BEIJING - A total of 452 major political parties in 165 countries have sent 855 messages of congratulation to the Communist Party of China (CPC) since the opening of the 19th CPC National Congress, Xi Jinping said Wednesday. Xi, who was just re-elected as general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarks when meeting the press at the Great Hall of the People together with other newly-elected members of the Standing Committee of the 19th CPC Central Committee Political Bureau. Of these congratulatory messages, 814 came from heads of state or government, or the leaders of political parties or important organizations, Xi said. "On behalf of the CPC Central Committee, I wish to convey our sincere appreciation to them all," Xi said. fabric festival wristbandsdebossed wristband24hr wristband
The C919 jet prepares to take off from Shanghai Pudong International Airport Sept 28, 2017. [Photo/CNTV] China's self-developed C919 jet has taken off for its second test flight, 146 days after the plane made its maiden voyage, the Commercial Aircraft Corp of China (COMAC) said on Thursday. The jet took off from Shanghai Pudong International Airport at around 07:20 am on Thursday. It planned to fly to Nantong via Chongming for a more than three-hour-long flight, and it is expected to return to the Pudong Airport at noon. The plane landed at the airport 10:08 am, COMAC said, a flight time of 166 minutes during to bad weather. In comparison, its maiden flight on May 5 was 80 minutes long.
