic recovery and help stabilize global industrial chains amid the lingering fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, officials and experts said.

The confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States topped 20 million on Friday as the discovery of a highly contagious new virus strain in the country increases pressure to speed up the vaccination process.