As the summer vacation goes on, museums are hogging the spotlight, with throngs of visitors eager to immerse themselves in rich traditional culture. At Beijing's Grand Canal Museum, visitors have formed long lines on weekends, eagerly waiting to view Sanxingdui artifacts from the prehistoric Shu ci...
China plans to redouble its efforts in improving the quality of human resources and boosting the provision of childcare and basic elderly care services to promote its high-quality demographic development, according to a key policy document and experts. Declining birthrates and a rapidly aging socie...
Young musicians perform on Tuesday at the Chinese Consulate General in New York, the United States. More than 100 musicians from the Beijing Youth Orchestra jointly performed with members of the National Youth Orchestra of the USA during the event.MINLU ZHANGCHINA DAILY The Chinese consulate gene...
Guo Zhanglong, owner of the Kung Fu Daoxiaomian restaurant near Notre Dame in Paris, France, poses for a selfie with his guests. PHOTOCHINA DAILY Every day, the Kung Fu Daoxiaomian restaurant, located next to the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, draws long lines of visitors looking for a servin...
China experienced its hottest month on record in July, with the highest average temperature since the country began releasing comprehensive data in 1961, the China Meteorological Administration said on Thursday. Jia Xiaolong, deputy director of the National Climate Center, said the national average...
Beijing's public transportation system is set to become more foreigner-friendly, with the Chinese capital testing the feasibility of introducing an all-in-one city travel pass. For starters, the Beijing Pass will enhance the convenience of subway travel for foreign visitors, who will be able to use...
The wild tiger population in China has shown recovery in recent years, with the number of Siberian tigers, or Northeast tigers, increasing from around 27 six years ago to about 70, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration announced on Monday, the 14th World Tiger Day. According to data fr...
People participate in an event on a square near Beijing's Bell Tower and Drum Tower on Saturday to celebrate the inclusion of the Beijing Central Axis on UNESCO's World Heritage List.WANG JINGCHINA DAILY A centuries-old example of Chinese urban planning and architecture has received global recogn...
A cultivator checks the status of coffee trees at an orchard in Pu'er, Yunnan province.[Photo provided to CHINA DAILY] In the 1990s, Yang Qiong took a bold step in Ning'er county in Pu'er, southwestern Yunnan province, by leasing nearly 200 hectares of land from local villagers to establish a cof...
A staff member encourages a resident during a group exercise session at an elderly care center in Hutubi county, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Saturday.TAO WEIMINGFOR CHINA DAILY China plans to improve policies to bolster both the public and the private elderly care sectors, create diverse...
Graduating students at a university in Zhengzhou, Henan province, set up stalls on campus to sell their various secondhand items last month. CHINA DAILY From pre-loved clothing and handbags to furniture and books, the trade in secondhand merchandise is growing rapidly in China — delivering not on...
Over the past 30 years, Huang Zhixiao has traveled back and forth between China and Italy nearly 300 times. As a member of the overseas Chinese community, he's witnessed China's transformation from a backward developing country to the world's second-largest economy, and how it has become "a big coun...
August Hagen left is working on a farm in Xuling village, Zhejiang province, on Nov 5, 2023. CHINA DAILY Last autumn and again this spring, I went to visit a small locale, Xuling village, in the hills of Zhejiang province. While I was staying there, I got to meet some members of a new community t...
A soccer tournament featuring matches mainly between industrial workers from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has not only stirred up passion for the sport but also helped boost local consumption, along with cultural and tourism development, the organizers said. On Friday night, which...
Patients receive sanfu moxibustion patches at Beijing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine on Monday.FANG FEIFOR CHINA DAILY As hospitals have begun providing a variety of sanfu moxibustion services — a traditional Chinese medicine treatment applied during the hottest days of summer to boost ...