Compared with the recently concluded annual college entrance examinations, or gaokao, which was taken by 9.4 million students, a contest concurrently held in Shanghai and Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu province, that brought together youths from across the world for a skills' competition invited much less attention.
The on-and-off courtships, witty banter and ribald puns exchanged between a couple in the rom-com Love off the Cuff is currently tickling viewers' fancies across the border.
Hong Kong filmmakers are faced with the rapid development of the global film industry and challenges from the booming market in the Chinese mainland. In response, the future direction of the Hong Kong movie industry will see the sector exploit its unique character and add a dash of ordinary life, according to Wellington Fung, secretary-general of the Hong Kong Film Development Council.
Guo Suli has fond memories of her wedding ceremony seven years ago in Beiji village in Mohe, the northernmost county in Heilongjiang province.
Cui Guixiao is looking forward to next month, because he hopes to return to his hometown of Hengshui in Hebei province, which he left 33 years ago.
Surrounded by hundreds of watermelons, a man uses his index finger to knock on each one, putting the good watermelons into boxes for sale and returning the others to suppliers. The man is Zhu Linjie, one of only a few authenticated watermelon experts in Shanghai.
Zhuo Yi loves kicking a beverage can around the rural neighborhood near his home, pretending he is dribbling a soccer ball past defenders one after another. It's been the sixth-grader's favorite outdoor activity since he first watched a televised game by chance at a village grocery store in 2013.
Never in her wildest dreams did Liu Zhai imagine that participating in soccer training would change her life and take her so far from home.
A poverty-relief volunteer's love of soccer has inspired some of the poorest children in the country to dream big.
New innovation and entrepreneurship demonstration zones will be established to expand the innovation strategy to wider areas and industries.
Departments and ministries under the State Council, China's Cabinet, have responded to a series of public concerns in the past week, including express delivery data sharing, tax and administrative fees, school food safety, rural collective property rights and chemical accidents.
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