Cao Ziyan, a 7-year-old girl, picks up her mother at the Kunming Changshui International Airport in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 15, 2023. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)
A medical worker gets a newborn baby's commemorative footprint at a hospital in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 22, 2023. (Photo by Chen Qibao/Xinhua)
Children and grandchildren of Tseten celebrate a traditional festival at their home in Lhaze County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2023. Born in 1943, Tseten was a "Tralpa" (serf) before the campaign of democratic reform in Xizang. In March 1959, democratic reform was launched in Xizang and feudal serfdom was finally abolished. Nowadays, 11 members of four generations of Tseten's family live in plenty in their newly-built two-story house. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
A girl enjoys a snack in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 23, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)
Yu Chenmei hugs her son Qian Fangyong, who has been separated from his parents for 32 years, in Huanglong Village, Jing'an County of east China's Jiangxi Province, Jan. 30, 2023. In 2021, Chinese police launched a special campaign searching for missing and abducted children. At the beginning of 2023, police in Jing'an County helped Qian Fangyong reunite with his parents. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)
Workers transfer trolleys of flowers at the Kunming International Flora Auction Trading Center in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 31, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)
Tourists of an outbound travel group set out for Thailand at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 6, 2023. Starting from Feb. 6, 2023, China resumed outbound group travel to 20 countries. (Xinhua)
Students chat after receiving new books at the Zhongzhai education spot in Xishan Town of Congjiang County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 16, 2023. Zhongzhai education spot is located in the remote mountainous area of Guizhou Province. In recent years, the conditions of this "mini primary school" have been greatly improved with the help of local government and community. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
Musaad bin Mohammed Al-Aiban (2nd R), Saudi Arabia's Minister of State, Member of the Council of Ministers and National Security Advisor, and Admiral Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran, shake hands before their talks in Beijing, capital of China, March 6, 2023. After years of open hostility, Saudi Arabia and Iran agreed on March 10, 2023 to restore diplomatic ties after talks facilitated by China, a significant development for the two nations and a boon to the security and stability of the Middle East. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)
This photo taken on March 30, 2023 shows the scenery of Potala Palace after snow in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
This photo taken on April 6, 2023 shows germinating hybrid rice seeds in Shuiwei Town of Cengong County, southwest China's Guizhou Province. In recent years, the town of Shuiwei has taken hybrid rice seed production as a pillar industry, which has driven employment and helped farmers increase their income. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
Dong Zhimin is brought to the court in Xuzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 6, 2023. Dong was sentenced to nine years behind bars for abusing and illegally incarcerating Xiaohuamei, the woman with whom Dong has lived since 1998, according to the municipal intermediate people's court of Xuzhou. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)
Sanitation worker Li Peisheng picks up garbage on a cliff at Huangshan Mountain scenic area in Huangshan City, east China's Anhui Province, April 10, 2023. The scenic area has a group of "Spidermen" cleaning garbage from the steep cliffs by hanging themselves by a rope. (Xinhua/Ma Ning)
Leading his horse, Herdsman Habudelashen Nusupbek checks the goats grazing at Baluke Mountain in Tacheng, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 12, 2023. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)
Soldiers of a border defense regiment patrol in Khunjerab, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 13, 2023. The regiment is based on the Pamirs, guarding the China-Pakistan border and Khunjerab Port. With an average altitude of about 4,700 meters, the place is a "forbidden zone" for many people, as the temperature here can drop to as low as minus 40 degrees Celsius, and the oxygen content is less than half of that in the plain area. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)
People splash water on one another to celebrate the water-splashing festival at a square in Jinghong City, Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Xishuangbanna, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 15, 2023. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)
A visitor steps among the light lines that react by changing musical notes and melody in a metaverse reading experience hall of Jiaxing Library in Jiaxing, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 21, 2023. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
This composite photo taken on April 21, 2023 shows the Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory (LHAASO) in southwest China's Sichuan Province. China's LHAASO, a high-altitude cosmic ray observatory, has released the precise energy spectrum for the highest-energy gamma-ray radiation from the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) observed to date. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)
Veterinarians check the conditions of giant panda Ya Ya at Shanghai Pudong International Airport in east China's Shanghai, April 27, 2023. Ya Ya arrived in Shanghai from the United States on April 27, 2023. (Photo by Zhang Haibo/Xinhua)
This photo taken on April 30, 2023 shows a Francois' leaf monkey cub in the Mayanghe National Nature Reserve in Guizhou Province, southwest China. Thanks to a series of ecological restoration and protection measures, the number of Francois' leaf monkeys in the Mayanghe National Nature Reserve has been increasing in recent years. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
This photo taken on May 9, 2023 shows a train running on a suspension monorail line in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. The train has the functions of both commuting and sightseeing, and does not occupy the space on the ground. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
The National Administration of Financial Regulation (NAFR) is officially set up on May 18, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
A staff member inspects the Zhaoguodong site in southwest China's Guizhou Province, May 22, 2023. The site was listed as one of the top 10 archaeological discoveries of 2020 by the National Cultural Heritage Administration. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
