A primary school in southern China has raised eyebrows online by giving an unconventional reward to its best-performing students - live carp.
For three years, Aruungoi has been studying at a high school in Erenhot, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, together with another 300 students from Mongolia - her home country.
Wherever Lyu Guoyin goes, farming is an obsession that he carries along.
With more than 2 million electric vehicles on the country's roads last year, China is spearheading the global development of new energy transportation.
A report compiled by three expert bodies, including the Institute of Process Engineering at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences, suggests that the annual value of the nation's battery recycling sector is likely to exceed 15.6 billion yuan ($2.2 billion) next year.
Every day Yu Xihui wakes up at around 4 am without the help of an alarm, starting her busy day by taking care of more than 30 homeless seniors she has "adopted" over the years.
On the wide, misty Xin'an River surrounded by lush green mountains, Fang Shuyun balances in the water on a bamboo pole. Wrapped in a rain cape and wearing a straw hat, he resembles a mysterious figure from a martial arts novel.
In a college's virtual reality lab, a trainee investigator is immersed in a three-dimensional fire scenario based on a real blaze that happened at a residential block in downtown Shanghai last year.
Since 2016, a growing number of parents nationwide have signed their children up for extracurricular nature classes during the summer and winter vacations, in the hope they will play with animals and plants rather than smartphones and iPads.
Nature education requires greater regulation and investment, and schools and parents need to be more aware of the sector's importance, according to insiders and industry reports.
Customs pledges to maintain accommodating approach to sector
Several ministry-level departments, including those for health, education, and human resources and social security, have responded recently to issues of public concern.
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