A horse racing event is held in Singpori, Shannan City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Jan. 24, 2024. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)
This photo taken on Jan. 24, 2024 shows archaeological samples unearthed from Chuandong Site in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province. Large quantities of artifacts made of stone, bone and horn have been unearthed at Chuandong Site in Puding County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, indicating prehistoric human activity dating back more than 55,000 years.
Chuandong Site, first discovered in 1978, is believed to have existed across the end of the middle Paleolithic Period, the late Paleolithic Period and the Neolithic Age.
Over two years of excavation work, the third one since 1978, researchers discovered a new soil layer at the site, where they found more than 100,000 animal bones, over 10,000 pieces of earthenware and stoneware, and more than 2,500 items made of bone or horn. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
A worker packs Spring Festival posters in Donglijia Village of Gaomi City, east China's Shandong Province, on Jan. 24, 2024. As the Spring Festival is approaching, workers have been busy producing Spring Festival couplets and posters with good blessings for the upcoming lunar new year in Gaomi, a major producing base in Shandong Province. The Spring Festival couplets and posters producing industry here yields almost 8,000 tonnes annually with an output value of nearly 100 million yuan (13.9 million U.S. dollars). It has become a characteristic industry increasing villagers' income. (Xinhua/Xu Suhui)
A kid poses for photos with a model of a high-speed electrical multiple unit (EMU) train at Halim Station of the Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway (HSR) in Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 24, 2024.
The Jakarta-Bandung High-speed Railway (HSR) marked its 100th day of operation on Wednesday with a total of 1.45 million passengers transported, an official from China Railway International Limited said.
The number of daily train trips has been increased from 14 to 40, and 48 on weekends. A total of 3,487 trips were operated within the first 100 days of operation, and the highest number of passengers sent in a single day was 21,537, while the highest daily seat occupancy rate recorded was 99.6 percent, the official said. (Xinhua/Xu Qin)
A drone photo taken on Jan. 23, 2024 shows a train running on the Yangtze River Bridge in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province. The Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge, often dubbed the "first bridge of the Yangtze River," is a crucial transportation link that connects the north and south banks of the Yangtze River, China's longest waterway.
In the days leading up to the Spring Festival, a team of maintenance workers based in Wuhan is braving the cold weather and strong winds to inspect and repair the bridge. Their hard work is essential to ensure the safety of travelers during the holiday season. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 25, 2024 shows bullet trains at Guiyang North bullet train maintenance station in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou Province. The Spring Festival, China's biggest traditional festival, will fall on Feb. 10, while the Spring Festival travel rush, usually a period of high transportation demand as people return home for family reunions, will run from Jan. 26 to March 5. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)
This photo taken on Jan. 24, 2024 shows the first Beijing-Bishkek-Beijing flight arriving at Manas International Airport in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. (Photo by Roman/Xinhua)
A vendor of animal riding service for tourists leaves with his horses before the Giza Pyramids scenic spot closes at sunset in Giza, Egypt, Jan. 24, 2024. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)
Zheng Qinwen celebrates after winning the women's singles semifinal between Zheng Qinwen of China and Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine at Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Australia, Jan. 25, 2024. (Xinhua/Ma Ping)
Divers perform underwater dragon dance to celebrate the upcoming lunar new year at the S.E.A. Aquarium in Singapore, Jan. 25, 2024. (Photo by Then Chih Wey/Xinhua)
An Egyptian student shows a work of Chinese character "Fu" which means "good fortune" during a cultural event for the upcoming Chinese Spring Festival at the China Cultural Center in Cairo, Egypt, on Jan. 25, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Dongzhen)
