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Explore 14 stories from the 18 October 2026 Xinwen Lianbo broadcast, with transcripts, translations and source evidence. Page 1.
Elderly care is both a family matter and a matter of state. General Secretary Xi Jinping has pointed out that China has already entered an aging society, and that ensuring older people are cared for, live happily, and enjoy health and longevity is our shared aspiration. The Communist Party of China Central Committee attaches great importance to eld…
On the afternoon of October 17, local time, Premier Li Qiang of the State Council held talks with Uzbekistan's Prime Minister Abdulla Aripov in Tashkent. Li Qiang said that President Xi Jinping and President Shavkat Mirziyoyev met in August this year, providing further direction for the development of China-Uzbekistan relations. Next year will mar…
On October 17, local time, Premier Li Qiang of the State Council met with Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev in Tashkent. Li Qiang said that, in recent years, under the strategic guidance of President Xi Jinping and President Mirziyoyev, the building of a China-Uzbekistan community with a shared future has continued to produce new results. …
At noon on October 18, local time, Premier Li Qiang of the State Council arrived at Dushanbe International Airport on a chartered flight. At the invitation of Tajikistan's Prime Minister Qohir Rasulzoda, he is making an official visit to Tajikistan and will attend the 25th Meeting of the Council of Heads of Government (Prime Ministers) of Shanghai …
Gansu was one of the provinces where the various Red Army forces taking part in the Long March spent a relatively long time campaigning, and it was also the core area where the Red Army's three main forces joined up. At a new historical starting point, the people of Gansu are carrying forward their revolutionary heritage and striving to write Gansu…
Reporters learned from the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security that, to date, the national public social insurance service platform has launched 104 nationwide, cross-regional services and handled a cumulative 11.353 billion service uses. Recently, Qingdao's human resources and social security authorities launched new services, includi…
Six departments, including the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development and the National Development and Reform Commission, recently jointly issued a three-year action plan for the urban heating "Warmth Project." It specifies that significant progress should be made in upgrading and renovating existing aging heating pipelines by the end of 2…
As China's railway network continues to expand and new equipment and products are continually put into service, the nationwide train numbering system used for many years has recently entered a systematic overhaul. Under the revised Regulations on Train Numbering, the number of letter prefixes for multiple-unit passenger trains will increase from f…
The Shenzhou-23 crew has now been in orbit for more than four months. They have completed work including the collection of a new batch of rice experiment samples aboard the China Space Station, marking a new breakthrough in China's first cultivation of two generations of rice in space. In the Wentian laboratory module of the China Space Station, a…
The fifth Asian Para Games opened in Japan today, October 18. At the opening ceremony, male para powerlifter Yan Panpan and female para taekwondo athlete Li Yujie served as flag bearers for the Chinese sports delegation and led it into the venue. For these Asian Para Games, the Chinese sports delegation has sent 312 athletes, who will compete in 3…
Issuance of This Year's 1.3 Trillion Yuan in Ultra-Long Special Treasury Bonds Completed China recently completed the issuance of this year's 1.3 trillion yuan in ultra-long special treasury bonds. These funds are mainly used to support the "two major priorities" construction program and the "two new initiatives," and to establish special funding …
Yemen's Houthis said on October 17 that Saudi Arabian warplanes had carried out 53 airstrikes over the preceding 24 hours on the capital, Sanaa, and other locations, with strikes in the southwestern province of Taiz killing nine people. The Houthis also said that the group shot down a Saudi attack helicopter that day while it was conducting hostile…