Chinese athletes' performances at the 2022 Winter Olympics will be an important factor in judging whether the event is a success, according to a top tourism official from Tyrol, the Austrian state that has hosted two Winter Olympics.
When Xing Shangzhi, a farmer in his late 40s, herds his sheep and tends his potato plots along a hillside in Dazhaizi village, Fuxian, Shaanxi province, he often comes across rubble consisting of bricks and tiles that date back centuries.
More workers are seeking flexible employment by registering with online apps such as food delivery titans Eleme and Meituan, or Didi, the taxi-hailing platform, rather than sticking with jobs in factories.
"Every worker or dream chaser coming to Beijing has their own reasons. No one here lives blindly," said Chang Hailong, a 34-year-old food deliveryman from Songyuan, a city in the northeastern province of Jilin.
A tourism boom is raising living standards for residents of a granite outcrop off the coast of Southeast China. Zhang Yi reports from Pingtan, Fujian provinces.
My parents grew up in Pingtan county, but they later moved to Quanzhou, Fujian province. I was born and raised in Quanzhou, and I didn't visit the county until 2016.
I am a native of Beigang (a village on Haitan Island, Pingtan county), and my parents and their parents were fishermen.
The industry in Zigong continues to see further growth in its overseas markets
Though Ranagul Sopi started learning embroidery in a small village in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, her craftsmanship has taken a magical leap onto the catwalks of the Paris Haute Couture Week.
Many people love dinosaurs, but perhaps not as much as a group of Chinese designers and craftsmen dedicated to making perfect lifesize dinosaur figures.
China is increasingly working with other countries to improve people's lives overseas. Zhang Zhihao reports.
To expand China's scientific outreach, the nation will need stronger government planning and support, as well as better management and services to overcome cultural and legal barriers overseas, experts said.
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