Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Wednesday that China supports maintaining the momentum of the ceasefire and peace talks, which serves the fundamental interests of the Iranian people and reflects the shared expectations of countries in the region and the international community.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Wednesday held a phone conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi over the current situation in the Middle East.

MACAO, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Macao's foreign exchange reserves stood at 242.2 billion patacas (around 30 billion U.S. dollars) at the end of March 2026, down 0.5 percent from the previous month, the Monetary Authority of Macao said on Wednesday.The reserves at end-March 2026 represented 10 times the currency in circulation or 87.6 percent of the Macao pataca M2 at end-February 2026, the monetary authority noted.Meanwhile, the trade-weighted effective exchange rate index for the pataca rose 0.89 points month on month but dropped 4.85 points year on year to 100.3 in March, implying an overall appreciation against major trading partners' currencies from the previous month, but a depreciation compared with a year earlier.

HONG KONG, April 15 (Xinhua) -- The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) held an opening ceremony for the National Security Education Day at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on Wednesday morning, with more than 2,300 people from all sectors of Hong Kong society in attendance.Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macao Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, delivered a video address at the ceremony.He stressed the need to bolster Hong Kong's transition from stability to prosperity with high-level security, and open up new prospects for the one country, two systems cause during the 15th Five-Year Plan period.To support Hong Kong's transition from stability to prosperity with high-level security, it is essential to deeply understand the logic of this transformation and cherish the hard-won situation. It is also essential to stay sober-minded that security is not a once-and-for-all achievement, and remain vigilant against various risks and hidden dangers affecting Hong Kong's prosperity and stability, he said.Additionally, it is essential to seize strategic opportunities amid the profound changes unseen in a century, align proactively with the national 15th Five-Year Plan, and accelerate high-quality development in Hong Kong. Moreover, joint efforts and guardianship from the entire society are required to pool formidable strength for building a better Hong Kong, he added.Hong Kong's transition from chaos to order and then to prosperity profoundly demonstrates that development presupposes security. Without security, nothing can be achieved. Only by safeguarding the bottom line of security can we secure development and the future. Hong Kong is a safe harbor, and a safe harbor is a harbor for development. Security has become Hong Kong's developmental advantage, he noted.On the new journey of the 15th Five-Year Plan, with the strong support of the mo...