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Fencing at China's 15th National Games - Hong Kong

Zheng Yanhua (L) of Guangdong competes against Qian Jiarui of Jiangsu during the women's sabre team final of fencing at China's 15th National Games in Hong Kong, south China, November 19, 2025. Photo by Xinhua/Hu Huhu/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Fencing at China's 15th National Games - Hong Kong

Chen Ying (L) of Guangdong competes against Qian Jiarui of Jiangsu during the women's sabre team final of fencing at China's 15th National Games in Hong Kong, south China, November 19, 2025. Photo by Xinhua/Hu Huhu/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Xizang in Archives | The history teller

STORY: Xizang in Archives | The history teller SHOOTING TIME: May 14, 2024 DATELINE: June 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: LHASA, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Archives of Xizang Autonomous Region 2. various of Yuan Jiarui 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YUAN JIARUI, Docent of the Archives of Xizang Autonomous Region STORYLINE: After finishing graduate studies, Yuan Jiarui came to work at the Archives of the Xizang Autonomous Region in Lhasa. As a docent, Jiarui has been deeply impressed by the cultural exchanges between Tibetans and other ethnic groups in China. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): YUAN JIARUI, Docent of the Archives of Xizang Autonomous Region "The Tibetan medical thangka painting has impressed me. There are four diagnostic methods known as 'inspection, auscultation & olfaction, inquiry, and palpation' in traditional Chinese medicine. I have learned that Tibetan medicine also has three diagnostic methods 'inspection, palpation, and inquiry' and presents various symptoms in the form

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CHINA-ANHUI-WUHU-STUDENTS-FALLEN HEROS-PORTRAITS (CN)

(230415) -- WUHU, April 15, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Yu Jiarui, a student at Anhui Normal University, takes a photo of a fallen hero's portrait that he has created in Wuhu City, east China's Anhui Province, March 31, 2023. A group of Chinese university students is using art to pay tribute to fallen war heroes, creating portraits for their families free of charge. TO GO WITH "Across China: Chinese students create free portraits for families of fallen heroes" (Xinhua/Zhang Duan)

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Int'l flights arrive in China after COVID-19 management optimized

STORY: Int'l flights arrive in China after COVID-19 management optimized DATELINE: Jan. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: SHANGHAI/QINGDAO, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of aircraft landing 2. various of entrance of border inspection hall 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MS. YANG, Traveler 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): SHALY RAUSS, Traveler 5. various of aircraft landing 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): ZHAO JIARUI, Traveler STORYLINE: Many airports in China on Sunday saw the arrivals of inbound flights after the country has optimized its COVID-19 response, with restrictions on international flights lifted starting Sunday. Air New Zealand flight NZ289, which set off from Auckland, landed at Shanghai Pudong International Airport at 6:31 in the morning. It is the first international flight to arrive at the airport after the optimization of China's COVID-19 management. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): MS. YANG, Traveler "Now the policy has changed. There is no quarantine anymore. We particularly chose today's flight t

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Japanese opposition leader urged Beijing to meet with Abe

BEIJING, China - Banri Kaieda (L), head of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, and Wang Jiarui, head of the International Liaison Department of the Communist Party's Central Committee, shake hands in Beijing on July 16, 2014, prior to their talks. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun)

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Japan party leader in China

BEIJING, China - New Komeito party leader Natsuo Yamaguchi (L) and senior Communist Party of China official Wang Jiarui shake hands in Beijing before their meeting on Jan. 24, 2013. The Japanese ruling coalition party leader was in China in an effort to improve Japan-China relations strained over the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, administered for decades by Tokyo but claimed by Beijing. (Pool photo)

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Japan-China youth and private sector exchange

BEIJING, China - Natsuo Yamaguchi (R), head of Japan's opposition New Komeito party, and Wang Jiarui, the head of the Communist Party of China's International Department, shake hands in Beijing on Dec. 14, 2010. The two parties agreed that the two countries should promote youth and private-sector exchanges to enhance bilateral relations. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Senior Chinese official Wang arrives in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Wang Jiarui (L), head of the Chinese Communist Party's International Department, shake hands with a senior North Korean official as he arrives at Pyongyang airport on Feb. 6, 2010. Wang, head of the party's International Department, is expected to hand a New Year message from Chinese President Hu Jintao to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and urge Pyongyang to return to the six-way talks on ending its nuclear ambitions.

