Power and phone service were being slowly restored, with about 236,000 homes and businesses still without power in North Carolina, down from a peak of more than 600,000, said spokesman Keith Acree of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety.
President Xi Jinping has mentioned Xue's work many times in speeches as an example of Chinese scientists breaking new ground in fundamental research. In January, Xue received first prize in the State Natural Science Award, China's highest accolade for breakthroughs in basic research.
President Xi Jinping inspects the garrison at the PLA's Shek Kong barracks in Hong Kong on Friday, the eve of the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China. [Photo/Xinhua]
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that he would send a floating ship that doubles as a hospital to the state. The ship, The USNS Comfort, is usually docked at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia.
President Xi Jinping and Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela walk together during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Friday. FENG YONGBIN / CHINA DAILY
Premier Li Keqiang vowed to expand financing channels for the cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European countries as he attended the seventh China-CEEC Economic and Trade Forum on Monday in the Hungarian capital, Budapest.
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President Xi Jinping said he is willing to work with Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela to strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation in various areas as the two leaders on Wednesday exchanged congratulations on the anniversary of the first year of diplomatic ties.
President Xi Jinping and Guinean President Alpha Conde exchanged congratulatory messages on Friday over the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Present at the meeting were Myanmar's Union Minister U Win Khaing for Electricity and Energy, vice administrator of National Energy Administration of China Li Fanrong, advisor to Prime Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Affairs of Bangladesh Dr. Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury BB.
President Xi Jinping sent condolences to his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo on Sunday over the casualties caused by a major earthquake and an ensuing tsunami that devastated Indonesia's central Sulawesi province.