"While the world burns, China defines the future." As China's two sessions convene, a foreign media outlet published an article under this headline, noting that everything that happens in China will have a ripple effect on the world.

With China's two sessions underway, how are international institutions interpreting this year's meetings? People's Daily reporter Zhan Huilan spoke with Ding Shuang, chief economist for Greater China and North Asia at Standard Chartered, about the growth target, new economic drivers and the internationalization of the yuan. (Produced by Zhan Huilan, Di Jingyuan, Fu Junjie, Wang Yuting and Chu Chu; Ge Mengchao and interns Sun Yuman and Zhang Shuo also contributed to the video.)

"Many people ask me, coming from Morocco, then to France, and finally to China, how I define myself here." In an interview with the Global Times, Hamza Boukili, who holds dual Moroccan and French citizenship, raised this very question.

When asked to confirm reports from some travel agencies and ticketing platforms that the train service between Beijing and Pyongyang will resume this Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jikun said on Tuesday that China and the North Korea are friendly neighbors

Chinese companies hold leading positions in the global rankings for electric vehicle (EV) power battery market share, according to an analysis by South Korean market research firm SNE Research on Tuesday.

When drivers pulled into a Chevron gas station in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, they were stunned to see the price of gasoline on the pump -- 8.21 U.S. dollars for a single gallon.