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Senior Chinese official Wang arrives in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Wang Jiarui (L), head of the Chinese Communist Party's International Department, is greeted by a senior North Korean official as he arrives at Pyongyang airport on Feb. 6, 2010. Wang, head of the party's International Department, is expected to hand a New Year message from Chinese President Hu Jintao to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and urge Pyongyang to return to the six-way talks on ending its nuclear ambitions.

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Japan's concerns about abduction issue conveyed to N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Wang Jiarui, head of the Chinese Communist Party's International Department, speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Feb. 20.

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China party official favors option of separating Class-A criminals

BEIJING, China - Makoto Koga (L), former Liberal Democratic Party secretary general, is in talks with Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 19. Koga, who met Wang Jiarui, head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, earlier in the day, quoted Wang as telling him that the idea of separating Japan's Class-A war criminals from the war dead enshrined at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine ''is one good direction if it is acceptable in Japan.''

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Ozawa arrives in China, expects to meet with President Hu

BEIJING, China - Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa (C) shakes hands with Wang Jiarui (R), head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, shortly after his arrival in Beijing on July 3 as DPJ Acting President Naoto Kan (far left) looks on.

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Ozawa arrives in China, expects to meet with President Hu

BEIJING, China - Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa (2nd from right)) and members of his delegation are in talks with Wang Jiarui (far left), head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, shortly after his arrival in Beijing on July 3.

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Chinese official says no to Koizumi successor's shrine visits

BEIJING, China - Wang Jiarui (L), head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, Taku Yamasaki, former vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party pose for photos prior to their meeting in Beijing on April 25. Wang told Yamasaki that Beijing would oppose any visits to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine by a successor to Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi.

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China agrees with Japan trade minister on economic cooperation

BEIJING, China - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshihiro Nikai (L) talks with Wang Jiarui, head of the International Liaison Department of the Chinese Communist Party, in Beijing on Feb. 23.

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Japanese, Chinese officials remain apart over shrine visits

BEIJING, China - Wang Jiarui (standing), head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, addresses a meeting in Beijing on Feb. 21 between Japanese ruling coalition lawmakers and Chinese Communist Party officials.

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Japanese, Chinese officials remain apart over shrine visits

BEIJING, China - Wang Jiarui (L), head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, and Hidenao Nakagawa, chairman of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party's Police Research Council, shake hands at a hotel in Beijing on Feb. 21 before a meeting between Japanese ruling coalition lawmakers and Chinese Communist Party officials.

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LDP lawmaker withdrew shrine remark in China meeting: sources

BEIJING, China - Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (L) meets Wang Jiarui (R, front), head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, in Beijing on May 21. In the meeting, Takebe took back comments about Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine after facing anger from Wang, sources informed about Japan-China relations said May 23.

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(1)Takebe, Fuyushiba meet with China's Communist Party official

BEIJING, China - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (L) and New Komeito Party Secretary General Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (2nd from L) meet with Wang Jiarui (R), head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee in Beijing on May 21.

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(2)Takebe, Fuyushiba meet with China's Communist Party official

BEIJING, China - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (R) and Wang Jiarui, head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, pose for photos prior to their meeting in Beijing on May 21.

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China to 'react strongly' to N. Korea nuke test: lawmaker

BEIJING, China - Wang Jiarui (in file photo), head of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee's International Department, told a senior Japanese opposition lawmaker on May 12 that China would ''react strongly'' to a North Korean nuclear weapons test. Yoshito Sengoku, chairman of the Policy Research Committee of the Democratic Party of Japan, told reporters that Wang made the comment, which implies China's opposition to such a test, during a meeting in Beijing.

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N. Korea ready to return to 6-way talks if conditions met

BEIJING, China - Wang Jiarui, head of the Chinese Communist Party's International Department, waves as he returns to Beijing Capital International Airport on Feb. 22 from Pyongyang, where he met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. In the meeting, Kim reportedly said North Korea is ready to return to stalled six-nation talks over its nuclear program if conditions are met.

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Wang heads for N. Korea on trip seen as key to 6-way talks

BEIJING, China - Wang Jiarui, head of the Chinese Communist Party's International Liaison Department, prepares to leave Beijing's international airport for Pyongyang on Feb. 19 on a trip seen as key to bringing North Korea back to the six-way talks over its nuclear ambitions.

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Japan, China ruling parties boost ties over N. Korea

BEIJING, China - New Komeito party leader Takenori Kanzaki (L) and Wang Jiarui, head of the International Liaison Department of the Chinese Communist Party, shake hands prior to their talks in Beijing on Feb. 10. They agreed to enhance cooperation on issues related to North Korea ahead of six-party talks scheduled for Feb. 25 on defusing the North's nuclear weapons program.

