The patient is rushed into the emergency room. [Photo by Zhu Xingxin/chinadaily.com.cn]
An 82-year-old lung-infected patient who suffered respiratory failure was rushed in a 999 first-aid helicopter from Zhangjiakou to the China-Japan Friendship Hospital in Beijing on Thursday. The ride is 180 kilometers. The China-Japan Friendship Hospital is the nearest hospital in suburban Beijing that is accessible to around-the-clock air first aid.
The emblem of Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games is unveiled during the emblem launch ceremony for the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Bejing, capital of China, Dec. 15, 2017. (Xinhua/Cao Can)
A worker assembles a saxophone at an instrument making company in Anci District of Langfang City, North China's Hebei Province, Dec. 14, 2017. The company, producing western instruments like flutes and saxophones, has grown from a workshop to a self-owned brand enterprise with its products exported to oversea markets. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)
A worker carries the fittings of saxophone at an instrument making company in Anci District of Langfang City, North China's Hebei Province, Dec. 14, 2017.
A sea plane carries out a demonstration of its ablity in Sanya, Hainan province, on Dec 11. The ground-effect vehicle, called Xiangzhou 1, has been researched and developed by China for commercial use. It can be both flown in the sky or on the water. The speed on the water can be 160-210 km per hour, three to five times faster than speed boat. It can reach Yongxing Island, Sansha, China's southernmost city, in couple of hours from Sanya. [Photo/VCG]
Job seekers are seen at a recruitment fair for graduates in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Dec. 15, 2017. Over 140 employers participated in the recruitment fair, providing 6,500 vacancies for job seekers. (Xinhua/Sui Xiankai)
People look at lanterns displayed during the opening night of the Vancouver Chinese Lantern Festival at the Pacific National Exhibition in Vancouver, Canada, Dec. 15, 2017. (Xinhua/Liang Sen)
Singer Xi Yanjuan sings during a charity show at the People's Square Subway Station in Shanghai, east China, Dec. 16, 2017. This is the 500th charity show held every weekend at the subway music zones in Shanghai. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)
Ro-ro cruise ship "Harmony Yungang" anchors at a port in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 16, 2017. The 196-meter-long and 28.6-meter-wide ro-ro cruise ship was delivered recently. (Xinhua/Geng Yuhe)
Customers interact with robot "Xiao Xin" at the Xinhua Bookstore on Qingchun Road in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 15, 2017. The bookstore reopened Friday after a 5-month upgrade, adding a couple of robots in each area serving as shopping assistants. (Xinhua/Long Wei)
Cao Jingjing takes photos of illegal parking bikes in the Dongcheng District of Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 14, 2017. Cao is one of the street chiefs appointed by the local government to manage the enviroment and order of streets. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)
A second prototype of China's large passenger jet C919 takes its maiden flight in Shanghai on Dec 17, 2017. [Photo/Xinhua]
SHANGHAI -- A second prototype of China's large passenger jet C919 completed its maiden flight in Shanghai Sunday, which was marked as a step closer to China becoming a global aviation powerhouse.
The domestic jet took off shortly after 10:30 am in Shanghai Pudong International Airport and the flight lasted around 2 hours. It tested the performance of the C919 major systems and equipment, such as taking-off and landing, navigation and communication, speed acceleration and deceleration.
Brightly costumed girls sing before a feast in Zhongcheng township, Rongjiang county of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Guizhou province, Dec 16, 2017. Nearly 1,000 tourists enjoyed the "Niubie" (a specially made cuisine) hotpot feast, on combined tables reaching a length of more than 200 meters. [Photo/Xinhua]
Brightly costumed girls serve at a feast in Zhongcheng township, Rongjiang county of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture, Southwest China's Guizhou province, Dec 16, 2017.
Fishermen throw fish to a truck during a winter fishing event on the Chagan Lake in Songyuan City, northeast China's Jilin Province, Dec. 14, 2017. Winter fishing on ice-covered Chagan Lake dates back to the Liao and Jin dynasties from the 10th century to the 13th century. (Xinhua/Zhang Nan)
A customer selects embroidered sachet at the Miao & Dong folk products market in Rongjiang County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 16, 2017. People of ethnic minorities sold distinctive costumes, handicrafts and agricultural products of their ethnic groups in the market.(Xinhua/Huang Xiaohai)
Villagers present batiks at the Miao & Dong folk products market in Rongjiang County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 16, 2017.
Contestants participate in the Future Engineer Project, a competition of engineering for youths, in east China's Shanghai, Dec. 16, 2017. Over 10,000 students from primary schools and middle schools took part in the city's annual competition. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)
Contestants participate in the Future Engineer Project, a competition of engineering for youths, in east China's Shanghai, Dec. 16, 2017. Over 10,000 students from primary schools and middle schools took part in the city's annual competition. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)
Festive lanterns are seen in a factory in Xuan'en County of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, central China's Hubei Province, Dec. 17, 2017. Local lantern makers were busy preparing for the coming new year lantern show. (Xinhua/Song Wen)
Children play soccer during a performance at a gymnasium in Tianjin, north China, Dec. 16, 2017. Children from nearly 500 families took part in the football carnival in Tianjin. (Xinhua/Liu Dongyue)
Firefighters take over fire robots during a delivery ceremony at Meishan Free Trade Port Area in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 17, 2017. A total of 60 anti-explosion fire robots were delivered here Sunday. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Contestants take part in the color run at the Ersha Island Sports Park in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, Dec. 16, 2017. Nearly 15,000 participants competed in the color run game. (Xinhua/Wu Lu)
