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Family farm develops Lingzhi mushroom industry in Milin, China's Xizang

Family farm develops Lingzhi mushroom industry in Milin, China's Xizang

In 2008, Milin County (now Milin City) in Nyingchi registered Nyima's family as a poor household and offered him a 150,000-yuan (about 22,348.95 U.S. dollars) loan. Starting by collecting wild white-fleshed Lingzhi, or Ganoderma leucocontextum, Nyima explored artificial cultivation and built a spawn workshop and a simulated wild cultivation base in 2012.

China's manned deep-sea submersible Jiaolong prepares to dive in western Pacific Ocean

China's manned deep-sea submersible Jiaolong prepares to dive in western Pacific Ocean

The manned deep-sea submersible Jiaolong is pictured outside its hangar aboard the research vessel Deep Sea No. 1 in the western Pacific Ocean, on Oct. 10, 2026. China's research vessel Deep Sea No. 1, carrying manned deep-sea submersible Jiaolong, arrived at East Caroline Basin in the western Pacific Ocean on Saturday for deep-sea scientific research.

Coiled embroidery of Tu ethnic group weaves a thriving industry

Coiled embroidery of Tu ethnic group weaves a thriving industry

In Huzhu Tu Autonomous County, Haidong city, northwest China's Qinghai Province, coiled embroidery has been passed down among the Tu people for more than 1,000 years. Today it has grown into a distinctive industry worth more than 27 million yuan (about $4.03 million) a year.

View of Long March heritage sites in China's Sichuan

View of Long March heritage sites in China's Sichuan

An aerial drone photo taken on Sept. 16, 2026 shows a view of the Luding Bridge in Luding County of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province. The year 2026 marks the 90th anniversary of the victory of the Long March.

DeepZang empowers Xizang public services

DeepZang empowers Xizang public services

DeepZang, China's first large language model for the Tibetan language, is advancing Tibetan language processing and helping enhance the intelligent development of ethnic languages, according to stakeholders at a recent conference on the model's latest upgrade in Hohhot, the capital of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.

Police officers stand guard at China's highest-altitude border police station

Police officers stand guard at China's highest-altitude border police station

Police officers of the Pumaqangtang border police station patrol near the Gangbu glacier in Shannan, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Aug. 19, 2026. Pumaqangtang, China's highest township, has an average altitude of 5,373 meters, with oxygen levels less than a half of that at sea level.

National Day holiday sees cultural, tourism boom across China

National Day holiday sees cultural, tourism boom across China

A drone photo shows tourists enjoying scenery by raft on the Yulong River in Yangshuo County of Guilin City, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Oct. 7, 2026. People across the country enjoy themselves through various cultural and tourism activities and events during the National Day holiday.

Rural tourism booms during China's National Day holiday

Rural tourism booms during China's National Day holiday

Children run amid flowers in Longshanhu Village, Baitu Town of Jurong City, east China's Jiangsu Province, Oct. 5, 2026. Large numbers of visitors have flocked to rural areas across China during the National Day holiday.

Xizang's new chapter of development breaks the labels of prejudice

Xizang's new chapter of development breaks the labels of prejudice

Qiao Basheng, a special commentator on current affairs for CGTN, is a professor at the Institute of China's Borderland Studies, Zhejiang Normal University, and an adjunct professor at Northwest University of Political Science and Law, China. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily those of CGTN.