China Center for Cooperation on Special Economic Zones in BRICS Countries inaugurated in Hangzhou

The China Center for Cooperation on Special Economic Zones in BRICS Countries was officially inaugurated on Friday in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province in eastern China.

The Center is the first platform mechanism personally announced by Chinese President Xi Jinping in the field of BRICS economic and trade cooperation.

It will focus on key areas such as economic and trade collaboration, standard alignment, and institutional innovation, striving to become a pivotal platform for promoting economic and trade cooperation and exchanges between China and other BRICS countries.

Furthermore, the Center aims to evolve into a new platform supporting the advancement of high-level institutional opening-up.

China Center for Cooperation on Special Economic Zones in BRICS Countries inaugurated in Hangzhou

Tehran was hit by a barrage of airstrikes on Tuesday, with thick smoke rising in many parts of the city, according to a China Media Group (CMG) reporter stationed in the Iranian capital.

Video footage shot by the reporter showed smoke and dust engulfing nearby buildings after one airstrike.

Airstrikes also threw up thick columns of smoke in western, eastern, and far northeastern Tehran, with all the explosions occurring within minutes of each other, according to the reporter.

Airstrikes continue in Tehran: CMG reporter