The XPCC settled in the Gobi Desert and areas close to the border. They started from scratch, transforming the harsh environment into oases, and building modern cities and industrial parks in the desert.
Urban residents are spending on average more than 1,000 yuan ($140) every year on health and wellness, with the 18 to 35 age group accounting for 83.7 percent of the total.
For generations, farmers in the Bingjian irrigation area in Yunnan province's Yuanmou county had to perform a laborious irrigation ballet, a delicate dance of cooperation and shared sacrifice heavily reliant on two reservoirs.
In the heart of the Baihe National Nature Reserve, nestled in Jiuzhaigou county, the Aba Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture in Sichuan province, approximately 1,700 wild Sichuan golden snub-nosed monkeys find joy in their natural habitat. Watching over them day and night are dedicated rangers.
Every weekend, the athletic field at Luqu Tibetan Middle School bursts with vibrant energy as students engage in lively soccer matches.
In recent years, the Chinese government has prioritized nutrition for children, launching policies like the "nutrition package" for infants aged 6 to 24 months and the National Nutrition Improvement Program for rural students aged 6 to 15.
The 2024 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), themed "Global Services, Shared Prosperity," is being held in Beijing from September 12 to 16. Let's hear what foreign guests say about it, and their impressions of China! The 2024 CIFTIS also coincides with the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday. Our foreign friends have something to say as well...
The 2024 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), themed "Global Services, Shared Prosperity," is being held in Beijing from September 12 to 16. What impressions does the 2024 CIFTIS leave on participants? And what are the event's highlights that have won widespread praise from them?
Menu of cooperation during Olympics helps bring China, France closer, reports Li Yingxue in Paris.
Thanks to support from the central government — and the efforts of outside provinces, cities, and State-owned enterprises — the Xizang autonomous region has taken great development strides over the past 30 years.
As she walks around Ciyuan Xiagu, one of the most popular gu zi outlets in the mall, other shoppers stop her and ask to take selfies.Qi Li said she loves going to gu zi shops dressed as her favorite characters, and feels proud and confident when people ask to take selfies with her.
Summers said based on his own experience of China, "there is much more to China than politics, and there are many positive developments to report alongside the criticism."
Candy shop owners on Nanchang's Zigu Road are more worried than the parents of young couples about the growing number of young people being in no hurry to get married.
Over the past three decades, Jiangsu province has been aiding Lhasa, capital of the Xizang autonomous region, by promoting long-term stability, improving people's livelihoods and assisting with high-quality development around the city.
In the spring of 1990, Elizabeth Gardner was sorting her late husband’s belongings when she came across a faded exercise sheet adorned with 11 postage stamps. Each stamp bore a postmark, with the clearest reading: “Kuliang, Fuzhou, on the first day of the sixth lunar month of the third year.”
In the bustling heart of Shanghai, where life pulsates under towering skyscrapers and neon streetlights, 24-year-old Liang Yu once worked as a full-time model.
During a recent journey from Hengyang city, Hunan province, to a village primary school in Hengyang county, Wen Jin persevered despite the engine in his more than 10-year-old car quitting several times as he drove it along a zigzagging mountainous road.
The 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China convened its third plenary session in Beijing from July 15 to 18. Several international dignitaries and experts had interviews previously, regarding topics such as Chinese modernization and China's green development.
Traditional martial arts not only provide practitioners with skills and develop qualities such as patience, resilience, and courage, but they can also open a gateway to understanding and inheriting the wisdom of ancestors.
As the director of the Xizang department of Zhuhai No 4 Middle School in Guangdong province, Chen spends every New Year's Day, Spring Festival, National Day, Dragon Boat Festival and other major holidays with his students from the Xizang autonomous region in his school.
A wheelchair has not become a barrier for 55-year-old Zhang Ji in Shanghai who has traveled 82,000 kilometers and visited 450 revolutionary sites across China in the past six years, CCTV news reported.
China's initiative to invite 50,000 young people from the United States to visit the country over the next five years is a smart move and will improve China-U.S. relations, according to one of the first groups of U.S. students to participate in the program.
From delicious mooncakes and crispy snacks to millet-themed museums, Aohan Banner in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region — known for discovering the world's oldest millet — is transforming this ancient grain into trendy, modern products.
Zhang Zhijuan, a rural doctor in Yunnan province, speaks four ethnic dialects and is entrusted to not only manage illnesses but also mediate disputes between villagers.
Li Li, an obstetrician gynecologist at Xiangyang Maternal and Child Health Hospital in Hubei province, has treated 20,000 patients, performed surgeries on 13,000 patients, and assisted with 6,000 deliveries in Algeria over the past seven years.
The expression daka is a popular millennial term referring to marking a visit to a hot tourist destination by posting on social media.
For more than two decades, rural doctor Li Qianfeng has traversed rugged and remote mountains in a Southwest China village, racing against time to save lives.
Many people believe that special education teachers for hearing-impaired children primarily teach sign language.
Wearing baccalaureate gowns adorned with traditional Chinese-style decorations is all the rage for Chinese and foreign graduates this year. The popularity of traditional Chinese attire is continuing to grow and such a trend has fueled the growth of online retailers.
Wu Wanjing still remembers her first Xiabu— meaning "cloth for summer" in Chinese — embroidery piece.