China's top political advisor meets Harvard professor

China's top political advisor Wang Huning met with Harvard University Professor Graham Allison in Beijing on Friday.

Wang, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), said President Xi Jinping and President Donald Trump maintain good interactions, providing important strategic guidance for China-U.S. relations to improve and move forward.

Noting this year marks the start of China's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-2030), Wang said China will respond to the ever-changing international situation with certainty via its own development.

Wang stressed the Taiwan question is at the very core of China's core interests. China and the United States should strengthen dialogue and communication, properly manage differences, expand pragmatic cooperation, and find the right way to get along, injecting certainty and positive energy into the world, he said.

For his part, Allison said when international peace and order are gravely eroding, finding the right way for the two major countries to get along with each other is crucial for the world.

He hailed the three principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation proposed by President Xi for developing China-U.S. relations as highly enlightening.

Allison hopes that the United States and China will properly handle the Taiwan question and other issues to promote the steady development of bilateral relations, which also meets the expectations of the world.

Construction of the fifth phase of Guangzhou Port's Nansha Port area, one of the major national projects, commenced in Nansha District of Guangzhou, the capital of south China's Guangdong Province, on Friday.

The project is designed with an annual container throughput capacity of 6.7 million TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units), according to the Guangzhou Port Group.

It has four deep-water berths, each capable of accommodating 200,000-ton container vessels, with a combined shoreline exceeding 3,800 meters.

Upon completion of the Phase V project, the total container throughput capacity of the Nansha Port area is expected to reach 35 million TEUs annually. This would place it among the world's leading single port complexes in terms of handling capacity, further solidifying Guangzhou's status as an international shipping hub.