2025 International Sniper Competition concludes in Xinjiang

The Sharp Blade-2025 International Sniper Competition concluded on Saturday in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, after four days of intense shooting contests among top snipers from around the world.

A closing ceremony and an award ceremony were held at 09:30 at a training base in the city.

From Tuesday to Friday, some 50 sniper teams from more than 20 countries competed across 12 events covering four categories, namely, basic precision sniping, typical scenario sniping, comprehensive combat sniping, and extreme scenario sniping.

The multi-day competition was organized by the Chinese People's Armed Police Force, which, together with the Chinese People's Liberation Army, dispatched 12 teams to participate.

The last day of the competition saw the snipers going head-to-head in their last-ditch efforts to claim the first place. The most challenging among the four events was the one that tested the shooters' long-range sniping skills while they tried to overcome challenges posed by the natural environment.

The Chinese People's Armed Police Force has been hosting the Sharp Blade series of international sniper competition to conduct real combat training while carrying out international military cooperation. The competition has so far been successfully held three times.

"The exchanges among the teams and the sharing of our real combat experiences will eventually be incorporated into our respective real combat training to improve our capabilities of winning battles, so that we can jointly safeguard peace and tranquility," said Li Xiangsheng, who was on the panel tasked with making plans for skills evaluation for the competition.

2025 International Sniper Competition concludes in Xinjiang

Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Guoqing said Tuesday that China is willing to collaborate with all parties to ensure nuclear energy better supports the development and prosperity of all nations.

Zhang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks during the second Nuclear Energy Summit in Paris which he attended as Chinese President Xi Jinping's special representative.

Zhang said China has always adhered to a sensible, coordinated, and balanced nuclear security strategy proposed by President Xi and has made concrete contributions to promoting the global development of nuclear energy.

China is willing to work with all parties to jointly implement the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative and the Global Governance Initiative, and promote nuclear energy innovation-driven development, safety foundation building, industrial collaboration and win-win cooperation, so that nuclear energy can better benefit the development and prosperity of all countries, he said.

Zhang noted that China stands ready to join hands with all parties to make new contributions in building a clean, beautiful and sustainable world and a community with a shared future for humanity.

Heads of state, government leaders and senior representatives from over 30 countries, as well as heads of relevant international organizations, attended the summit and issued a joint statement titled "Safe and affordable nuclear energy for all."

Chinese vice premier calls for global nuclear cooperation