China's Chongqing Municipality is willing to enhance cooperation with Sri Lanka on the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor and strengthen collaboration on poverty alleviation, said a Chinese official.

July24,2023

The cooperation projects under the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) such as the Colombo Port City and the Hambantota Port help generate employment, generate income, also bring in modern technologies for his country, Sri Lankan Ambassador to China Palitha Kohona said.

April24,2023

Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech would soon set up a COVID-19 vaccine plant in Sri Lanka, India's English daily Hindustan Times has reported.

August18,2021

Sri Lanka's National Apprentice and Industrial Training Authority (NAITA) and Chinese technology company Huawei have jointly launched the NAITA-Huawei Information and Communication Technology Academy for Sri Lankan youth, local media citing a statement from Huawei reported on Monday.

July20,2021

On June 2, hundreds of security personnel in COVID-19 protective clothing were busy removing tons of chemical pollutants and plastic from a beach in Colombo. About 9.5 nautical miles into the sea, they could see the charred remains of a foreign vessel swaying in the gusty monsoon wind.

June04,2021

Sri Lanka's exports to China grew 33 percent from January to February this year compared to the same period last year, according to provisional statistics released by the Export Development Board (EDB) on Tuesday.

March24,2021

Sri Lanka's Ambassador to China Palitha Kohona said the country should increase exports to the Chinese market and reduce dependency on the United States and the European Union, local media reported here Monday.

November24,2020

Over 700 students from 19 schools in Sri Lankan capital city have received gifts of stationery and panda school bags from the Chinese embassy to Sri Lanka.

September04,2020

The Chinese embassy in Sri Lanka has donated face masks and COVID-19 prevention posters for public buses belonging to the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) amidst a pandemic which has so far infected over 2,800 people in the island country, a statement from the embassy said Tuesday.

August18,2020

The China-Sri Lanka Cooperation Studies Center of the Pathfinder Foundation together with the Chinese embassy in Sri Lanka launched on Thursday the Sinhalese translation of the Chinese book "Prevention and Control of COVID-19" which outlines preventive measures against the COVID-19 pandemic.

July31,2020

China has donated nearly 300,000 face masks to Sri Lankan schools, universities and the country's Election Commission, as the island nation prepared for school reopening and the Aug. 5 parliamentary election, a statement from the Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka said here Tuesday.

July15,2020

China's rolling-stock maker CRRC Qingdao Sifang Co. Ltd. on Tuesday shipped the last four class-S14 diesel-electric multiple unit (DEMU) trains to Sri Lanka, which ordered nine in 2017.

March04,2020

China and Sri Lanka agreed here Tuesday to boost communication and coordination in regional and international affairs.

January15,2020

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa met separately with Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi here on Tuesday, with both sides pledging to further promote relations between the two countries.

January15,2020

Shantha Jayasiri lives in Pannila, a remote village in western Sri Lanka, about 59 km from the Sri Lankan capital.

January08,2020

With the conclusion of land reclamation in January 2019 and infrastructure development currently in full-swing, the cooperation between China and Sri Lanka in jointly building the Colombo Port City has entered a new stage.

July30,2019

Sri Lanka looks forward to learning from China about making cultural shows, as China has gained international reputation for putting up magnificent shows across the country, CEO of Cinnamon Life Mall and Vice President of Sri Lanka's John Keells Group, Dileep Mudadeniya said.

May10,2019