The airport in Changchun, capital of northeast China’s Jilin Province, will see more flights in the coming winter and spring season to meet the rising demand from tourists.

The winter flight schedule runs from Oct. 29 to March 24.

During the period, Changchun Longjia International Airport is expected to have 1,764 flights every week, up 12.8 percent year on year, the airport said Saturday.

Many airlines, including China Southern, China Eastern and Xiamen airlines, will open routes to cities such as Chengdu, Shantou, Guiyang, Hangzhou and Nanchang, with more passengers expected to visit the province known for winter tourism.

Frequency of flights to major cities, including Beijing and Shanghai, will be increased, according to the airport.

Northeast China, including Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces, is a popular winter destination for tourists. Famous resorts in Jilin include skiing resorts of Songyuan and Changbai Mountain.

China is expecting a boom in winter-sport tourism as the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing approach.

Zaw Ye Aung (center), a journalist from Skynet Up to Date media in Myanmar, and other reporters touch a screen to learn about a cultural relic at the digital Palace Museum section of an exhibition showcasing China’s progress in the past five years. [Photo/China Daily]

The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China marks a historic point for the country and means a lot to the world, foreign reporters said on Friday when more than 50 of them visited an exhibition showcasing China’s progress in the past five years.

Zubair Qureshi, a senior correspondent from the Daily Pakistan Observer, said the exhibition shows the commitment and resolve of China to develop itself into a modern economy.

“I was impressed, particularly by Chinese models of nuclear submarines and other military equipment, since they looked to me quite effective,” he said.

The congress is a historic moment for China to develop into a moderately prosperous country, he said.

Many global issues can be resolved with China’s wisdom and experience, since the country is taking on a role as a global leader, he added.

Ronald Kato, a journalist from New Vision newspaper in Uganda, said it is amazing that China has made such remarkable progress in science and technology as well as in agriculture.

He said the report delivered by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, at the congress on Wednesday recognized the challenges that China is going through and gives an idea of the direction that China wants to take.

“It would be interesting to see what China will be like according to his vision by 2050,” he said, adding that he thinks it will be a better place, and if China is a better place, the world will be a better place, too.

China is playing an increasingly important role in the international community, and the country is leading the way in global governance, he added.

Zaw Ye Aung, a journalist from Skynet Up to Date media in Myanmar, said the development of China over the past five years has been outstanding.

“The achievement in technology impresses me most. The C919 jet (the first large passenger aircraft produced in China) is one of the milestones of China,” he said.

Journalists around the world are interested in the congress, he said, adding that they can learn more about China from the congress.

Jiang Yingcheng, a teacher from Hangzhou Technician Institute, competes in the car spraying event at the 44th WorldSkills Competition, which closed in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday. Jiang won the gold medal. [Photo/China Daily]

China topped the gold medal count at the 44th WorldSkills Competition which closed in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Thursday.

China participated in 47 competition events and won 15 gold medals, seven silver medals and eight bronze medals. It’s the best performance by the Chinese delegation in the World-Skills Competition since it joined WorldSkills in 2010, and is the fourth time China has participated in the competition.

Zhang Lixin, head of the Chinese delegation at the competition, said China got gold medals in all six competition categories in the event, including manufacturing engineering and technology, transportation and logistics, and information and communication technology.

“China showed to the world the excellent skills of its young skilled talent in the World-Skills Competition. The good result the Chinese delegation got will also encourage Chinese youth and workers to develop in an atmosphere of respecting work, skills and creation and promoting the development of the country’s skilled talent,” said Zhang, who is also head of the Professional Capacity Building Department at the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security.

Around 1,260 competitors from 68 WorldSkills’ member countries and regions participated in 52 competition events this year. China sent the largest-ever delegation of 52 members, aged from 18 to 21. It was the first time that China participated in 18 of the events, Zhang said.

The 52 were chosen from more than 1,000 who took part in national competitions from last July to April this year, he said.

In 2015, China got gold medals for the first time at the 43rd WorldSkills Competition held in Sao Paolo, Brazil. In total, China got five gold medals, six silver medals and three bronze medals in the event.

China was also selected in Abu Dhabi on Oct 13 to host the WorldSkills Competition in Shanghai in 2021. President Xi Jinping sent a video message in support of China’s bid to host the event.

The WorldSkills Competition occurs every two years and is the world’s biggest vocational education and skills excellence event.

The competitors are selected from WorldSkills’ member countries and regions and represent the best of their peers. They demonstrate technical abilities both individually and collectively to carry out specific tasks for which they study and will perform in the future.

China has 165 million skilled workers, and 47.91 million of them are highly skilled. Each year, more than 100 million people have access to technical and vocational education and training.

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba’s delivery arm Cainiao Network and the government of eastern China’s city of Xiamen in Fujian Province announced plans to cooperate on environment-friendly delivery services Friday.

With the China Environmental Protection Foundation and Chinese major courier companies as participants, including Yunda Express and ZTO Express, the project was launched in the port city ahead of the nation’s largest online shopping festival, on Nov. 11.

The green logistics project includes use of environment-friendly packaging, recycling of paper boxes and use of new energy vehicles.

About 2 million bags made from biodegradable material will be used in the city for the project this year, with the number expected to exceed 10 million next year.

The Cainiao Network will recycle delivery paper boxes on school campuses and in residential communities, with around 1 million boxes expected to be recycled every year, according to Wan Lin, president of the company.

An express dispatch platform to optimize express delivery will be established to increase efficiency and lower costs.

For the upcoming shopping festival, the Cainiao Network will launch warehouses using green packaging. Some of the warehouses have already been put in use, the company said.

“With technical, intelligent and coordinated means, we will strive to make Xiamen an example for China and the world in green logistic services,” Wan said.

In a consumer culture that often amounts to little more than click, buy, receive delivery and throw away the packaging, increasing amounts of cardboard, foam plastic, plastic bags and other packing materials are being thrown away.

Last year China used more than 12 billion plastic bags for express packaging, sparking pollution concerns and calls for environment-friendly logistics.

Election methods of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) were approved at a presidium meeting Friday afternoon.

The presidium of the 19th CPC National Congress held its second meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

The meeting, presided over by Xi Jinping, approved the draft resolutions on the report of the 18th CPC Central Committee, the work report of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, and the amendment to the Constitution of the CPC.

The three draft resolutions will be submitted to all delegations to the congress for discussion.

Liu Yunshan, secretary-general of the congress, briefed the presidium on proposed name lists of nominees for the candidates of members and alternate members of the 19th CPC Central Committee, and members of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

The meeting decided to submit the proposed name lists to all delegations for consideration.

A name list of ballot scrutineers was also approved by the presidium, and will be ratified by the congress before the final vote begins.