Members of a Chinese expedition team display the Chinese national flag at the summit of Mount Qomolangma on May 23, 2023. The expedition team reached the summit of Mount Qomolangma on May 23, 2023 to carry out scientific research on the world's highest peak. (Photo by Lhagba/Xinhua)
This combo photo taken with infrared camera shows an all-white giant panda (above) and a giant panda cub at Wolong National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 27, 2023. (Wolong National Nature Reserve/Handout via Xinhua)
A C919 large passenger aircraft, China's first self-developed trunk jetliner, arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport during its first commercial flight, in Beijing, capital of China, May 28, 2023. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
Pregnant Tibetan antelopes move across the Qinghai-Tibet highway in Hoh Xil, northwest China's Qinghai Province, May 29, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)
Yang Youguang walks towards the office after lunch in Pingbian County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 2, 2023. Yang has been guarding a bridge of Yunnan-Vietnam Railway for over 30 years. The Yunnan-Vietnam Railway is the first railway in Yunnan Province. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)
Members of a border defense team patrol on motorcycles in Changgo Township of Xigaze City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, June 2, 2023. Changgo Township, with an average elevation of over 5,000 meters, is a border township adjacent to Nepal with a 105-kilometer borderline. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)
The return capsule of the Shenzhou-15 manned spaceship touches down safely at the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, June 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Ren Junchuan)
Zhang Guimei (L), principal of the Huaping Senior High School for Girls, is seen on a returning bus with students as they have concluded the first day of the college entrance exam in Lijiang, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 7, 2023. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)
Students celebrate after they have concluded the college entrance exam in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, June 9, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)
Participants take part in a dragon boat race in Diejiao Township of Foshan, south China's Guangdong Province, June 22, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)
This photo taken on July 3, 2023 shows China's 20 millionth new energy vehicle (NEV), which is produced by GAC Aion New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd., in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province. China's 20 millionth NEV rolled off the production line on July 3, 2023 in Guangzhou. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
Members of the Chinese People's Armed Police Force transfer flood-trapped residents in Wanzhou District, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, July 4, 2023. (Photo by Li Yuyang/Xinhua)
Tao Tao, the world's first Yangtze finless porpoise successfully bred in an artificial environment, swims at the Baiji Dolphin House under the Institute of Hydrobiology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, July 5, 2023. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Rainwater is spilt from gargoyles in the shape of Chi, a legendary dragon in Chinese culture, inside the Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China, July 31, 2023. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)
People affected by heavy rainfall take a rescue boat to a transshipment point in Fangshan District of Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 2, 2023. (Xinhua/Ren Chao)
Wu Tianqi (C) from north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region salutes Wang Leiming, a member of the Chinese People's Armed Police Force, before his departure in Mentougou District of Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 2, 2023. Train passengers trapped in Mentougou District due to heavy rainfall were safely transferred on Aug. 2, 2023. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
A white-headed langur eats a fruit at a national nature reserve in Luobai Township of Jiangzhou District, Chongzuo City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Aug. 4, 2023. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua)
A firefighter rescues a stranded villager in the flood-affected Wanshan Village of Yimianpo Town in Shangzhi City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 4, 2023. (Photo by Yang Tieyan/Xinhua)
Rescuers carry out drainage operation in Diaowo Township, Zhuozhou, north China's Hebei Province, Aug. 6, 2023. With floodwater subsiding, local residents, volunteers and rescuers in Zhuozhou carried out cleaning-up, disinfection, and drainage operations to bring losses down to the minimum level. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)
People take bamboo rafts on the Gongshui River in Xuan'en County of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hubei Province, Aug. 18, 2023. A series of activities have been held to boost the nighttime economy in Xuan'en. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)
This photo taken on Aug. 18, 2023 shows the launch of the containerized freight index futures by the Shanghai Futures Exchange in Shanghai, east China. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)
Laqini Bayika's sister kisses a photo of her brother in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 4, 2023. One day in January 2021, border patrolman Laqini Bayika happened to see a boy fall through the ice on a frozen lake in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The man ran to the boy and saved him from drowning, yet tragically was claimed by the freezing water in the process. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)
Grabbing machines transfer bulk cargo at the load-transfer yard of Horgos station in Horgos, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 6, 2023. The Horgos Port had handled 32,000 China-Europe and China-Central Asia freight trains so far. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)
A farmer harvests rice at a paddy field in Huajia Village of Wanchang Town in Jilin City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Sept. 12, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Nan)
This photo taken on Sept. 12, 2023 shows Tibetan wild donkeys at the Altun Mountains National Nature Reserve in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hao Zhao)
Tourists camp out in Jingnan Town of Xingyi City, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Sept. 15, 2023. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
Members of a Chinese expedition team head for the summit of Mount Cho Oyu on Oct. 1, 2023. A Chinese expedition team comprising 18 members reached the summit of Mount Cho Oyu, also known as Mt. Qowowuyag, at 9:15 a.m. on Oct. 1, 2023 to carry out scientific research on the world's sixth-highest peak.
