BEIJING, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- In 2025, Xinhua photographers traveled across China to capture smiles from every walk of life, with each one a mirror reflecting the joy and thriving well-being of ordinary people.
Here are the smiles of 2025, as seen through the lenses of Xinhua.
A soldier smiles as he makes preparations before a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2025. (Xinhua/Shao Rui)Staff members celebrate the harvest of coffee this year in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 8, 2025. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)A tourist feeds black-headed gulls at the Haigeng Dam in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 8, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Jingyi)A man shows a freshly caught fish during a winter fishing event held in Hasuhai scenic area in Tumd Left Banner in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 10, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Zhipeng)Children and their grandmother are pictured during the Spring Festival travel rush at the Harbin Railway Station in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 14, 2025. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)A child is pictured on a train bound for Hetian accompanied by railway staff during the Spring Festival travel rush at Urumqi Railway Station in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 14, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Shuo)Gong Xianzu (R), head of division of the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) Physics and Experimental Operations, and Lu Kun, deputy director of Institute of Plasma Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (ASIPP), celebrate in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Jan. 20, 2025. The Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST), dubbed China's "artificial sun," maintained a steady-state high-confinement plasma operation for a remarkable 1,066 seconds, setting a new world record and marking a breakthrough in the quest for fusion power generation. (Xinhua/Zhou Mu)A child is pictured during a local folk show at Lantian Yao Township, Lingchuan County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2025. (Photo by Liu Jiaoqing/Xinhua)Yang Binyu of China celebrates after the women's team pursuit of the speed skating event at the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Feb. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Li Yibo)A woman displays a piece of ethnic embroidery during a Lantern Festival celebration featuring cultural elements of the Miao and Dong ethnic groups, in Jinping County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)Nong Jiagui, a 59-year-old village teacher, poses with his students at a primary school in Guangnan County, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 18, 2025. (Xinhua/Peng Yikai)Farmers participate in a ceremony marking the start of spring farming in Codoi Township, Lhunzhub County of Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 16, 2025. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)Ninety-one-year-old Monlam Sangmo (C) laughs with her daughter and neighbor in her yard at home in Doilungdeqen District of Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Jigme Dorje)Gulisa Dihan, a 22-year-old jockey, tames a horse in Sarijilga Village of Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, March 21, 2025. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)Children are pictured at a kindergarten a day before the World Smile Day in Wenling City, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 7, 2025. (Photo by Xu Weijie/Xinhua)Ranger Xu Tingyou interacts with Sichuan golden snub-nosed monkeys in the Pingwu Sichuan golden snub-nosed monkey popular science education base in Pingwu County, Mianyang City of southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 21, 2025. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)Zhang Guimei (L), principal of the Huaping Senior High School for Girls, the country's first public high school that provides free education for female students, looks at students leaving for the national college entrance examination in Lijiang, southwest China's Yunnan Province, June 7, 2025. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)Students celebrate after the exam at a national college entrance examination site in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, June 9, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)Herdsman Saintsogt hugs a newly born calf on his way to the summer campsite on Ar Horqin Grassland, Chifeng City of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, June 14, 2025. (Xinhua/Bei He)Tourists cheer during a creative fireworks show in Liuyang City, known as China's "fireworks capital," in central China's Hunan Province, July 12, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan) A couple married for fifty years poses during a Qixi Festival event in Lanshan District of Linyi City, east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 29, 2025. (Photo by Xu Chuanbao/Xinhua)A volunteer poses for a photo with a robot at the media center for Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2025 in north China's Tianjin on Aug. 29, 2025. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)Students receive books for the new semester in Qianjiang District of southwest China's Chongqing, Sept. 1, 2025. (Photo by Yang Min/Xinhua)Riders showcase equestrian skills during the 2025 edition of a traditional horse racing festival in Nagqu, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 5, 2025. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)Farmers are seen in a highland barley field on the Chinese farmers' harvest festival, in Lhunzhub County, in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 23, 2025. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)Villagers pose for a family photo in front of their new house in Cuoang Village of Qulho Township in Dingri County, Xigaze City, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Oct. 27, 2025. In early January, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Dingri County in the city of Xigaze, leveling thousands of houses. Ten months after the earthquake, more than 32,500 destroyed or damaged houses have been restored and handed over to affected residents. (Photo by Chen Xiaojun/Xinhua)Senior citizens dance along with robots on the Chongyang Festival or China's Seniors' Day at a school for seniors in Hai'an City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 29, 2025. (Photo by Zhou Qiang/Xinhua)Players of team Shandong celebrate after the men's eight final of rowing at China's 15th National Games in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 11, 2025. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)Liu Dezhu of Guangxi reacts after the men's 1500m final of athletics at China's 15th National Games in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, Nov. 20, 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)
Coordinators: Wang Qingqin, Meng Chenguang
Editors: An Xiya, Jin Haoyuan, Zhang Xiaoyu, Zhang Yudong
Photographers: Shao Rui, Chen Sihan, Tenzin Nyida, Hu Chao, Jigme Dorje, Hu Huhu, Huang Wei, Li Yibo, Zhou Mu, Li Zhipeng, Bei He, Jiang Hongjing, Zhang Tao, Yang Wenbin, Pan Yulong, Jiang Fan, Guo Xulei, Peng Yikai, Chen Shuo, Wang Jingyi, Xu Chuanbao, Chen Xiaojun, Yang Min, Zhou Qiang, Liu Jiaoqing, Xu Weijie
