"At the start of this year, orders for mamianqun received by our factory were about 10 times higher than the previous year," said Hou Guodong, head of a clothing factory in Caoxian county, east China's Shandong Province. Mamianqun,
A drone photo taken on April 10, 2026 shows farmers working at a tea garden in Beihu Village of Moganshan Town, Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province. Tea farmers and enterprises are busy harvesting and processing spring tea leaves to meet the consumer demand lately.
The Hanjiang festival, a ritual marking the spring thaw and praying for a bountiful harvest, kicked off here on Friday. With the celebration of Hezhe fish-catching culture, the festival has become a hallmark of the local cultural tourism industry.
An aerial drone photo taken on April 10, 2026 shows a section of ancient Great Wall after rain in Qian'an City of north China's Hebei Province.
n late March, on the hillside fields of Caiyuan village, Maying town, Minhe Hui and Tu Autonomous County in northwest China's Qinghai Province, two mulching-side wheat
Flat bamboo baskets filled with freshly picked spring tea leaves line the rooftops on Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, a tradition reflecting the accumulated wisdom of communities
A staff member tends rice seedlings at an intelligent seedling factory in Guangshan County of Xinyang City, central China's Henan Province, April 6, 2026.
At 3 p.m. in New York, an engineer named Mike at a U.S. startup received a new assignment. He turned to an AI assistant powered by a Chinese large model.
Tourists ride camels at the Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Spring Scenic Area in Dunhuang City, northwest China's Gansu Province, on April 5, 2026. China recorded 135 million domestic tourist trips during the three-day Qingming Festival holiday,
While typical solar panels stop producing power the moment the sun goes down or a cloud passes by, this plant can store the sun's heat to keep generating electricity for up to six hours after dark,
ourists admire blossoms in a pear orchard in Zhoujiazhuang Township of Jinzhou City, north China's Hebei Province, April 6, 2026. Recently, about 170,000 mu
An aerial drone photo taken on April 5, 2026 shows tourists viewing cherry blossoms at a scenic spot during the Qingming Festival holiday in Nantong City of east China's Jiangsu Province.
At a rice seedling factory in Hengshi town, Nankang district, Ganzhou, east China's Jiangxi Province, tech-savvy farmers monitor the growth of rice seedlings cultivated on multi-layered, 360-degree rotating racks.
Tourists enjoy crabapple blossoms as they visit the Wudadao historical urban area in north China's Tianjin, April 3, 2026.
Tsedekyi, an 82-year-old former serf, now enjoys her twilight years in a care center in Sangri County of Shannan City. In contrast, her life in old Xizang was filled with suffering.
The Xizang autonomous region registered strong momentum in its cultural and tourism industry in 2025, with key indicators hitting remarkable growth, local authorities announced recently at a cultural and tourism work conference in Lhasa.
China's ecotourism welcomed over 3 billion tourist visits last year, with forest wellness and bird-watching growing increasingly popular, according to a report released recently by the Office of the National Greening Commission.
Children paint from nature among tulips in Chaohu, east China's Anhui Province, April 1, 2026. As spring blossoms across China, primary and secondary school students in several regions are set for their first-ever spring break,
A farmer works in a field during spring plowing in a field of Mali Town, Wushan County, Tianshui City, northwest China's Gansu Province, April 1, 2026.
Saturday marks the 67th anniversary of the democratic reform that abolished feudal serfdom in Xizang, with grand celebrations and commemorative activities held across the region.
An aerial drone photo taken on April 14, 2025 shows a view of an industrial park at Tongzhou Bay in Nantong, east China's Jiangsu Province. In recent years, Nantong has scaled up efforts to improve the water conservancy system, coupled with its green development endeavors in river basins and seaside areas
Dolma Ngodrup, 81, lives in Kyerpa Village of Shannan City in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region. Her childhood was defined by suffering, as she had served serf owners since she was seven years old.
Technological innovation remains the core driver of the bamboo industry's transformation. The National Forestry and Grassland Administration has released 37 key technological achievements related to bamboo-for-plastic substitution
eople from all walks of life attended a flag-raising ceremony at the Potala Palace Square in Lhasa, capital of the Xizang autonomous region, on Saturday morning, to mark the region's 18th Serfs Emancipation Day.
People from all walks of life in the Xizang autonomous region gathered on Saturday to celebrate the 18th Serfs' Emancipation Day.