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DPJ's Kan in Beijing for talks with Chinese leaders

BEIJING, Japan - Naoto Kan (L), president of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), talks with Wang Jiarui, head of the Chinese Communist Party's International Liaison Department, at a hotel in Beijing on April 15. Kan is scheduled to talk separately with President Hu Jintao and Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing on April 16.

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10-year-old girl becomes star chef in China

STORY: 10-year-old girl becomes star chef in China DATELINE: May 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: NANJING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Sun Jiarui cooking 2. various of school teachings STORYLINE: Rotating a 2-kg wok over a burning flame while swinging a ladle to the beat of pop music, 10-year-old Sun Jiarui makes her way around the kitchen like a veteran chef. Sun is a fourth-grader at a primary school in the city of Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province. She can cook more than 50 types of delicacies, which is no easy feat even for an adult. Short videos of the young cooking star have gone viral, as netizens marvel at her jaw-dropping cooking skills. She has garnered more than 830,000 followers and 9 million likes on her TikTok-like Douyin account, with her video clips boasting up to 40 million views. She has also become a teacher of her school's cooking class. The Ministry of Education (MOE) has recently issued a document saying that education on practical labor skills will be i

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LDP lawmaker withdrew shrine remark in China meeting: sources

BEIJING, China - Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (L) meets Wang Jiarui (R, front), head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, in Beijing on May 21. In the meeting, Takebe took back comments about Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's visits to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine after facing anger from Wang, sources informed about Japan-China relations said May 23. (Kyodo)

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Japanese, Chinese officials remain apart over shrine visits

BEIJING, China - Wang Jiarui (L), head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, and Hidenao Nakagawa, chairman of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party's Police Research Council, shake hands at a hotel in Beijing on Feb. 21 before a meeting between Japanese ruling coalition lawmakers and Chinese Communist Party officials. (Kyodo)

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Japanese, Chinese officials remain apart over shrine visits

BEIJING, China - Wang Jiarui (standing), head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, addresses a meeting in Beijing on Feb. 21 between Japanese ruling coalition lawmakers and Chinese Communist Party officials. (Kyodo)

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China agrees with Japan trade minister on economic cooperation

BEIJING, China - Japan's Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Toshihiro Nikai (L) talks with Wang Jiarui, head of the International Liaison Department of the Chinese Communist Party, in Beijing on Feb. 23. (Kyodo)

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Chinese official says no to Koizumi successor's shrine visits

BEIJING, China - Wang Jiarui (L), head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, Taku Yamasaki, former vice president of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party pose for photos prior to their meeting in Beijing on April 25. Wang told Yamasaki that Beijing would oppose any visits to the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine by a successor to Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi. (Kyodo)

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Ozawa arrives in China, expects to meet with President Hu

BEIJING, China - Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa (C) shakes hands with Wang Jiarui (R), head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, shortly after his arrival in Beijing on July 3 as DPJ Acting President Naoto Kan (far left) looks on. (Kyodo)

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Ozawa arrives in China, expects to meet with President Hu

BEIJING, China - Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa (2nd from right)) and members of his delegation are in talks with Wang Jiarui (far left), head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, shortly after his arrival in Beijing on July 3. (Kyodo)

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Japan's concerns about abduction issue conveyed to N. Korea

TOKYO, Japan - Wang Jiarui, head of the Chinese Communist Party's International Department, speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Tokyo on Feb. 20. (Kyodo)

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Japanese, Chinese ruling parties resume talks after 6-yr hiatus

Sadakazu Tanigaki (L in front), secretary general of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party, and Wang Jiarui, the former head of the Chinese Communist Party's international department, shake hands in Beijing on Dec. 3, 2015. Japan's ruling parties and the Communist Party resumed their regular consultative meeting for the first time in more than six years, in another sign of improving bilateral relations. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese, Chinese ruling parties resume talks after 6-yr hiatus

Yoshihisa Inoue (seated L) and Sadakazu Tanigaki (seated C), the secretaries general of Japan's Komeito party and Liberal Democratic Party, respectively, and Wang Jiarui, the former head of the Chinese Communist Party's international department, hold talks in Beijing on Dec. 3, 2015. The Japanese ruling parties and the Communist Party resumed their regular consultative meeting for the first time in more than six years, in another sign of improving bilateral relations. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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CPC int'l dept. chief Wang meets Japan's Tanigaki, Inoue

