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Chinese President Xi Jinping held a welcome ceremony for visiting German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the square outside the east gate of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on the afternoon of October 30. #Xijinping #ChinesePresident cctvplus.com/news/20261030/8…

European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde said the resilience of the global economy stands as the most unexpected bright spot of recent years, while geopolitical developments disrupting economic policy remain her foremost regret. #ECBPresident cctvplus.com/news/20261031/8…

The global observance of 2026 World Cities Day was held on October 31 in east China's Fuzhou, with five cities -- Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), Santiago de Cali (Colombia), Istanbul (Türkiye), Jingdezhen (China) and Katowice (Poland) -- honored with the fourth-cycle Global Award for Sustainable Development in Cities, also known as the Shanghai Award. cctvplus.com/news/20261101/8…

The death toll from the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) had surpassed 5,000 as of October 29, the latest figures released on October 31 by Congolese health authorities showed. cctvplus.com/news/20261101/8…

China has called on the members of the Group of 20 (G20) to take concrete actions to safeguard global security, stability and development. The call was made by Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu at a meeting of G20 foreign ministers held in Atlanta, the United States, from October 30 to October 31. cctvplus.com/news/20261101/8…

European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde has affirmed that China and the European Union maintain active communication and shared economic interests, calling recent trade talks a positive step forward. #Thailand #ECBPresident #China #EU cctvplus.com/news/20261031/8…

European Central Bank President and former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde has emphasized the importance of staying alert and prepared when responding to crises, drawing on lessons from throughout her career. #Thailand #ECBPresident cctvplus.com/news/20261031/8…

Europe should mobilize its own savings to finance artificial intelligence and other innovation within the bloc, rather than allow those funds to keep flowing to the United States to bankroll American technology development, according to Christine Lagarde, president of the European Central Bank (ECB). #Thailand #G20 #Lagarde #AIDevelopment #ECBPresident cctvplus.com/news/20261031/8…

European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde stressed the importance of human control over the direction of artificial intelligence (AI) development in an interview with China Media Group in Bangkok, Thailand, earlier this month. #Thailand #ECBPresident #AI cctvplus.com/news/20261031/8…

Upgraded China-Switzerland FTA opens new chapter in bilateral trade: official China and Switzerland on October 30 signed a protocol to upgrade their free trade agreement (FTA). The move is expected to expand market access, promote two-way investment, and deepen bilateral economic and trade cooperation, according to China's Ministry of Commerce. Under the protocol, the two sides will make high-standard commitments to further opening up trade in goods, services and investment, while upgrading rules covering rules of origin, trade facilitation, technical barriers to trade, digital trade, competition, and trade and sustainable development. Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao met with Swiss Federal President Guy Parmelin at the Ministry of Commerce the same day. cctvplus.com/news/20261031/8…

Naval and air units of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command (STC) on October 30 conducted combat readiness patrols in the territorial sea and airspace of China's Huangyan Dao and its surrounding areas. cctvplus.com/news/20261030/8…

China plans to achieve its first crewed lunar landing before 2030, Wang Xiang, deputy chief designer of China's manned space program, said on October 31 at the Seventh Manned Space Symposium in Beijing. cctvplus.com/news/20261031/8…

Hundreds of paddleboarders made a splash as they raced along a river in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality for the latest round of the 2026 China National Stand-up Paddle Boarding (SUP) U Series. cctvplus.com/news/20261030/8…

China details its distinctive path to combating corruption cctvplus.com/news/20261030/8…

Yemen's Houthi group announced on October 30 that the Saudi-led coalition had launched 93 strikes against Yemen over the past 24 hours, while Saudi Arabia said it had intercepted and destroyed ballistic missiles and drones fired by the Houthis. cctvplus.com/news/20261031/8…

Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, chatted over tea with Elke Budenbender, wife of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, in Beijing on October 30. Budenbender is accompanying her husband who is on a state visit to China until October 31. #China #PengLiyuan #ElkeBudenbender cctvplus.com/news/20261031/8…

The China Coast Guard (CCG) conducted law-enforcement patrols in the territorial sea of the Huangyan Dao and its surrounding areas on October 30. #China #HuangyanDao cctvplus.com/news/20261030/8…

President of the Swiss Confederation Guy Parmelin said on October 30 that his country's partnerships with China extend far beyond trade and investment and cover key areas such as research, innovation, and science. #China #SwissPresident cctvplus.com/news/20261030/8…

The 2026 APEC CEO Summit will be held in Shenzhen City in south China's Guangdong Province from November 17 to 18, with more than 2,000 participants expected from political, business, media, and other sectors, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) said at a press conference on October 30. #APEC2026 #APECChina2026 cctvplus.com/news/20261030/8…

Chinese President Xi Jinping said China stands ready to work with Switzerland to uphold openness and inject greater certainty into global economic development as he met with President of the Swiss Confederation Guy Parmelin in Beijing on October 30. #Xijinping #ChinesePresident #SwissPresident cctvplus.com/news/20261030/8…