Important Progress in Trade Talks
　　February 15， Beijing： Chinese President Xi Jinping （center） meets U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin， who made the trip to Beijing for a new round of China-U.S. high-level economic and trade consultations， at the Great Hall of the People. President Xi revealed that “important progress for the current stage” was made during the two-day talks.
　　Joint Global Efforts
　　February 16， Munich， Germany： German Chancellor Angela Merkel addresses the 55th Munich Security Conference. In a passionate speech， Merkel said the international political structure built after World War II could not be smashed but instead reformed in a multilateral way. She also suggested Germany learn from China about its practices in development cooperation with African countries.


　　Forbidden City Lights Up
　　February 18， Beijing： The Palace Museum， or the Forbidden City， tests new lighting systems. The museum extended its opening hours into the evening on February 19 and 20 in celebration of this year’s Lantern Festival. It was the first time the museum was open to the public for free at night in its 94-year history， and the first time the ancient buildings in the Forbidden City were decorated with lights on a large scale at night， the museum said.


　　China Clones Gene-edited Monkeys
　　January 22， Shanghai： Cloned monkeys with circadian rhythm disorder at the Institute of Neuroscience under the Chinese Academy of Sciences. China cloned five monkeys from a gene-edited macaque with circadian rhythm disorder， the first time that multiple monkeys have been cloned from a gene-edited monkey for biomedical research. Scientists made the announcement on January 24， with two articles published in National Science Review， a top English-language scientific journal in China.


　　Chinese Wisdom at WEF
　　January 23， Davos， Switzerland： A “Dalian Night” reception during the 2019 World Economic Forum （WEF） annual meeting， highlights Chinese culture with its decorations. From January 22 to 25， this year’s forum attracted global elites to discuss “Globalization 4.0.” Chinese wisdom was again featured prominently at the meeting. Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan called on countries to work together to shape the global architecture in the age of the fourth industrial revolution with the vision to create a better future for all mankind.