BEIJING, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best press photos from Xinhua.
This aerial photo taken on Oct. 17, 2023 shows the factory compound of Sinopec Chongqing SVW Chemical Co., Ltd in southwest China's Chongqing. SVW is set to export in a few days its natural gas-to-acetylene technology to Uzbekistan, a country that boasts abundant natural gas resources but lacks advanced technology for their utilization. Over the years, SVW has been sending technicians to provide on-site support for projects in Uzbekistan, and to train local talents by sharing valuable management experience with the Uzbek side. SVW's exports of natural gas-based fine chemical and new material products to Belt and Road partner countries including Uzbekistan have tripled in the past decade. (Xinhua/Tang Yi)
A Turkmen student from the College of International Exchange of the Shandong University of Science and Technology experiences a traditional Chinese medicine cupping therapy at a traditional Chinese medicine hospital of the Xihai'an (West Coast) New Area in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 18, 2023. The hospital, in cooperation with the College of International Exchange of the Shandong University of Science and Technology, invited international students from Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) partner countries to experience the charm of traditional Chinese medicine culture here on Wednesday. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)
This aerial photo taken on Oct. 16, 2023 shows a "Nair" band performing on a grassland in Otog Banner of Ordos, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Dorji is a 61-year-old herdsman living in Otog Banner. During the autumn season, Dorji's daily routine includes herding horses and goats. He has over 200 Arabas cashmere goats, which provide sound economic returns. In his spare time, Dorji participates in a local cultural activity called "Nair" with his 91-year-old father, Mingan-erdeni. "Nair" dates back to the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) and is a form of folk art that involves playing musical instruments, singing, and dancing. It has been listed as a regional intangible cultural heritage in Inner Mongolia. Mingan-erdeni, a former rural doctor, encouraged his neighbors to form a "Nair" band in 2018. This band not only represents the preservation of the "Nair" culture but also serves as an important means to enrich the spiritual life of these senior herdsmen. Harvesting and music together make up the autumn life of Dorji and many other herdsmen in Ordos. (Xinhua/Bei He)
A worker harvests roses at the flowers base of a modern agricultural demonstration garden in Lanzhou New Area of northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 17, 2023. In 2012, Lanzhou New Area was approved by the State Council as the fifth national level special economic development zone, which is also the first state-level new development area in the northwest of China. Eleven years on, the new area has gradually built multiple industrial clusters, including advanced equipment manufacturing, new materials, bio-medicine and new energy vehicles etc. The urban afforestation coverage rate has been raised from 5 percent to 36 percent and livelihood of local people has been improved greatly. (Xinhua/Ma Xiping)
This photo taken on July 26, 2023 shows passengers selecting duty-free products at Phoenix International Airport in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province. Since introducing relevant policies 12 years ago, south China's island province of Hainan has recorded total offshore duty-free sales of 202.4 billion yuan (about 28.19 billion U.S. dollars), according to local authorities. As of Monday, 37.22 million shoppers had purchased 268 million duty-free products on the island, according to the customs of Haikou, the provincial capital of Hainan. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)
Foreign visitors view exhibits at the 2023 China Jingdezhen International Ceramic Expo in Jingdezhen City, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 18, 2023. The 2023 China Jingdezhen International Ceramic Expo opened Wednesday in the city of Jingdezhen, a world-famous "porcelain capital" in east China's Jiangxi Province. Nearly 1,000 enterprises, including more than 360 from overseas, are attending the expo. A cultural forum, an investment promotion meeting and an international ceramics purchasing fair are also scheduled during the expo. (Xinhua/Ma Ning)
Passengers take selfies in a carriage of a high-speed electrical multiple unit (EMU) train running on the Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway in Indonesia, Oct. 17, 2023. The Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway (HSR) jointly built by China and Indonesia was officially put into commercial operation on Tuesday. The 142.3 km long high-speed line, connecting Jakarta and the fourth largest city Bandung, is a flagship project that synergizes the China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative and Indonesia's Global Maritime Fulcrum strategy. It is also the first overseas construction project that fully uses Chinese railway systems, technology and industrial components. In addition to greatly cutting the journey between the two cities from over three hours to around 40 minutes, Indonesia's Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi told Xinhua in an interview that the Jakarta-Bandung HSR would greatly promote regional people-to-people exchanges and drive the development sectors including tourism, employment and education. (Xinhua/Xu Qin)
The House Chamber is seen during a speaker election in Washington, D.C., the United States, Oct. 17, 2023. The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday failed to elect a new speaker in the first round of voting, as Jim Jordan didn't garner enough support from his own party two weeks after the historical ouster of Kevin McCarthy. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua)
People attend a funeral of victims killed in a surprise attack by the Gaza-ruling Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), in Gan Yavne, southern Israel, on Oct. 17, 2023. The total number of fatalities in Gaza has reached at least 3,000 in the ongoing conflict, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The death toll in Israel remains at about 1,300, with most of them killed on Oct. 7 in the Hamas surprise attacks on southern communities. (Ilan Assayag/JINI via Xinhua)■
