XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2021: CHINA NEWS (Part 1)
Volunteers push a tricycle on a slope to deliver daily necessities to students' dormitories on the campus of Dalian Ocean University under closed-off management for COVID-19 control, in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Jan. 6, 2021. (Dalian Ocean University/Handout via Xinhua)
People visit the Huaqiangbei Museum in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Jan. 7, 2021. Huaqiangbei is a renowned commercial area in Shenzhen for electronics markets. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)
A train dispatcher works at the Xilinhot station in Xilinhot of Xilingol League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 8, 2021. The lowest temperature reached minus 30 degrees Celsius in Xilinhot on that day. (Xinhua/Peng Yuan)
A Bryde's whale forages in waters off Weizhou Island in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 15, 2021. (Xinhua/Liu Jinhai)
Lu Shengmei (L) performs a free medical treatment to villager Qiao Aifen, who is confined to bed due to paralysis inside her cave dwelling, in Hejiagou Village of Jiaxian County, Yulin City, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 18, 2021. In the year of 1968, Lu graduated from a medical college in Beijing and chose to work in the remote Jiaxian. She had worked in the county until she got retired in 1999. Since then, she has kept offering free treatment to local people. (Xinhua/Tao Ming)
A snow removing machine, with workers on board, slowly pulls out of the garage of the Tiechanggou repairing team in Emin, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 21, 2021. Maytas, dubbed "Hell of Wind," is a wild area where the Karamay-Tacheng railway in Xinjiang runs through. It is also a place where the Tiechanggou repairing team under the China Railway Urumqi Bureau Group Co., Ltd. is on the watch 24 hours a day to ensure safe operation of all trains passing by. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)
A giant panda cub plays at Qinling Giant Panda Research Center in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 22, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhang Bowen)
An invigilator checks the information of an examinee taking the national postgraduate entrance examination at a quarantine exam room in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Dec. 25, 2021. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
Photo taken on Sept. 2, 2021 shows a golden mask discovered at the No. 3 sacrificial pit of the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwest China's Sichuan Province. New finds at the legendary Sanxingdui Ruins site dazzled archaeologists with their historical value as well as the display of creativity and ingenuity. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)
Astronauts Nie Haisheng (C), Liu Boming (R) and Tang Hongbo are out of the return capsule of the Shenzhou-12 spaceship at the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Sept. 17, 2021. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
A piglet is seen on the No. 5633 train in southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 11, 2021. The 5633/5634 trains, a pair of slow-speed trains, still run through Daliang Mountains between Puxiong and Panzhihua of Sichuan Province. With an average speed less than 40 km per hour, the journey with 26 stations takes eleven hours and four minutes. The ticket prices range from 2 yuan to 25.5 yuan (about 0.3-3.9 U.S. dollars). The slow-speed trains send children to their schools, sick people to healthcare, and the locals to the world outside of the mountains. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
The Long March-5B Y2 rocket, carrying the Tianhe module, blasts off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province, April 29, 2021. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)
Photo taken on April 2, 2021 shows the site of a train derailment in Hualien, southeast China's Taiwan. At least 50 people were killed, and 146 others injured in Taiwan after the train carrying many holiday home-returning passengers derailed in the island's deadliest accident in over four decades. (Xinhua)
Tsinghua alumni walk with their teacher Xie Hongyi (3rd L) at Tsinghua University in Beijing, capital of China, April 24, 2021. Tsinghua University commemorated its 110th anniversary on April 25, 2021. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)
Members of Xi'an Symphony Orchestra perform near the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province, April 29, 2021. China sent into space the core module Tianhe of its space station on April 29, 2021. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
A delivery man rides on a road in the rain in Nankai District of Tianjin, north China, April 15, 2021. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)
Photo released on March 24, 2021 on "Astrophysical Journal Letters" shows a polarized view of the black hole. (CAS Shanghai Astronomical Observatory via Xinhua)
