In today’s podcast:
Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with a number of leaders on the sidelines of the 19th G20 Leaders' Summit held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, underscoring the world's recognition of China's role as a powerful and stabilizing force amid global geopolitical uncertainties as well as China's significant contribution to promoting development globally.
The G20 once served as a "firefighter" during the global economic crisis and now it should also become the "engine" that leads the global economy toward the next stage of prosperity, a Global Times editorial pointed out on Wednesday.
Themed "Embracing a People-Centered and AI-for-Good Digital Future - Building a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace," the 2024 World Internet Conference (WIC) Wuzhen Summit focuses on the development of artificial intelligence (AI), aiming to create an international cooperation platform to jointly boost the building of a community with a shared future in cyberspace.
A Global Times in-depth article explores the stories of a group of people living at the foot of China's Helan Mountains in Northwest China, who installed rooftop solar panels which can convert natural sunlight into electricity to eradicate poverty and contribute to the building of a "Beautiful China."
An exhibition titled "Tang China - A Cosmopolitan Dynasty (7th-10th Century)" was inaugurated Monday at France's Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts.