A total of 69 countries and three international organizations have confirmed their participation in the country exhibitions, of which 11 countries will make their debuts and 34 will participate in offline exhibitions for the first time.

Around 1,800 delegates to the congress, along with 90 specially invited delegates from the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions (SARs), attended the congress.

Over 2,000 participants from 33 countries and regions gathered in the Wudang Mountain Tourist and Economic Special Zone, Shiyan City for the conference, which aims to promote Chinese traditional culture and exchanges between civilizations.

Known as 11-11 or Double Eleven, this year's festival will see major e-commerce platforms provide steep discounts and low-priced products. This is expected to stimulate consumers' purchasing appetites and thereby boost sales.

China will implement a sound monetary policy that is more precise and effective, keeping steady credit expansion and encouraging financial institutions to further reduce real lending interest rates, said a report from the State Council on financial work.

As of the end of September 2023, around 780,000 rare disease cases had been registered in China since the inception of a rare disease diagnosis and treatment service information system in 2019.

A cultural tourism promotion event titled "Sichuan, more than pandas" was held in London recently.

Chinese writer Hai Ya's The Space-Time Painterwon the Hugo Award for Best Novelette recently. He became the third Chinese writer to win a Hugo award after Liu Cixin in 2015 and Hao Jingfang in 2016. 

The Yiwu-Madrid freight rail service, a key part of the Belt and Road Initiative, is an opportunity for European companies to enter the vast Chinese market. 

Whereas the West largely ignores suffering caused by increased global economic inequality, China’s Belt and Road Initiative provides a proactive solution.