This is the first time Chinese scientists have scaled a peak exceeding 8,000 meters in altitude apart from Mt. Qomolangma, the world's highest summit. (Xinhua)
This photo taken on Oct. 16, 2023 shows wild yaks on a snow-covered desert at the Altun Mountains National Nature Reserve in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. With an average altitude of 4,580 meters, the Altun Mountains National Nature Reserve covers a total area of about 45,000 square kilometers. The reserve is a representative of plateau desert ecosystem in China and is home to a wide variety of rare animals. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)
A journalist from Maldives works in front of a screen at the Media Center of the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 16, 2023. (Xinhua/Wang Yuguo)
A villager carrying local specialties gets off train No. 5630 at Tongzi railway station in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 17, 2023. Since the operation in 1993, "Slow Trains" No. 5630/5629, running between Zunyi of Guizhou Province and Chongqing Municipality in southwest China, have been important means of transportation for villagers in mountainous areas along the line due to its low fare and convenience. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)
People visit Chengdu Science Fiction Museum, the main venue for the 81st World Science Fiction Convention (WorldCon) in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Oct. 18, 2023. Chengdu is the first city in China to host the convention, which is one of the most anticipated, longest-running and largest sci-fi events in the world. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
This combo photo taken on Oct. 26, 2023 shows the Shenzhou-17 manned spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, blasting off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. (Xinhua/Li Gang)
This image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on Oct. 26, 2023 shows the Shenzhou-16 and Shenzhou-17 crew posing for a group photo inside China's space station. The three astronauts aboard China's Shenzhou-17 spaceship have entered the country's space station and met with another astronaut trio on Oct. 26, 2023, starting a new round of in-orbit crew handover. (Photo by Han Qiyang/Xinhua)
The return capsule of the Shenzhou-16 manned spaceship is about to touch down at the Dongfeng landing site in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Oct. 31, 2023. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
Firefighters attend a national skill competition in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Nov. 8, 2023. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)
China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Ltd. announces on Nov. 14, 2023 that its Bozhong 19-6 Condensate Gas Field Phase I Development Project has commenced production. (Photo by Du Penghui/Xinhua)
Sichod Drolma (R) and her father and sister are pictured as they pasture on the grassland in Damxung County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Nov. 15, 2023. Sichod Drolma is a student in Grade 8 at Damxung County Middle School. At school, Sichod Drolma and her 51 classmates are provided with Tibetan-Mandarin bilingual education. Xizang has made significant strides in education over the past few decades. Since 2012, students there have enjoyed free board and lodging, and they are exempt from study costs from preschool to senior high school, spanning a total of 15 years. (Photo by Tenzin Nyida/Xinhua)
Soldiers escort coffins containing the remains of Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs at the Taoxian International Airport in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 23, 2023. The remains of 25 CPV soldiers killed in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were returned to China on Nov. 23, 2023 from the Republic of Korea (ROK). (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)
A military aircraft carrying the remains and belongings of Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs arrives at the Taoxian International Airport in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 23, 2023. The remains of 25 CPV soldiers killed in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were returned to China on Nov. 23, 2023 from the Republic of Korea (ROK). (Xinhua/Cao Can)
This photo taken on Nov. 26, 2023 shows a train running at the foot of the Yulong Snow Mountain in southwest China's Yunnan Province. A railway linking the cities of Lijiang and Shangri-la, two well-known tourist destinations in Yunnan, opened to traffic on Nov. 26, 2023. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)
Staff members work at the construction site of an undersea tunnel in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Nov. 27, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)
This image released on Nov. 28, 2023 and taken by the Shenzhou-16 astronauts from the Shenzhou-16 manned spaceship shows China's space station combination. (China Manned Space Agency/Handout via Xinhua)
Loongson 3A6000, China's self-developed new generation CPU, is unveiled in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 28, 2023. (Xinhua)
Northern Lights illuminate the sky in Jiamusi, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 1, 2023. (Photo by Qu Yubao/Xinhua)
Workers ride to leave a factory of Jiangsu Yangzi Xinfu Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. during a lunch break in Taixing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 5, 2023. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)
Tourists hold an online video chat with their family in front of the Shenwu Gate of the Palace Museum after a snowfall in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 11, 2023. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
China holds its 10th national memorial ceremony for the Nanjing Massacre victims at the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 13, 2023. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)
A staff member registers information of people affected by earthquake outside a hospital in Jishishan County, northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 19, 2023. A 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted Jishishan County on Dec. 18, 2023. (Xinhua/Ma Xiping)
Ma Guolong (2nd R) cooks noodles for people affected by the earthquake in Guanting Town of Minhe County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Dec. 20, 2023. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)
A man boils water at a prefabricated house in Meipo Village, Jishishan County of northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 21, 2023. More than 200 prefabricated houses were put into use to provide shelter for earthquake-affected residents in Meipo Village on Dec. 21, 2023. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)