Photo taken on March 29, 2021 shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance at night in southwest China's Guizhou Province. China's FAST officially opened to the world starting from March 31, 2021. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
Combo photo shows medical staff Zhou Guohong giving a cheer-up gesture to colleagues at the temporary hospital converted from Wuhan Sports Center to combat the COVID-19 pandemic on Feb. 12, 2020 (L) and Zhou posing for a photo in front of cherry trees in Wuhan University during a free exclusive tour provided by the university for medical workers across China who had assisted Wuhan with the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, on March 13, 2021, in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Huang Zhongjie, on behalf of his late daughter Huang Wenxiu, attends a grand gathering to mark the nation's poverty alleviation accomplishments and honor model poverty fighters at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 25, 2021. Huang Wenxiu, who led the poverty-alleviation efforts in a village in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, died in a rain-induced flash flood on June 17, 2019, at the age of 30. (Xinhua/Liu Bin)
Zheng Yingying, a medical worker from People's Hospital of Daowai District of Harbin, makes a hand heart gesture to her visiting son behind a glass door at a quarantine center of COVID-19 in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 11, 2021. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei)
Zhang Shangbao walks on a path with his medical kit in Tietou Village of Shilou County, north China's Shanxi Province, March 23, 2021. Zhang, who has only one hand, has provided medical service to the locals for more than 40 years. For years, he has been accustomed to walk through mountains every month to reach patients. (Xinhua/Zhan Yan)
Photo taken on March 13, 2021 shows a view at the Yuantouzhu scenic spot of the Taihu Lake in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)
A trapped miner expresses his gratitude after being lifted from a gold mine in Qixia City, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 24, 2021. A total of 22 miners were trapped underground due to the mine blast on Jan. 10, 2021 in Qixia. (Xinhua/Chen Hao)
Photo released on March 4, 2021 by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) shows a high-resolution image of Mars captured by the country's Tianwen-1 probe. (CNSA/Handout via Xinhua)
Photo taken on Feb. 26, 2021 shows sprouting rice seeds that had made a round trip to the moon aboard the Chang'e-5 probe at the greenhouse of the National Engineering Research Center of Plant Space Breeding of South China Agricultural University (SCAU) in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province. (Photo by Zhang Ziwang/Xinhua)
The left part of this combo photo taken by Gan Junchao shows a doctor who is assisting Wuhan with the fight against COVID-19 pandemic and patient Wang Xin enjoying the sunset view on their way for a CT scan at the Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University on March 5, 2020. The right part of this combo photo taken by Xiong Qi shows Wang Xin playing the violin at a residential area in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 24, 2021. (Xinhua)
Combo photo shows Bamu Yubumu trudging toward the Nanchang Railway Station with luggage on her back and baby in her arm, in Nanchang of east China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 30, 2010 (L) and Bamu Yubumu posing for photo in traditional attire of Yi ethnic group in Taoyuan Village, Yuexi County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 22, 2021.
On Jan. 30, 2010, the first day of the year's "Chunyun," or Spring Festival travel rush, a young mother trudged toward a railway station, a large sack bulging with daily necessities on her back, a bag in her left hand, and a baby clasped in her right arm.
A Xinhua correspondent captured the moment at the Nanchang Railway Station square in Nanchang. Titled "Baby, Mama Takes You Home," the photo quickly went viral on the Internet.
The viral picture sent the correspondent on a search for the mother. After showing the picture to countless interviewees, in 2021, the correspondent found Bamu Yubumu in her hometown -- Yuexi County in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
Bamu has been lifted out of poverty and now lives a happy life with her family. (Xinhua/Zhou Ke)
Photo taken on Feb. 5, 2021 shows Qinchuan cattle at China's National Beef Cattle Improvement Center in Yangling, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)
Yangtze finless porpoise YYC swims with its mother in the water at the Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, July 5, 2021. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Amar Aziz takes a nap in a cotton pile in Toyboldi Township of Xayar County in Aksu Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Oct. 26, 2021.
The high-efficiency cotton picker has greatly reduced costs for cotton farmers including Amar Aziz.
