An aerial drone photo taken on July 8, 2024 shows a visitor watching lotus at a scenic spot in Xinghua City, east China's Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Zhou Shegen/Xinhua)
A boy cools off in front of a fan during a heatwave in Baghdad, Iraq, on July 10, 2024. (Xinhua/Khalil Dawood)
This photo taken on July 10, 2024 shows the ancient city of Stobi along with the Milky Way in Negotino, North Macedonia. (Photo by Tomislav Georgiev/Xinhua)
Cyclists compete during the stage 4 of the 23rd Tour of Qinghai Lake cycling race from Guide to Gonghe, northwest China's Qinghai Province, July 10, 2024. (Photo by Pan Binbin/Xinhua)
Facilities of the shore-to-ship power supply project are seen in Valletta, Malta, on July 10, 2024. Thanks to a 33-million-euro (36 million U.S. dollars) project, cruise liners docking in Malta's Grand Harbour will be able to turn off their engines and connect to onshore electricity, thus reducing their emissions and pollution by 90 percent. (Photo by Jonathan Borg/Xinhua)
People watch a movie at an open-air cinema at Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, July 9, 2024. (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua)
Foreign tourists pose for a photo in front of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, or Qiniandian, at the Tiantan (Temple of Heaven) Park in Beijing, capital of China, July 9, 2024.
Currently, foreign nationals from 54 countries are eligible for the 72/144-hour transit visa-free policies that are effective at 38 ports in 18 provincial-level regions across China.
China recorded 14.64 million inbound trips made by foreigners in the first half of this year, up 152.7 percent year on year, following measures introduced since January, the National Immigration Administration (NIA) announced on July 5.
According to NIA, the number of visa-free entries made by foreigners exceeded 8.54 million from January to June, accounting for 52 percent of the inbound trips and representing a year-on-year surge of 190.1 percent. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
This photo carried in a report titled "The Investigation and Assessment Report on Marine Ecology and Environment Status of Huangyan Dao" shows Giant clams in the lagoon of Huangyan Dao.
China's Huangyan Dao area in the South China Sea enjoys excellent environmental quality and healthy coral reef ecosystem, said a report released on Wednesday. The report was jointly released by multiple institutions under the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Guangxi University. (Xinhua)
An agricultural aircraft operates over a paddy field of Beidahuang Group in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, July 8, 2024. (Photo by Li Zhenquan/Xinhua)
A flamingo feeds its newborns at the Longsha Zoological & Botanical Garden in Qiqihar, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, July 10, 2024. (Photo by Li He/Xinhua)
Leaders participating in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit pose for a group photo in Washington, D.C., the United States, July 9, 2024. (NATO/Handout via Xinhua)
