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Construction on the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB), a 55-kilometer-long bridge-island-tunnel complex situated in the Lingdingyang waters of the Pearl River Estuary in southern China, began on December 15, 2009. And now, the bridge, which was described by The Guardian as one of the "seven wonders in the modern world," is set to open for vehicles Wednesday.
The 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) will be held on September 3 and 4, China’s foreign ministry announced at a briefing in Beijing on Monday.
The Asian Games is the biggest multi-sport event in the world after the Olympics. This year's games, known also known as Asiad, will run August 18 to September 2. The 2018 Asian Games will feature 45 nations competing in 47 sports in Jakarta.
Xi will pay state visits to Senegal, Rwanda and South Africa and the United Arab Emirates from July 19 to 24 and attend the 10th BRICS summit in Johannesburg from July 25 to 27.
21st Anniversary of HK's Return to Motherland
The summit is scheduled for June 9 to 10 in Qingdao, a coastal city in east China's Shandong Province.
Ten years ago, on May 12, 2008, an M8.0 earthquake hit Wenchuan and nearby counties in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The quake, one of the most destructive to occur in the world in recent decades, left more than 80,000 people dead or missing.
The upcoming Boao Forum for Asia annual conference will be a platform for global political and business leaders to share insights on China's economic opening-up, the Belt and Road Initiative and fostering innovation, which will be the fundamental drivers for creation of new growth engines for the world economy.
PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympics is scheduled to take place from 9 to 25 February in Pyeongchang County, South Korea.
Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival or simply the Lunar New Year, is an important Chinese festival celebrated at the start of the first calendar month.
The 2017 Fortune Global Forum will be held in Guangzhou from Dec. 6 to 8.
China will hold the fourth World Internet Conference (WIC) next month in the river town of Wuzhen, east China's Zhejiang Province
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will visit the Philippines and attend a series of high-level meetings including the 12th East Asia Summit from Nov. 12- 16 in the Philippine capital Manila.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the 25th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting in Da Nang, Vietnam and pay state visits to Vietnam and Laos from Nov. 10 to 14.
The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is expected to convene on Oct. 18 in Beijing.
