The Jinzhai County primary school is seen in Jinzhai, east China's Anhui Province, Sept. 3, 2019. As the first primary school built under the Project Hope in China, Jinzhai County primary school was founded on May 19, 1990. The Project Hope was launched to help children in poverty-stricken areas gain greater access to education. Supported by people from all walks of life, the Jinzhai County primary school has developed into a modernized school with a covering area of 14, 200 square meters, 48 faculties and 850 students. Laying importance on all-round development of its students, the school has benefited more than 5, 400 graduates by now. (Xinhua)
A power supply technicians work in a tent erected for people affected by an earthquake in Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 28, 2019. No casualties have been reported after a 5.7-magnitude earthquake hit the county on Monday. (Photos: China News Service/Yang Yanmin)
People affected by an earthquake live in tents in Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Northwest China's Gansu Province, Oct. 28, 2019.(Photos: China News Service/Yang Yanmin)
A long-table banquet was served on Oct 26 to celebrate a harvest festival in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture in China's Southwest Guizhou province.
Tourists enjoy a meal during the harvest festival in Danzhai, Oct 26, 2019. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Tens of thousands of Miao villagers and tourists attended the 3.5 km-long table banquet served by the Miao people.
The event is acclaimed as the world's longest grand table banquet, where the Miao people's unique "high mountain and flowing water" toast, 18 bars of beverages and other special traditional customs are presented.
Dressed in colorful ethnic clothing, Miao young women greet a male visitor with the traditional high mountain and flowing water toast, Oct 26, 2019. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Firefighters display search and rescue skills in a drill at the Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang City, Southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Oct. 27, 2019. Last year, China decided to transform its fire services and armed forestry police in order to build a national firefighting response team.
Lijiang has a firefighting rescue team dedicated to ensuring the safety of the mountain, a popular tourist attraction in China. (Photos: China News Service/Liu Ranyang)
Preparation work is underway near the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai, the venue for the second China International Import Expo (CIIE), Oct. 29, 2019.
The expo is scheduled to run from Nov. 5 to 10 and will have an exhibition area of 360,000 square meters, 60,000 square meters larger than that of last year’s event. (Photos: China News Service/Yin Liqin)
Xiong Guoan listens to the tapping sound of an unburnt porcelain bowl to judge its thickness in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 28, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)
Xiong Guoan checks a thin body porcelain bowl he made in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 28, 2019.
Xiong Guoan, an inheritor of thin body porcelain in Jingdezhen of Jiangxi, learnt the art from his father when he was 12 years old. Working in the field for 47 years, he insists for perfection in the making procedures. The shaping of the unburnt porcelain is the essence of the craft, during which craftsman will use tools to peel the unburnt porcelain until it can be penetrated by the light. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)
A thin body porcelain bowl with a thickness of three millimeters by Xiong Yougen, Xiong Guoan's father, is seen in Jingdezhen, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 28, 2019.
Xiong's skill has allowed him to make thin body porcelain with a thickness of about 0.15 millimeter. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)
A visitor selects Zou Zhaoqing's egg carving works in Le'an County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 28, 2019. Zou, an inheritor of Jiangxi's provincial intangible cultural heritage "Le'an egg carving", has devoted himself to this art form for 16 years with works featuring folklore, portraits and natural landscapes. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
Huang Xinglai (R) tutors a student at Cunli primary school of Huping Township in Le'an Country, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 28, 2019. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
Huang Xinglai writes a security notice on a bulletin board at Cunli primary school of Huping Township in Le'an Country, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 28, 2019. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
Huang Xinglai gives a class to students at Cunli primary school of Huping Township in Le'an Country, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 28, 2019.
Huang Xinglai, 61, used to be a rural teacher at Anli primary school of Wanchong Township and retired in July of 2018. He went to Cunli primary school of Huping Township and worked as a rural teacher again in January of 2019 to respond to the call of local government.(Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
Huang Xinglai (1st R) chats with other teachers at Cunli primary school of Huping Township in Le'an Country, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 28, 2019.(Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
Huang Xinglai (2nd R) plays with students at Cunli primary school of Huping Township in Le'an Country, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 28, 2019.(Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
In order to focus on teaching, Huang lives at school with other young teachers. In his spare time, he takes care of the left-behind students, whose parents have become migrant workers in towns or cities, and pays home visit to his students. "Ever since I became a teacher, my life will always have something to do with teaching and the students," Huang said. (Xinhua/Hu Chenhuan)