Wang Jiarui, minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, speaks during a meeting with Sadakazu Tanigaki, secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, and Yoshihisa Inoue, secretary general of the LDP's coalition partner Komeito, in Beijing on March 24, 2015. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanigaki of LDP speaks to CPC int'l dept. chief Wang

Sadakazu Tanigaki, secretary general of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, speaks during a meeting with Wang Jiarui, minister of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, in Beijing on March 24, 2015. (Pool photo by Yomiuri Shimbun) (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan's ruling coalition, China agree on restart of exchanges

Wang Jiarui (3rd from L), head of China's Communist Party's international department, meets with senior lawmakers of Japan's ruling parties, including Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Sadakazu Tanigaki (3rd from R), in Beijing on March 24, 2015. The two sides agreed to resume their regular consultations that have been suspended since 2009 by the end of this year, in another sign of easing tensions between Asia's two major powers. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China party official favors option of separating Class-A crimina

BEIJING, China - Makoto Koga (L), former Liberal Democratic Party secretary general, is in talks with Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 19. Koga, who met Wang Jiarui, head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, earlier in the day, quoted Wang as telling him that the idea of separating Japan's Class-A war criminals from the war dead enshrined at Tokyo's Yasukuni Shrine ''is one good direction if it is acceptable in Japan.'' (Kyodo)

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(1)Takebe, Fuyushiba meet with China's Communist Party official

BEIJING, China - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (L) and New Komeito Party Secretary General Tetsuzo Fuyushiba (2nd from L) meet with Wang Jiarui (R), head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee in Beijing on May 21. (Kyodo)

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(2)Takebe, Fuyushiba meet with China's Communist Party official

BEIJING, China - Liberal Democratic Party Secretary General Tsutomu Takebe (R) and Wang Jiarui, head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, pose for photos prior to their meeting in Beijing on May 21. (Kyodo)

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China to 'react strongly' to N. Korea nuke test: lawmaker

BEIJING, China - Wang Jiarui (in file photo), head of the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee's International Department, told a senior Japanese opposition lawmaker on May 12 that China would ''react strongly'' to a North Korean nuclear weapons test. Yoshito Sengoku, chairman of the Policy Research Committee of the Democratic Party of Japan, told reporters that Wang made the comment, which implies China's opposition to such a test, during a meeting in Beijing. (Kyodo)

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Senior Chinese official Wang arrives in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Wang Jiarui (L), head of the Chinese Communist Party's International Department, is greeted by a senior North Korean official as he arrives at Pyongyang airport on Feb. 6, 2010. Wang, head of the party's International Department, is expected to hand a New Year message from Chinese President Hu Jintao to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and urge Pyongyang to return to the six-way talks on ending its nuclear ambitions. (Kyodo)

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Senior Chinese official Wang arrives in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Wang Jiarui (L), head of the Chinese Communist Party's International Department, shake hands with a senior North Korean official as he arrives at Pyongyang airport on Feb. 6, 2010. Wang, head of the party's International Department, is expected to hand a New Year message from Chinese President Hu Jintao to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and urge Pyongyang to return to the six-way talks on ending its nuclear ambitions. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea ready to return to 6-way talks if conditions met

BEIJING, China - Wang Jiarui, head of the Chinese Communist Party's International Department, waves as he returns to Beijing Capital International Airport on Feb. 22 from Pyongyang, where he met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. In the meeting, Kim reportedly said North Korea is ready to return to stalled six-nation talks over its nuclear program if conditions are met. (Kyodo)

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Wang heads for N. Korea on trip seen as key to 6-way talks

BEIJING, China - Wang Jiarui, head of the Chinese Communist Party's International Liaison Department, prepares to leave Beijing's international airport for Pyongyang on Feb. 19 on a trip seen as key to bringing North Korea back to the six-way talks over its nuclear ambitions. (Kyodo)

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N. Korea standoff should not be allowed to worsen: Chinese offic

BEIJING, China - Ichiro Ozawa (L), head of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, and Wang Jiarui, head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, pose for a photo prior to their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 27. Wang told Ozawa and other Japanese lawmakers that China was disappointed with North Korea's Oct. 9 nuclear test and it wants to avoid a worsening of the standoff after the nuclear experiment. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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N. Korea standoff should not be allowed to worsen: Chinese offic

BEIJING, China - Ichiro Ozawa (L), head of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan, and Wang Jiarui, head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, are in talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 27. Wang told Ozawa and other Japanese lawmakers that China was disappointed with North Korea's Oct. 9 nuclear test and it wants to avoid a worsening of the standoff after the nuclear experiment. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)