 | | Participants raise their hands for the right to take the floor during the Greater Bay Area International Model United Nations (GBAIMUN) 2025 · Summer Conference, which officially commenced in Shenzhen yesterday. The two-day event gathered about 220 young representatives from educational institutions in the world’s four major bay areas. Centering on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the U.N. 2030 Agenda and the U.N.’s 2025 priorities, the conference established seven committees, operating in Chinese and English. |
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| The end of landfills? SZ’s waste management revolution | | SEVENTY-TWO meters above Shenzhen’s coastline, a café offers visitors panoramic views of the Pearl River Estuary as ships drift by. But this is no ordinary café. It sits atop the chimney of a facility that processes over 2,600 tons of garbage every day – the Nanshan Energy Ecological Park, one of the world’s most technologically advanced waste-to-energy (WTE) plants. ... | |
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| China’s economy grows 5.3% in H1 | | China’s gross domestic product (GDP) rose 5.3% year on year in the first half (H1) of 2025 to 66.05 trillion yuan (US$9.24 trillion), the National Bureau of Statistics said yesterday. Second-quarter growth came in at 5.2%. The tertiary sector led the way, expanding 5.5%, while the primary and secondary industries grew 3.7% and 5.3%, respectively. Thanks to an accelerated rollout of more proactive macro policies since January, the economy has advanced steadily, with key indicators outperforming expectations despite lingering headwinds ... | |
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