A technician introduces Beijing's first medium-low speed maglev Line S1 in Beijing, capital of China. The Line S1, which connects the city's western district of Mentougou to the Pingguoyuan subway station in Shijingshan district, is expected to begin operating in 2017. With a maximum speed of 100 kilometers per hour, the train will stop at eight stations and serve about 1,302 passengers at a time. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)
Photos taken on Dec. 25, 2016 shows Beijing's first medium-low speed maglev Line S1 in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)
Photo taken on Dec. 25, 2016 shows the interior of Beijing's first medium-low speed maglev Line S1 in Beijing, capital of China.
Photo taken on Dec. 25, 2016 shows the interior of Beijing's first medium-low speed maglev Line S1 in Beijing, capital of China. With a maximum speed of 100 kilometers per hour, the train will stop at eight stations and serve about 1,302 passengers at a time. (Xinhua/Luo Xiaoguang)
Fishermen on the ice-covered Changling Lake in Harbin, the capital city of Heilongjiang province, in Northeast China, Dec 25, 2016. The winter fishing as a tourism business starts in chilly weather when the temperature goes as low as minus 20 degrees Celsius. [Photo/VCG]
Made in China? Look like China learns everything they buy. There are others who only buy and buy, and then ascuse China as steal and copy. If so, I'd rather be the copy-cat.
Made in China? Look like China learns everything they buy. There are others who only buy and buy, and then ascuse China as steal and copy. If so, I'd rather be the copy-cat.
Police examine bags of drugs during a raid in Guiyang City, the capital of Southwest China’s Guizhou Province. Police caught five suspects, who smuggled drugs from Hunan Province to Guizhou, and also seized 5.644 kilograms of drugs. (Photo provided to China News Service)
Chen Kecai, 57, sits in a box of ice cubes on Zhangjiajie glass bridge on Dec 24, 2016. Chen won the first round for staying in the cube for 129 minutes. Chen and Jin are both from Northeast China's Heilongjiang province. [Photo/IC]
A contestant takes part in the challenge in a box of ice cubes on Zhangjiajie glass bridge on Dec 24, 2016. [Photo/IC]
Pupils are evacuated to a playground after earthquake at Xichan Elementary School in Dazu District of Chongqing, southwest China, Dec. 27, 2016. A 4.8-magnitude earthquake hit Chongqing on Tuesday morning. So far, no casualties have been reported. (Xinhua)
Zhou Changsheng, 36, who is from Yingshan county, Hubei province, fell from an 11-storey building under construction when the machine transporting him malfunctioned in October. Zhou survived by grabbing scaffold, but he was severely injured and now faces amputation. [Photo/IC]
Many migrant workers doing dangerous jobs, such as working on construction sites, have met accidents that have left them handicapped and unable to work. With a lot of them coming from poor families, they are trapped in huge financial difficulties after losing their ability to earn money.
To raise people's awareness of these injured workers, a series of photos were taken on the roof of a hospital building in Wuhan, Hubei province, to show the everyday reality of these workers against the backdrop of city's skyline.
Zhou's daughter cries after seeing his father at the hospital on Dec 24, 2016. After losing the ability to work, Zhou was so desperate that he even considered giving his nine-year-old son to an adopted family. [Photo/IC]
30-year-old Liu Songbai's both legs were severely injured after he was accidently trapped under an excavator when learning to drive the machine in 2012. As he did not have enough money, Liu was transferred to different hospitals before he was admitted by Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University. The medical cost left him more than 30,000 yuan ($4,300) in debt but the doctor allowed him to go home raise the money. [Photo/IC]
Li Guijun (R) lost his right leg in an accident at a pipeline factory in March. After nine months' treatment, he can now stand on crutches. And recently, he and his wife married in the hospital. [Photo/IC]
A man dressed in Santa Claus costumes drops presents ahead of Christmas to tourists in Changsha, Hunan province, China, December 23, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer
People demonstrate a home-made "smog cannon" which fires cannonballs made of "water and tobacco tar" to remind people the importance of protecting environment, in Xiangyang, Hubei province, December 27, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer
A woman salutes as people gather to celebrate China's late chairman Mao Zedong's 123rd birth anniversary in Shaoshan, Hunan province, December 25, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer
Enameled porcelain plate with butterfly design [Photo by Zhang Xingjian/chinadaily.com.cn]