2018 marks the 40th anniversary of China's Reform and Opening-up. After 40-years of development, Chinese GDP is now 32 times higher than it was in 1978, amounting to 80 trillion yuan in 2017, an increase of 9.5% yearly, while more 700 million Chinese residents have thrown off the yoke of poverty.

Shenzhen is working on the feasibility of building a bridge over the western Pearl River Estuary to connect with Zhuhai City, which is expected to cut the travel time between the two cities to half an hour.

A Chinese man who was suffering severe burns due to an oil barrel explosion during his work in Indonesia was transferred to a hospital in Guangzhou with a chartered plane and then a helicopter on Wednesday.

The central government and Macao Special Administrative Region government signed the Trade in Goods Protocol of Closer Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), finalizing 19 policy measures for mutually beneficial cooperation.