A scenic waterfall flows down a lush green mountainside at the Xiaoqikong scenic spot in Libo County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, evoking a poetic atmosphere.

The third Silk Road Global News Awards now call for global entries via the official website of the Belt and Road News Network. Registration will be open until Dec 31, 2026.

The National Gallery of Australia (NGA) handed over two Chinese cultural relics to China's National Cultural Heritage Administration in Canberra at 2:52 p.m. local time on Wednesday. The two relics are the head of a military official statue and the head of a civil official statue, both dating back to the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127). According to the NGA, both relics are made of limestone and originated from central China's Henan Province.

Rice harvesting is in full swing in central China's Hunan Province.

The future is here | Unlock smart book borrowing at Shenzhen Library in Guangdong, South China When technology is applied to cultural environments, the ordinary act of borrowing books breaks free from traditional models and becomes far more efficient and convenient. The North Hall of Shenzhen Library in south China's Guangdong Province stands as a vivid example of China's digital practices in urban public cultural services. Visitors can search the library's collections via on-site smart screens and submit book retrieval requests through a mini-program. The intelligent system fetches books from the underground automated stacks and transports them to the collection outlet via overhead rail trolleys to complete one-stop self-service borrowing. Andrew Smith from the U.S. tried the entire borrowing process on site and got a close-up look at the convenience of smart book lending. Featuring full self-service, unattended operation and fast book retrieval, the once time-consuming and laborious process of searching for and borrowing books has been streamlined by technology into a smooth experience, transforming the daily reading experience for local residents.

With a human-machine collaborative operation model, an AI-powered restaurant in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, prepares some of its meals and drinks using its AI kitchen equipped with smart noodle- and beverage-making machines.

Marigold flowers stretch across a park in Deyang, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, as farmers joyfully collect the radiant blooms while visitors stroll through the fields posing for photos.

Sand-control mesh grids and straw checkerboards are laid across dunes along the Jinta-Dadunmen highway in Jiuquan, northwest China’s Gansu Province, as efforts continue to combat desertification.

Dew-kissed flowers in a kaleidoscope of colors put on a dazzling display at a park in Beijing.

Preparations are in full swing for the ninth China International Import Expo (CIIE), which is scheduled to take place from Nov. 5 to Nov. 10 in Shanghai.

China's domestic tourism market posted solid growth in terms of both trips and travel spending from January to September this year, with more than 5.3 billion domestic trips made and domestic tourism spending reaching 4.95 trillion yuan (about $737 billion), up 6.2% and 2.2% YoY, respectively, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said on Monday.

Farmers in Guilin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, take advantage of sunny weather to peel and dry persimmons during the autumn harvest season.

Young performers practice the traditional acrobatic act “Straw Hat,” showing perfect coordination and fluid, skillful movements in Ningjin, east China's Shandong Province.

Shaiqiu, a long-standing Hakka folk custom of drying crops in the autumn sun, brings a festive vibe to the Chuxi Tulou Cluster in Longyan, southeast China's Fujian Province, attracting visitors to admire the colorful harvest scene.

Shopping in China: What's it really like? A wealth of choices, quality products at affordable prices, and convenient mobile payments—international visitors share what makes shopping in China stand out. From the fun of bargaining to the charm of local shops, their experiences offer a glimpse into China's vibrant shopping scene. What surprised you most?

Photos show the stunning autumn scenery across China.

Women helped build China's 2,200-year-old Terracotta Warriors, according to a new study of fingerprints preserved in the clay warriors - the first quantitative biological evidence challenging the long-standing assumption that the standardized, large-scale production of the life-size clay figures was exclusively men's work. Researchers from the Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum and Shandong University examined 79 distinct fingerprints on 23 terracotta figures. Using a Bayesian mixture model - a statistical method that estimates the overall makeup of a group from imperfect individual clues rather than identifying any single person - they concluded that about 45% of the prints likely came from adult men, 32.7% from adult women, while 22.3% from people under age 15.

Imagine driving to work and back home every day on this mind-bending route in southwest China's Chongqing. Would you be up for it?

The China Great Wall Museum at the foot of the renowned Badaling Great Wall in Beijing reopened to the public on Saturday after an extensive renovation and upgrade. The museum, with a floor area of 16,000 square meters, features exhibition areas, educational and public service areas, collection storage areas and research spaces. Its permanent exhibition and special thematic displays explore the Great Wall's history and culture. The permanent exhibition features more than 700 cultural relics, including many on loan from museums across China.

The future is here | Where sand meets light, oases grow alongside Deep in the Kubuqi Desert in Dalad Banner, Ordos, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, rows of solar panels now stretch across what was once drifting sand. Here, sunlight is turned into clean electricity, and the desert itself is beginning to change. The panels shade the ground, help retain moisture, and give vegetation a chance to return. This is more than a power project. It offers a glimpse of two futures at once: a future powered by clean energy, and a future where development and nature can move forward together. In China, that future is already taking shape — one panel, one patch of green, one desert at a time.