Beijing Review

Beijing Review is China's only national newsmagazine in English. It is published every week in Beijing, by the China International Publishing Group (CIPG). Launched in March 1958, Beijing Review reports and comments on the country's social, political, economic and cultural affairs, policy changes and latest developments. It also offers in-depth analysis on major regional and international events, and provides consulting and information services.

Beijing Review

Green Beneath the Glare

GLOBAL SHOWCASE • Running from November 5 to 10, the 9th China International Import Expo (CIIE), the world’s first national-level exhibition dedicated to imports, attracted more than 4,000 overseas exhibitors. Beyond hosting large multinationals, this year including over 300 Fortune Global 500 companies and other industry leaders, the CIIE has become a platform for small enterprises, particularly those from the Global South, to access China’s vast and growing market.

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WHEN SANDS MEET SILICON • Chinese researchers are engineering a green future in Gansu’s desert by integrating solar power generation with sand control

Reading the CPC Outside Western Frameworks

A Democratic Congress and the Limits of the Iran War

Taking the Stand for Biodiversity Protection • Editor’s Note: During the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity held in Yerevan, Armenia, in October, Qiu Jinghui, Deputy Director of the Public Interest Litigation Procuratorial Department of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP), shared China’s experiences in preserving biodiversity through public interest litigation. The SPP is China’s highest procuratorial organ, the state body responsible for public prosecution and legal supervision. Its duties include bringing public prosecutions, reviewing and approving arrests, supervising criminal investigations and court proceedings, and overseeing the enforcement of judgments. At the conference, Qiu used four cases to show how Chinese prosecutors, through public interest litigation, have coordinated multi-stakeholder efforts to support biodiversity protection since the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework in 2022. Edited excerpts of Qiu’s presentation follow:

History Reveals Eternal Truths

China-Peru FTA Upgraded

Lower Fences, Wider Gates • China and Switzerland deepen trade ties as barriers rise across the global economy

Connectivity and Cooperation • How Guangxi is building deeper ties with ASEAN through infrastructure, trade and cross-border projects

Blueprint for a Blue Revival • Inside the multi-million-yuan campaign to restock China’s coastal waters

Prompt, Produce and (Maybe) Profit • As AI-generated micro-dramas take off in China, creators face growing challenges in quality, profitability and copyright

The Whole Grain Transition • A national push for less food waste and better nutrition

The Business of Connection • How HICOOL is bringing Chinese and Brazilian entrepreneurs, investors and industries closer to new opportunities

The Sound of Home • A new generation is rediscovering local tongues and working to keep them alive

The Future Has a Hometown • Yangquan brings international science fiction writers and a dancing robot together, showing how imagination moves between generations

For Justice, For Peace

Fast Transit, Slow Readers: The Clash Over Subway Overtime Charges