Volunteers practice smiling during an etiquette training session for the second China National Youth Games in Taiyuan, North China's Shanxi province, May 8, 2019. [Photo/IC]
A volunteer practices smiling by biting chopsticks during an etiquette training session for the second China National Youth Games in Taiyuan, North China's Shanxi province, May 8, 2019. [Photo/IC]
Volunteers keep their balance with magazines on their heads during an etiquette training session for the second China National Youth Games in Taiyuan, North China's Shanxi province, May 8, 2019. [Photo/IC]
Students show eggs drawn with smileys to greet the World Smile Day at Nanguan primary school in Handan, north China's Hebei Province, May 8, 2019. The World Smile Day falls on May 8 every year. (Xinhua/Wang Xiao)
Dancers of China's Suzhou Ballet Theater perform Tang Yin in Bydgoszcz, Poland, on May 7, 2019. Invited by the 26th Bydgoszcz Opera Festival, China's Suzhou Ballet Theater troupe performed its original ballet Tang Yin in Poland on Monday, giving the audiences a taste of Chinese artistic elements in ballet. (Xinhua/Zhou Nan)
A student practices snowboarding under the instruction of coach Sun Zhifeng (with blue hat) at the Youth Winter Olympic Sports School, or Xuanhua No. 2 Middle School, in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, May 9, 2019.
Students train at the Youth Winter Olympic Sports School, or Xuanhua No. 2 Middle School, in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, May 9, 2019. The school established in 2015 is the only of its kind to specialize on training of Winter Olympic sports in China.
Coaches from Finland instruct students at the Youth Winter Olympic Sports School, or Xuanhua No. 2 Middle School, in Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, May 9, 2019.
The school has recruited more than 1,200 students, including 200 trained to be competitive skiers. Located some 200km northwest of Beijing, Zhangjiakou will host snowboarding, freestyle skiing, cross-country skiing, ski jumping, Nordic combined and biathlon competitions during the 2022 Winter Games. (Photos: China News Service/Zhai Yujia)
Cao Shengge shows his homemade sculptures made out of used tires in Xingtai City, Hebei province. Cao became interested in making sculptures with tyres in 2015.
He has recycled nearly 50 tons of otherwise waste tires to create about 100 works, including mythical figures, beasts, and the twelve zodiac animals. He said the tires usually needed to be cut into pieces and then put together to form a creation, a process that may take tens of days. Cao also said he hopes to organize an exhibition of his works and promote public awareness of environmental protection. (Photo provided to China News Service)
An exhibitor shows a synchronous simulation robot during the 6th China Robotop and Intelligent Economic Talents Summit in Yuyao City, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 9, 2019. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)
An exhibitor shows a cooking robot during the 6th China Robotop and Intelligent Economic Talents Summit in Yuyao City, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 9, 2019. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)
A robotic arm writes calligraphy during the 6th China Robotop and Intelligent Economic Talents Summit in Yuyao City, east China's Zhejiang Province, May 9, 2019. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)
A robot performs tasks including writing calligraphy with a brush, cooking, and delivering beer after opening a bottle all on its own during the 6th China Robotop Summit in Ningbo City, East China's Zhejiang Province, May 9, 2019. According to its official website, the summit aims to promote the application of robots in intelligent manufacturing. (Photo/IC)
Nearly 30 workers helped lay the last rail measuring 25 meters in length and weighing 2.5 tons on Thursday, completing the rail-laying work for the service station.
People work at a service station for high-speed trains in Kunming City, Southwest China's Yunnan Province, May 9, 2019.
Successful expansion of the station will improve the use and maintenance of high-speed trains in Yunnan, also making it the largest such service station in southwest China. (Photos: China News Service/Miu Chao)
Cosplay fans dressed as their favorite characters from movies and cartoons take part in a street parade for the Hangzhou animation festival in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, May 4. [Photo/IC]
A performer dressed as a giraffe interacts with passersby during a parade at the 15th China International Cartoon & Animation Festival in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on May 4. The six-day event concluded Sunday, with deals and purchases valued at 16.5 billion yuan ($2.45 billion). [Photo by Li Zhong/For China Daily]
Vacationers walk on the "Sky Mirror" glass viewing platform during the four-day Labor Day holiday in Yangxin county, Huangshi city, Hubei province, May 3. [Photo/IC]
A worker adjusts an elaborate sprinkler on a construction site in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, May 5. Assembled using firefighting and civil water supply pipes, and connected to an air quality monitor, the humanoid emits mist from its eyes to control dust when the concentration of polluting particles exceeds standards. [Photo by Chen Feibo/For China Daily]
Children play during the Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition in Yanqing District of Beijing, capital of China, May 10, 2019. The Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition has welcomed a large number of tourists from home and abroad since the opening. As of May 9, it has seen more than 500,000 visitors, according to the Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition Coordination Bureau. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
"Peaceful Red" peony grown in Dianjiang county, Chongqing, won the first prize in the potted plant category at the 2019 International Horticultural Exhibition in Beijing. (Photo/provided to chinadaily.com.cn)
A teacher introduces the assembly of robots to pupils at Beiling Central Primary School in Qiuxian County, north China's Hebei Province on May 10, 2019. This primary school has integrated technology innovation into class, and created science lessons on robots. (Xinhua/Zhu Xudong)
A student performs cudgel play during a Wushu (Chinese martial arts) competition in Ditan stadium, Beijing, captial of China, May 10, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhou Liang)
A student performs broadsword play during a Wushu (Chinese martial arts) competition in Ditan stadium, Beijing, captial of China, May 10, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhou Liang)
