FLORENCE, Italy, May 8 (Xinhua) -- China is ready to work with all parties to develop the Open Coalition on Compliance Carbon Market (OCCCM) into an open, inclusive, pragmatic and efficient platform for international cooperation on carbon markets, and contribute to global climate governance, a senior Chinese official has said.The remarks were made by Li Gao, vice minister of China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment, when he attended the first high-level meeting of the OCCCM held here on Thursday.China is accelerating the construction of a more effective, dynamic, and internationally influential carbon market, and is willing to share its practices in green and low-carbon development and carbon market construction with the international community, Li said.Meanwhile, Li invited all parties to participate in the China Carbon Market Conference and subsequent activities to be held in Wuhan, Hubei Province, this September.In addition to China, representatives from Brazil, the European Union (EU), Germany, New Zealand, Canada, Britain, Türkiye, France, and other countries and regions attended the meeting, exchanged views and discussed topics such as the OCCCM priority areas of cooperation and key tasks for the next stage.Participants of the meeting highlighted that emissions trading systems are an important market-based instrument for advancing the green and low-carbon transition and addressing climate change. The coalition will follow principles of openness, inclusiveness and voluntariness, while strengthening policy dialogue, experience sharing and capacity building among members.Cooperation will focus on areas such as monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) systems, carbon accounting methodologies and high-integrity offset, aiming to improve the effectiveness of carbon market operations.During the meeting, China, Brazil and the EU, as the coalition's founding members, signed the Terms of Reference for the OCCCM, setting out its objectives, scope of work, governan...

The 2026 "Poetry Connects the World" Global Celebration of Classical Chinese Poetry was held on Thursday in the Kenyan capital, bringing together government officials, scholars, artists and students to highlight the role of poetry in promoting cross-cultural dialogue.

JINAN, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Inside the Jinan Satellite Assembly, Integration and Testing Base in east China's Shandong Province, cutting-edge facilities such as 20-tonne vibration test stands and anechoic chambers now occupy the former grounds of major steel producer Jigang Group following its transformation into a manufacturer for the aerospace industry.At the beginning of this year, the first satellite rolled off the production line at the satellite assembly base, said Xu Qiang, general manager of Jigang Group. At present, it has received orders for 12 satellites, and plans to produce at least 20 more satellites in 2026.The group's satellite production line has an annual output capacity of 100 satellites, each weighing up to 500 kilograms. The facility is capable of providing full-process manufacturing and testing services for communication and remote sensing satellites.Satellite manufacturing was not Jigang's original business. Founded in 1958, the group once produced over 12 million tonnes of steel annually at its peak, ranking among the top 10 steelmakers in China. It was once the country's largest production base for medium and heavy plates.However, with overcapacity of the steel industry and the country advancing supply-side structural reform, Jigang Group shut down its main steel operations and embarked on a path of transformation.In 2019, Shandong Province and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) signed a cooperation agreement on major projects for the conversion of old and new growth drivers. Seizing this opportunity, Jigang Group forged a partnership with the Aerospace Information Research Institute under the CAS, making aerospace its primary business focus.The aerospace industry is a typical representative of the country's efforts to develop new quality productive forces, with broad market prospects, Xu said.For Jigang, the transformation is not merely a matter of replacing one industry with another. Rather, it is about redirecting its original product...

BEIJING, May 8 (Xinhua) -- China's State Council announced the appointment of two new officials on Friday.He Yong was named vice general supervisor of national natural resources.Chen Dongming was appointed director of the Yellow River Conservancy Commission.