Canadian PM arrives in Beijing for official visit

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for an official visit to China through Saturday.

This visit marks the first trip to China by a Canadian Prime Minister in eight years.

When briefing on the visit of Carney, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said China looks forward to taking this visit as an opportunity to enhance dialogue and communication, increase political mutual trust, expand practical cooperation, properly manage differences, address each other's concerns and consolidate the momentum of improvement in China-Canada relations to bring greater benefit for the two peoples.

Canadian PM arrives in Beijing for official visit

China on Friday sent two new test satellites into space from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan.

The satellites, Shiyan-30 03 and 04, were launched at 06:33 (Beijing Time) aboard a Long March-2D carrier rocket and entered the preset orbit successfully.

The satellites will be mainly used for experimental verification of Earth observation technologies.

The launch marked the 632nd flight mission of the Long March series carrier rockets.

China launches two new test satellites