Wang Xin, 26, a social worker in Fujian province who conducts pretrial surveys.
"The Chinese language is the love of my life. I hope the romance will never fade," Russian student Ruslan Ustinov, 19, said in perfect Mandarin.
Slovenian physicist Rudolf Podgornik said he had some initial doubts about his decision to take a position in China when he first arrived in Beijing in November.
Has any antipoverty initiative in history ever lifted more people from abject poverty than the national economic development program China launched four decades ago by opening up its economy to the world?
Addressing the BRICS Business Forum in Johannesburg, South Africa, on July 25, President Xi Jinping said: "Success comes only through hard work." He used this old Chinese saying to describe the arduous journey China has taken and the remarkable achievements it has made.
In February, Yang Hongwei posted a video on his WeChat Moments feed that showed his grandfather leading a group of papermakers, including Yang, in singing a traditional song to help maintain energy levels as they pulped bamboo to make paper.
Several years ago, Tang Shukun, an expert on handmade paper at the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei, Anhui province, viewed a map that showed what were believed to be the world's most renowned papermaking areas.
As the sun slowly descends and the Taklimakan Desert begins to cool, things start heating up in Tazhong, a small settlement in the far-western wilderness.
Shan Xiumei's handmade cloth dolls are helping popularize the beauty of the various ethnic groups who call the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region home.
Safety expert Zhang Bangfeng, previously head of the Beijing Administration of Work Safety's Law Enforcement Department, has been working in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region for more than a year.
Editor's note: This year marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of China's reform and opening-up policy. China Daily profiles people who experienced or witnessed the important drive.
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