BEIJING, Jan. 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Chinese President Xi Jinping Saturday said today's China is a country full of vigor, vitality and resilience with dreams coming true thanks to persistent efforts of one generation after another. Xi made the remarks while delivering an address to extend his best wishes to all the 1.4 billion Chinese people on the New Year's Eve. "Today's China is a country where dreams become reality. The Beijing Olympic... Read More

NEW YORK, Dec. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hedonova, a US-based hedge fund investing in alternative asset classes like start-ups, real estate, and asset leasing has forayed into the fast-growing energy storage sector by investing $16M in a storage plant in Chile that operates on the CRYOBattery technology. The energy storage plant is located 800 kms north of Chile's capital Santiago in the Atacama region. The plant uses air liquefaction... Read More

XUZHOU, China, Dec. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- XCMG Machinery (SHE:000425; "XCMG") sent off the second unit of XGT15000-600S, the world's largest tower crane jointly developed by XCMG and China Railway Major Bridge Engineering Co., Ltd. (MBEC), on December 8 from its smart manufacturing base in Xuzhou, China. It will serve in the construction project of Changtai Yangtze River Bridge, the world's largest diamond-type cable-stayed bridge. The... Read More

BEIJING, Dec. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China Petroleum Chemical Corporation (HKG: 0386, "Sinopec") announced that its Yuanshen-1 risk exploration well in the Sichuan Basin had successfully completed the drilling at a depth of 8,866 meters, beating the previous deepest record in the Sichuan Basin set by its Rentan-1 well. A major breakthrough of Sinopec's "Project Deep Earth," the Yuanshen-1 well has reached the deepest oil and gas formation... Read More

GAITHERSBURG, Md., Dec. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a biotechnology company dedicated to developing and commercializing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced the initiation of a Phase 2 trial for its COVID-19-Influenza Combination (CIC) and influenza stand-alone vaccine candidates. The dose-confirming trial will evaluate the safety and effectiveness (immunogenicity) of different... Read More

SHANGHAI, Dec. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With the issuance of UnionPay cards exceeding 200 million outside the Chinese Mainland, UnionPay International (UPI) is stepping into a new decade of providing high quality, cost effective and secure cross-border payment services to the world's largest cardholder base. UPI's partners have expanded from 60 initial members since establishment in 2012 to 2,500 institutions internationally with an acceptance... Read More

SHANGHAI, Dec. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2022, Forbes China undertook its 16th year of independent research on venture capitalists operating in the mainland China market. From a sample of more than 200 venture capital firms, chose 100 venture capitalists with a track record of success over the previous five years. A founding partner of Harvest Capital and member of the Forbes China Venture Capitalist 100 list for four years, Mr. Song... Read More

SINGAPORE, Dec. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Gasless Solution to a 3 Pronged Problem: For the longest time, EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine) compatible blockchains have been trying to tackle scalability, decentralization, and security issues all together. $REDLC aims to eliminate flaws in these areas by utilizing a gasless blockchain to prioritize natural scalability in order to optimize decentralization and security. Being truly gasless, $REDLC... Read More

BEIJING, Dec. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Grand Pharmaceutical Group Limited (Grand Pharma, stock code: 0512.HK) announced that GS221, an innovative oral small molecule 3CL protease (3-chymotrypsin-like protease, 3CLpro) inhibitor against SARS-CoV-2 that independently developed by the Company, has conducted three clinical trials. The results of clinical trials that have been completed so far showed favorable safety and tolerance in the subjects,... Read More

GUIYANG, China, Dec. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 27, the second General Assembly of International Mountain Tourism Alliance(IMTA) was held successfully. 138 members from five continents gathered by video conference. Leaders of IMTA reviewed the five years of work and proposed the development goals for the next four years and the work plan for 2023. The assembly deliberated and adopted the amendment note of the Statues of the... Read More

SEOUL, South Korea, Dec. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics (LG) is introducing its new CordZero A9 Kompressor™ with Steam Power Mop at CES 2023. Winner of a CES 2023 Innovation Award, the new model is the company's first cordless stick vacuum cleaner to offer steam mopping functionality. The CordZero A9 Kompressor also comes with the innovative All-in-One Tower docking station, designed to store, recharge and automatically empty the vacuum. Read More

CHICAGO, Dec. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Heidrick Struggles (Nasdaq: HSII), a premier provider of global leadership advisory and on-demand talent solutions, has entered into an agreement to acquire Atreus, one of the leading players for executive interim management in Germany. The acquisition builds on Heidrick Struggles' leadership position in the on-demand talent space by expanding this offering into Continental Europe and is an important... Read More

BEIJING, Dec. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China's top leaders have pledged unwavering support for the private sector to boost the COVID-19-hit economy, as the fast-growing private sector has played a big role in creating new jobs, promoting technological innovations and stabilizing economic growth. The Central Economic Work Conference, which was held in mid-December to set economic priorities for 2023, called for the equal treatment of private... Read More

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School for Mines in the USA confirms that the Kingdom could be set to play a major global role in the supply of precious minerals needed to power the transition to green energy in order to reach the goal of net zero carbon emissions.   The paper confirms that this is "an exciting time for critical minerals" and says that the Kingdom could... Read More

BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- From the Wing Chun style seen in IP Man to the Shaolin Temple style practiced by the monks at Shaolin Temple on Songshan Mountain, Chinese kung fu encompasses a vast number of different schools and styles. Evolving over thousands of years, many of these styles owe their roots to mimicking the actions of different animals like tigers, snakes, and monkeys. Yantai of Shandong province is home to Praying... Read More

BEIJING, Dec. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- China Petroleum Chemical Corporation (HKG: 0386, "Sinopec") officially published the "China Energy Outlook 2060" (the "Outlook") on December 28 in Beijing. This is Sinopec's first publicly released research findings of their medium and long-term energy outlook, providing a new perspective for the scientific planning of transformation and development of China's energy and chemical industries. This in the... Read More

SYDNEY, Dec. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- UnionPay International (UPI) has reached a cooperation deal with Australian digital photography online retail store, digiDirect, enhancing business localization and enabling customers to conveniently utilize UnionPay for payments on the popular e-commerce website. Extending the UnionPay card acceptance rate, the online payment experience for UnionPay cardholders in Australia will be much improved thanks to... Read More

HONG KONG, Dec. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BO·AX, an award-winning metaverse company, has launched its new community-driven non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace: Neptunity with multi-chain support, which lists its first batch of Where's My Unicorn? NFT collection. The new community marketplace Neptunity based in the British Virgin Islands expands its support to Polygon (MATIC/USD) and Ethereum (ETH/USD). It offers unique features built... Read More

BANGKOK, Dec. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Let's countdown to the New Year to share moments of happiness that everyone has been waiting for. Today, centralwOrld, the 'Times Square of Asia', presents the celebration vibe from New York, a world-class countdown landmark that everyone is familiar with. Thai people can be proud that this year 'centralwOrld Bangkok Countdown 2023' will appear on the screen in Times Square, New York, a prime location in... Read More

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Dec. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amanotes, a famous Vietnam-based music-tech company, officially marks its 8-year development journey by maintaining its position as the World's Top 1 Music Gaming Publisher on mobile platforms in terms of user volumes. With impressive achievements and relentless creative efforts, Amanotes gradually realizes its ambition to become the world's leading music-tech company. According to... Read More