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  • Beijing issues prepaid cards for international visitors

    The Chinese capital introduced the Beijing Pass, a multi-purpose card for international visitors, on Wednesday, facilitating their payment for transportation, tourist sites and shopping centers.

    August01,2024


  • Shanghai issues prepaid travel cards for inbound travelers' convenience

    Shanghai has released Shanghai Pass, a multipurpose prepaid travel card, to facilitate easy payment by inbound travelers and other visitors not in favor of mobile payment.

    May22,2024


  • UnionPay cards to be issued in Europe

    UnionPay International, a subsidiary of China's UnionPay, the country's largest bank card payment processor, announced Monday that it has entered into strategic cooperation with the Portuguese bank, Banco Comercial Portugues (BCP).

    November21,2017


  • Lower transaction fees set to boost international bank card usage in China

    International bank card clearing institutions, such as Visa and Mastercard, have reduced transaction fees on overseas bank cards for Chinese merchants, a move expected to encourage more local merchants to accept these card payments.

    July04,2024


  • China issues 9.25 bln bank cards by end of 2021

    China had issued a total of 9.25 billion bank cards by the end of 2021, according to an industry report.

    September26,2022


  • LV cable laying for substation control building of Saudi Al-Zulfi project started

    SEPCOIII Electric Power Construction Corporation (SEPCOIII) kicked off low-voltage (LV) cable laying for Saudi Al-Zulfi substation’s control building on Jan. 11.

    January19,2017


  • UnionPay holds all the cards

    China UnionPay is ramping up efforts to expand its business in overseas markets to support the Belt and Road Initiative or BRI, in addition to facilitating fast growing personnel exchanges between China and the rest of the world.

    December28,2018


  • China issues 8.98 bln bank cards in total

    China had issued a total of 8.98 billion bank cards by the end of 2020, according to a blue paper.

    October18,2021


  • UnionPay holds all the cards

    China UnionPay, a Chinese bank card organization, is ramping up efforts to expand its business in overseas markets to support the Belt and Road Initiative or BRI and facilitating fast growing personnel exchanges between China and the rest of the world.

    December25,2018


  • China, Zambia sign paired hospital cooperation mechanism agreement

    China and Zambia on Thursday announced a paired hospital cooperation mechanism between the National Health Commission of China and Zambia's Ministry of Health.

    September13,2024


  • China to improve customs clearance with updated health card

    China's customs authority will launch a new edition of its health declaration card, in which some requirements for travelers are removed to streamline customs procedures and enhance clearance efficiency.

    August26,2022


  • Vietnam plans to digitize healthcare cards

    Vietnam is planning to issue electronic health security cards to its citizens to verify their right to medical services, according to the country's government.

    February08,2017


  • China-Arab Consortium of Universities Exchange Mechanism inaugurated in Jordan

    The China-Arab Consortium of Universities Exchange Mechanism was inaugurated in Jordan's capital Amman on Tuesday, aiming to boost the scientific and academic cooperation between Arab and Chinese universities.

    September21,2023


  • China's mechanism for small, micro firms' financing generates results

    China's efforts to promote financing coordination for small and micro companies are already bearing fruit, official data showed.

    February26,2025


  • China, Indonesia hold meeting of high-level dialogue cooperation mechanism

    Wang Yi, director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, co-chaired the chairman's meeting of the China-Indonesia High-Level Dialogue Cooperation Mechanism with Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Indonesia's coordinator for cooperation with China and coordinating minister of maritime affairs and investment, in China's Jilin Province on Thursday.

    June14,2024


  • Slump in orders for Germany's mechanical engineering companies

    Germany's machinery and plant manufacturers are continuing to struggle with customer cautiousness. In February, new orders adjusted for price increases (in real terms) were 17 percent below the previous year's level, according to the Mechanical Engineering Industry Association (VDMA) in Frankfurt.

    April06,2023


  • Incentive mechanisms conducive to achieving carbon neutrality: report

    Incentive mechanisms can be a feasible path to achieving net-zero emissions, according to a report released in Beijing by the Boao Forum for Asia Academy on Thursday.

    September08,2023


  • China willing to strengthen coordination with Singapore in multilateral mechanisms: vice premier

    Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang said here on Monday that China is willing to strengthen coordination with Singapore within the framework of the United Nations, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and other multilateral mechanisms as the international situation is intertwined with changes and chaos.

    November12,2024


  • China, Indonesia hold meeting of high-level dialogue cooperation mechanism

    Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Friday co-chaired the Fourth Meeting of the China-Indonesia High-level Dialogue Cooperation Mechanism with Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Indonesia's coordinator for cooperation with China and coordinating minister of maritime affairs and investment, exchanged in-depth views and reached broad consensus on practical cooperation in the next stage.

    April21,2024


  • Green light to fast-track foreigners' green cards

    Pudong has introduced a new round of preferential policies, as well as a special agency for overseas talent, to attract and retain foreign professionals.

    December22,2017


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