Islamabad — Cheezious, a renowned Pakistani fast food brand has been awarded the prestigious certificate by the World Wide fund for Nature Pakistan (WWF) for becoming Pakistan’s first-ever Eco-Diner restaurant. This remarkable achievement marks Cheezious as a pioneer in sustainable dining practices within the country. World Wide fund for Nature Pakistan (WWF) and Cheezious are…
By Arsalan Khalid The author is an Officer in Pakistan Armed Forces and doing MS Islamic Banking and Finance from IBA Karachi As Pakistan undertakes comprehensive reforms to align with Financial Action Task Force (FATF) guidelines, Islamic religious schools, known as madaris, face significant challenges. These institutions are integral to Pakistan’s education system and serve…
A demonstration eco-friendly crab farm by the Taihu Lake in Wujiang district, Suzhou, east China’s Jiangsu province has completed a perfect transition – abandoning traditional practices using net enclosure, which featured high pollution and low economic return, and embracing high-quality and high-efficiency ecological aquaculture. From a distance, the crab farm, which is located in Pujiangyuan,…
Kuqa city in Aksu prefecture, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, was known as Kucha in ancient times. It was home to the Anxi Protectorate, or the Protectorate to Pacify the West, in the Tang Dynasty (618-907), as well as an important transportation hub along the ancient Silk Road. As one of the historical and cultural…
A tunnel boring machine (TBM), also referred to as full-section tunnel boring machine, is a machine used to excavate tunnels. It combines multiple technologies such as machinery, electronics, information technology, and artificial intelligence, being acclaimed as the “king of construction machinery.” More than two decades ago, China did not have its own TBM. Today, Chinese-produced…
According to China’s General Administration of Customs, France is China’s largest agricultural product import market and the second-largest agricultural product trading partner in the European Union. By mid-2023, over 200 types of French agricultural and food products were allowed to be exported to China. Besides, nearly 7,000 French agricultural and food product production companies have…
By Sun Zhen, Cheng Yuanzhou, People’s Daily Guangdong province in south China has been accelerating the digital, networked and intelligent development of the manufacturing sector in recent years, leveraging technological transformation to upgrade traditional manufacturing industries such as textile and home appliance. As a major production base of the textile and garment industry, Guangzhou, capital…
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visits to France, Serbia, and Hungary mark a major diplomatic move by China towards the European Union (EU). China and the EU are two major forces advancing multipolarity, two major markets in support of globalization, and two major civilizations championing diversity. The development of China-EU relations is crucial to the…
By Zhong Sheng, People’s Daily On top of existing tariffs under Section 301, the U.S. recently decided to raise additional tariffs on its imports of Chinese products including electric vehicles (EVs), as part of its ongoing abuse of the Section 301 tariff review procedure driven by domestic political concerns. The U.S. has unilaterally politicized economic…
The Hungarian-Chinese bilingual school was established in Budapest, capital of Hungary, in September 2004. It is the first full-time public school in Central and Eastern Europe that uses Chinese and the local language for instruction. Over the past nearly 20 years, the school has played a unique role in promoting cultural exchanges between China and…
