China launches 2 remote sensing satellites
Jiuquan: China launched two high-resolution optical remote sensing satellites into a preset orbit on Friday. The commercial satellites, Jilin-1 Video 07 and 08, were launched from the Jiuquan Satellite launch Centre in northwest China at 12.12 p.m., Xinhua news agency reported.
Sri lanka, China to co-build power plant
Colombo: Sri lanka and China on Friday signed a joint venture agreement to construct Sri lanka's largest dendro power plant in the country's south.
The power plant will produce 70,000 megawatts of renewable energy a year to the national power grid.
China to enshrine Xi's name in constitution
Beijing: China's Communist Party proposed on Friday to engrave President Xi Jinping's guiding philosophy in the country's constitution, further cementing his status as its most powerful leader in decades.
Xi's eponymous “thought” was already enshrined in the Communist Party constitution at a major congress in October, elevating him to the status as modern China's founder.