A Long March 2C rocket carrying a joint Chinese and French oceanography satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China's Gobi Desert, Oct. 29, 2018. The CFOSat mission has been designed to gain new insights into ocean surface characteristics (winds and waves) and their impacts on the atmosphere-ocean exchanges that play a key role in the climate system. (Photo: China News Service/Sun Zifa)
A woman dons a wedding dress to pose for a photo while sitting on a swing that is built close to a cliff at the Shiniuzhai National Geological Park in Pingjiang County, Central China's Hunan Province, Oct. 28, 2018. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Huafeng)
Qin Tingguang, in his seventies, draws with an ink brush in his home in Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, Oct. 29, 2018. Based on his memory, Qin has spent five years drawing 44 paintings of the city’s landmarks 20 years ago. (Photo: China News Service/Zhou Yi)
Photo taken on Oct 29, 2018 shows rescuers working at the accident site in Wanzhou district, Southwest China's Chongqing.
Fifteen people were confirmed on board a bus that plunged into the Yangtze River in Southwest China's Chongqing municipality Sunday, local authorities said Monday.
The bus veered onto the wrong side of the road and collided into an oncoming private car before breaking through road fencing and falling off a bridge in Wanzhou District at 10:08 am Sunday.
An initial police investigation found that 15 people, including the bus driver, were on the bus at the time of the accident, the rescue headquarters said.
Photo taken on Oct 29, 2018 shows rescuers working at the accident site in Wanzhou district, Southwest China's Chongqing. Two bodies have been retrieved from the river after the bus broke through road fencing and drove off a bridge at around 10 am Sunday in Wanzhou district. Surveillance cameras show more than 10 people, including the driver, were on the bus when the accident occurred. Rescue work and further investigation into the cause of the accident are ongoing.[Photo/Xinhua]
Chen Hualan analyses the result of an experiment with a student in her laboratory in Harbin, Heilongjiang province. SHAO GUOLIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY
Vaccination expert
The tranquil atmosphere at the campus of the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, in the capital of the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, belies its status as the home of China's resistance to the fast-evolving bird flu virus.
"Viruses are constantly mutating. A small mutation could trigger new risks, and we must be on duty around the clock," said Chen Hualan, lead director of the National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory at the institute.
The laboratory shoulders the responsibility of monitoring new strains of bird flu, evaluating the danger they pose and characterizing genetic mutations, and providing scientific evidence for the issuance of alerts and vaccine development.
The three-layered program aims to "leave no traces of avian influenza viruses out of our sight", the 49-year-old said.
Students help Meng Xiaomei to dress up at their primary school in Xincheng county, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. FAN SHAOGUANG/FOR CHINA DAILY
Inspirational teacher
Since 1991, Meng Xiaomei has taught at Beigeng Township Primary School, a boarding school in Xincheng county, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.
In the eyes of her students, in addition to being a teacher, the 45-year-old is also a loving mother.
"More than 60 percent of the students are 'left-behind children', who are looked after by their elderly grandparents while their parents are working in big cities," she said. "My students cannot leave me and vice versa."
Besides teaching the students, Meng and her colleagues also have to make sure the children eat properly, have enough clothes and stay healthy. Most important, they ensure that poverty doesn't force any students to drop out of school.
Zhang Suli repairs a machine at a factory operated by CRRC Luoyang Co in Luoyang, Henan province. CHINA DAILY
Zhang Suli
Pioneering engineer
When she was a young girl, born and raised in a community of railway workers, Zhang Suli quickly grew accustomed to the staccato rhythm of tools striking metal, and she was intrigued by the way technicians manipulated raw steel to forge a range of items and devices. The blue denim of their coveralls was the backdrop to her childhood.
Now, the 46-year-old machine fitter and expert for CRRC Luoyang Co, a leading train manufacturer in Luoyang, her hometown in Henan province, has sharpened her mechanical skills to such a high degree that a workshop has been named after her.
A newly built library of Taiyuan Normal University in Taiyuan, capital city of North China's Shanxi Province. (Photo by Song Jidong for chinadaily.com.cn)
A newly built library of Taiyuan Normal University has been attracting much attention from the students since its being put into use recently in Taiyuan, capital city of North China's Shanxi Province.
Adults and Children wearing traditional costumes attend an activity during a traditional Chinese costume exhibition held in Xitang ancient town of Jiashan, east China's Zhejiang Province, Oct. 27, 2018. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)
Urumqi Subway operational beautiful station. The 32nd city in China that has subway system. amazing it was not too long ago only Beijing has subway system