BEIJING, July 1 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan wave to the welcoming crowd upon their arrival in Hong Kong, south China, June 30, 2022.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, arrived in Hong Kong by train on Thursday afternoon.
Xi will attend a meeting celebrating the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on July 1.
He will also inspect the HKSAR. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)
Chinese President Xi Jinping visits the Hong Kong Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases, in Hong Kong, south China, June 30, 2022. Xi made an inspection tour of the Hong Kong Science Park on Thursday, accompanied by Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam. (Xinhua/Liu Bin)
Chinese President Xi Jinping has exchanges with Hong Kong-based academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, researchers, and young entrepreneurs, in Hong Kong, south China, June 30, 2022. Xi made an inspection tour of the Hong Kong Science Park on Thursday, accompanied by Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam. (Xinhua/Liu Bin)
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam in Hong Kong, south China, June 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Liu Bin)
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Leung Chun-ying, vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, in Hong Kong, south China, June 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Liu Bin)
Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with Chief Executive of the Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) Ho Iat Seng, who is here for events celebrating the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland, in Hong Kong, south China, June 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Liu Bin)
A bus decorated with posters marking the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland runs in Hong Kong, south China, June 30, 2022. July 1 is the celebration day for the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland. (Xinhua/Wang Shen)
Aerial photo taken on June 29, 2022 shows the reservoir of the Changlongshan pumped-storage hydropower station in Anji County of Huzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province. The Changlongshan pumped-storage hydropower station was put into full operation on Thursday. (Photo by Xia Pengfei/Xinhua)
Aerial photo taken on April 7, 2022 shows a view of the Karot Hydropower Plant in east Pakistan's Punjab province. The Karot Hydropower Plant, the first hydropower investment project under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), was put into full commercial operation on Wednesday. (CTG/Handout via Xinhua)
Aerial photo taken on June 30, 2022 shows a view of the Dongguan Binhaiwan Bay bridge in Dongguan City, south China's Guangdong Province. Spanning 973.6 meters, the Dongguan Binhaiwan Bay bridge opened to traffic on Thursday. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)
Aerial photo taken on June 30, 2022 shows the new Tibet Museum in Lhasa, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
Aerial photo taken on June 29, 2022 shows a view of Angsai Canyon in Zaduo County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest China's Qinghai Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)
Aerial photo shows a new highway traversing the Taklimakan Desert in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, June 26, 2022. Located in south Xinjiang's Bayingolin Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, the highway, connecting Yuli County and Qiemo County, was put into operation on Thursday. The highway is the third one across the Taklimakan Desert, the world's second-largest shifting-sand desert.
With a designed speed of 60 or 80 km per hour for different sections, the highway has a total length of 334 km, with 307 km passing through the desert. So far, China has more than 1,200 km of highways across the Taklimakan Desert.
The highway has been built with an estimated total investment of about 1.75 billion yuan (about 261.5 million U.S. dollars) and its construction started in October 2017. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)
Chen Yuxi (L)/Quan Hongchan of China react after the women's 10m synchronized final of diving at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, June 30, 2022. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos attends his inauguration ceremony in Manila, the Philippines on June 30, 2022. Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos was sworn in as the 17th president of the Philippines on Thursday at the National Museum in Manila in front of thousands of people who witnessed the inauguration. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)■
