BEIJING, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
This aerial panoramic photo taken on Sept. 14, 2023 shows a traditional village surrounded by forests and tea gardens of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)
A tea farmer puts tea leaves into a basket in an old tea forest of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 19, 2023. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)
The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sept. 17.
At its extended 45th session in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee examined the site nominated by China and added it to the list as a cultural property, making it China's 57th World Heritage site.
Jingmai Mountain is home to communities of well-preserved ancient tea trees, and the local history of the human cultivation of tea trees can be traced back more than 1,000 years.
Around the 10th century, the ancestors of the Bulang ethnic group migrated to Jingmai Mountain, where they discovered and built knowledge on wild tea trees.
Gradually, they adapted to the forest ecosystem along with the Dai people and other ethnic groups who came later to the region, to create the unique understory tea cultivation model, a traditional planting practice that has survived the widespread modern tea plantation technology.
While preserving the natural landscape and the traditional village, the local government and villagers have jointly been striving for modern life. With upgraded infrastructure, the locals can sell tea products via live-streaming or post their tea-making process on social media platforms to attract tourists. The growth in tourism benefits the local villagers by increasing their incomes.
Visitors take a selfie with an Indonesian actress (C) during the 20th China-ASEAN Expo at Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Sept. 19, 2023. The expo opened to the public on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Lu Boan)
Visitors look at a pipe cutting machine during the 23rd China International Industry Fair (CIIF) in east China's Shanghai, Sept. 19, 2023.
The 23rd CIIF kicked off here on Tuesday, with the theme of "Digital Economy & Industrial Decarbonization." (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)
The Chinese naval hospital ship "Peace Ark" arrives at a port in Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang Province, Sept. 19, 2023. The Chinese naval hospital ship "Peace Ark" arrived at a port in Zhoushan on Tuesday morning after completing friendly visits and humanitarian medical services to Kiribati, Tonga, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands, and East Timor. (Photo by Gui Jiangbo/Xinhua)
The photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023 shows the men's beach volleyball preliminary match between Wang Yanwei/Li Jie of China and Abdallah Alarqan/Ibrahim Qassiya of Palestine at the 19th Asian Games in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)
China's Zhang Qi celebrates after winning the women's 59kg freestyle category final against Ukraine's Yuliia Tkach at the 2023 Wrestling World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia on Sept. 19, 2023. (Photo by Predrag Milosavljevic/Xinhua)
Dengue patients receive treatment inside mosquito nets at a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sept. 18, 2023. Bangladesh reported 3,084 new dengue cases and 17 new deaths on Monday, taking the tally to 170,768 and the death toll to over 800 so far this year, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) under the Ministry of Health said. (Xinhua)
Two children eat sugarcane at a market in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sept. 19, 2023.
The early sugarcane harvest has been in full swing in parts of Bangladesh with the harvesting season extending from September to March next year. (Xinhua)■
