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Xinhua China-related world news summary at 0900 GMT, July 9

Xinhua, July 9, 2016 Adjust font size:

Sri Lanka would like to make joint efforts with China for 21 Century Maritime Silk Road construction, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said Saturday.

When meeting with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, the prime minister said Sri Lanka would take advantage of Indian Ocean hub location to achieve this end. (Sri Lanka-China)

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GWADAR -- From overhead the port of Gwadar in southwest Pakistan is hard to spot, with its sandy-colored buildings blending into the dusty background. But the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a cooperation program launched in 2013, will soon put the town on the map.

"There will be a ceremony next month marking the completion and commencement of major infrastructure projects in Gwadar that greatly boost the city's function as an economic engine for Pakistan," Gwadar Port Authority Chairman Dostain Jamaldini told Xinhua recently. (Pakistan-Dubai-Belt&Road)

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NEW YORK -- An atlas published in 1994 by a renowned U.S. map publisher clearly illustrated that Huangyan Dao and other key islands involved in the South China Sea dispute are part of China's territory.

The 1994 revised edition of the Illustrated Atlas of The World, published by the Chicago-based Rand McNally, clearly shows that Huangyan Dao, Nansha Islands and Xisha Islands fall under China's jurisdiction, Chia-Chi Tsui, a retired Chinese-American professor, told Xinhua on Friday. (US-China-Philippines)

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WASHINGTON -- Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde on Friday announced her proposal to appoint Zhang Tao, currently deputy governor of the People's Bank of China (PBOC), as the next deputy managing director of the organization, effective from August 22.

Zhang, a central bank veteran with years of experience at multilateral development banks, will succeed Zhu Min, who is due to step down later this month after finishing his five-year term as the IMF's deputy managing director, the Washington-based international lender said in a statement. (IMF-official) Endi