An aerial drone photo taken on May 8, 2024 shows a tourist dock at Baiyangdian Lake in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province. Baiyangdian, the largest freshwater wetland in northern China, is located in the Xiong'an New Area in Hebei.
Since the Xiong'an New Area was established in 2017, the lake's rehabilitation and protection activities have been bolstered. As of 2023, the water quality in Baiyangdian had maintained Grade III in the country's five-tier quality system for three consecutive years. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)
A woman paints Peking Opera facial mask at the 20th world culture festival in Rabat, Morocco, May 8, 2024. The 20th world culture festival of the Rabat School of Mines kicked off here on Wednesday. Chinese paper-cutting, Lu Ban Lock and painting of Peking Opera facial mask were welcomed by Moroccan students. (Xinhua/Huo Jing)
This photo taken on May 8, 2024 shows a commemorative China-Europe freight train linking Yiwu of east China's Zhejiang Province and Madrid of Spain for the 10th anniversary of operation preparing to depart in Madrid, Spain. The commemorative train departed from Madrid to Yiwu on Wednesday. (Photo by Gustavo Valiente/Xinhua)
People release a snow leopard at Changtang National Nature Reserve, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, May 7, 2024. An adult snow leopard broke into a sheepfold and killed four sheep in Nyima County in Xizang on Sunday night and was captured by local wildlife conservation department the next early morning. The snow leopard was released into the wild at Changtang National Nature Reserve after physical check and confirmed healthy. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)
Dancer Maryam Kaba (R) passes the Olympic Torch to local firefighter Matthieu Gudet during the relay of the Olympic flame of Paris 2024 in Marseille, France, May 9, 2024. (Photo by Julien Mattia/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on May 9, 2024 shows a freight ship docking the container terminal at Lianyungang Port, east China's Jiangsu Province. China's total goods imports and exports expanded 5.7 percent year on year in yuan terms in the first four months of this year, stronger than the 5 percent recorded in the first quarter, official data showed Thursday.
From January to April, the country's foreign trade in goods stood at 13.81 trillion yuan (1.95 trillion U.S. dollars).
In April alone, the foreign trade soared 8 percent to 3.64 trillion yuan, after contracting in the previous month, signalling improvements in demand at home and overseas. (Photo by Geng Yuhe/Xinhua)
A drone photo taken on May 9, 2024 shows an intelligent heavy-haul electric locomotive (R) in Zhuzhou, central China's Hunan Province. An intelligent heavy-haul electric locomotive officially rolled off the production line in Zhuzhou on Thursday. It will be used in the heavy-haul transportation of Shuozhou-Huanghua Railway, China's second-largest channel for coal transport. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)
Visitors visit the China exhibition area at the Seoul International Travel Fair in Seoul, South Korea, May 9, 2024. The 39th Seoul International Travel Fair kicked off at the Seoul International Convention and Exhibition Center in Seoul on Thursday.
The Chinese exhibition area showcases tourism resources of places in China, showing the charm of Chinese cultural tourism to the South Korean visitors. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)