Xinjiang has encouraged cotton farmers to apply modern agricultural machinery to boost the development of the industry in recent years. Meanwhile, the income of local farmers has increased due to the improvement of productivity. (Xinhua/Ma Kai)
Photo taken on Dec. 5, 2021 shows a technician working at the construction site of the Chongqing section of the "Baihetan-Jiangsu" ultra-high-voltage (UHV) power transmission project over the Yangtze River in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)
A rider competes during a horse race celebrating the harvest season in Gangdan Village of Gonggar County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Aug. 26, 2021. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
Photomontage taken on Nov. 19, 2021 shows China's space station flying over the Wumen Gate of the Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)
Lei Qiyuan, a village-level forest ranger, rests during a forest patrol at Tunying Village in Dongxiang Town of Wuxuan County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nov. 24, 2021. Lei is in charge of the management of about 5,800 mu (386.7 hectares) of forest. (Xinhua/Cao Yiming)
Zhu Senlin chats with students at Longxi primary school in Xianxia Township of Yudu County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 31, 2021. Zhu graduated from the school in 2005. He returned to his alma mater in 2014 and has been working here as a teacher ever since. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)
Liang Zhaoman and his daughter are seen at a classroom in Ruili, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Nov. 14, 2021. Liang Zhaoman is a math teacher at a high school in Ruili. After a COVID-19 resurgence, Liang's wife, a doctor, was busy working at a local hospital, and neither his wife nor Liang had enough time to accompany their daughter. To take care of his daughter, Liang took her with him to his school and set her in the classroom during school hours. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)
Sun Haiyang's family burst into tears as the couple hug their son Sun Zhuo, who was abducted in 2007 while 4 years old, in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Dec. 6, 2021. After searching for their abducted son for 14 years, Sun Haiyang and his wife reunited with their son in Shenzhen. (Xinhua/Liang Xu)
Newborn baby Francois' langur Daxiang is pictured at Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, Aug. 26, 2021. (Xinhua/Huang Guobao)
A journalist views the 3D display products at the venue of the 2021 Smart China Expo in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Aug. 22, 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)
A staff member cleans cultural relics unearthed from the large-scale mausoleum located in Jiangcun Village on the eastern outskirts of Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Dec. 16, 2021. The large-scale mausoleum in Xi'an has been identified as belonging to Emperor Wendi of the Western Han Dynasty (202 BC-AD 25). (Xinhua/Zhang Bowen)
A resident named Li Jing greets her son after a few days of separation, as restrictions were lifted at a community in Zhengzhou, central China's Henan Province, Aug. 28, 2021. Zhengzhou cleared all its medium- and high-risk areas for COVID-19 on Aug. 28, 2021, with closed-management measures in affected areas lifted. (Xinhua/Li An)
Students watch a live class given by the Shenzhou-13 crew members, in south China's Macao, Dec. 9, 2021. The first live class from China's space station was held on Dec. 9, 2021, given by Shenzhou-13 crew members Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu to students on Earth. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)
A see-off ceremony for Chinese astronauts Zhai Zhigang (R), Wang Yaping (C) and Ye Guangfu of the Shenzhou-13 crewed space mission is held at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Oct. 15, 2021, ahead of their six-month mission in space. (Xinhua/Li Gang)
A student receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Nov. 12, 2021. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)
A red panda is fed on a customized mooncake ahead of the Mid-Autumn Festival in Shanghai Zoo in east China's Shanghai, Sept. 20, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhang Jiansong)
Aerial photo taken on Dec. 10, 2021 shows the scenery of a wetland in Panlong District in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)
Photo taken on Dec. 16, 2021 with a mobile phone shows Mount Namjagbarwa in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Shen Hongbing)
Staff members count ballots for the election for the seventh-term Legislative Council (LegCo) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) in Hong Kong, south China, Dec. 19, 2021. Polls closed at around 11:00 p.m. local time (1500 GMT) on Dec. 19, 2021 in the election for the seventh-term LegCo of the HKSAR, the first since improvement to the HKSAR electoral system. (Xinhua/Lui Siu Wai)
Huge waves lash the shore in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, Oct. 13, 2021. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)
Photomontage taken on Sept. 1, 2021 shows the star trails over the Wudalianchi Geopark in Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei)
Volunteers lift up a lookout facility blown down by Typhoon Chanthu at the Nansha beach resort in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 14, 2021. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
A villager harvests highland barley in Ombu Township of Nyima County in Nagqu City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Sept. 23, 2021. (Xinhua/Purbu Zhaxi)
Meng Wanzhou waves at a cheering crowd as she steps out of a charter plane at Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Sept. 25, 2021. Meng arrived in Shenzhen on a charter flight organized by the Chinese government, after being illegally detained for nearly three years in Canada. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)
Soldiers escort coffins containing the remains of Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs, covered with national flags, at the Taoxian international airport in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Sept. 2, 2021. The remains of 109 CPV martyrs killed in the 1950-53 Korean War and 1,226 related relics were returned to China on Sept. 2, 2021 from South Korea in the eighth repatriation of its kind since 2014. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)■
