As per the latest Leading 200 Science Cities list, tracked by the journal Nature, Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, ranked 20th, entering the global top 20 for the first time.
The China Customs magazine, affiliated with the General Administration of Customs, released the list of the top 100 cities in China for foreign trade in 2022, with Xi'an ranking 20th nationwide.
Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, recently held a symposium with Paphos in Cyprus, during which both cities signed a letter of intent to establish friendly exchange relations.
A large-scale outdoor promotion event for cultural tourism in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, was held in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, on Nov 24.
The discovery of ancient counting rods made of ivory suggests that the Chinese may have been the first in the world to conceive of negative and positive numbers — 800 years earlier than India.
When Croatian artist Ivica Simic first arrived in Xi'an in 2015, he was instantly enamored by the thousands of years of history on display in the city and embraced by its residents.
The first China-Europe freight train (Pridacha-Xi'an) for imported Russian rapeseed oil arrived at Xi'an International Port Station in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, on Nov 18.
Special products from countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, such as Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan, attracted many visitors at the International Exhibition of Agricultural Products in the Yellow River Basin on Nov 10.