Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Aigul Japarova, wife of Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, and Ziroatkhon Mirziyoyeva, wife of Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, have a try at making shadow puppets at an exhibition hall of the Yisushe Theater in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, May 19, 2023. Peng on Friday morning invited the first ladies of Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan to visit the historic Yisushe Theater in Xi'an.
NANJING, May 19 (Xinhua) -- The coastal city of Lianyungang in east China's Jiangsu Province has reported 15,000 freight train trips to and from the five Central Asian countries. A cargo train, fully loaded with 100 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) containers of ceramic tiles, tires and grease processing equipment, left Lianyungang for Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on Thursday.
Chinese President Xi Jinping chairs the first China-Central Asia Summit and delivers a keynote speech themed "Working Together for a China-Central Asia Community with a Shared Future Featuring Mutual Assistance, Common Development, Universal Security, and Everlasting Friendship" in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, May 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Huang Jingwen) XI'AN, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday hailed the new era of China-Central Asia relations and announced a slew of proposals and measures to strengthen their cooperation, as he chaired a high-profile summit in the northwestern city of Xi'an, Shaanxi Province.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, together with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon, Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, meets the press following the successful conclusion of the China-Central Asia Summit in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, May 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Xueren) XI'AN, May 19 (Xinhua) -- With concerted efforts, China-Central Asia relations will inject strong positive energy into regional peace and stability, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday when meeting the press following the successful conclusion of the China-Central Asia Summit.
