People cool off with a misting system set up in Chenyi Square at the Bund in Shanghai as the high reached 37C (98F) on Tuesday. Rains are expected to bring relief on Thursday. WANG GANG/CHINA DAILY
Many cities across the country issued the year's first hot weather alerts on Tuesday, but a government weather expert said the heat wave won't stay for long.
The mercury hit 37C (98F) in downtown Shanghai, where an orange alert was issued for the first time this year along with a warning to citizens－especially children, the elderly and the sick－to keep cool and avoid too much time outdoors. Other areas in the city also reported a high of over 35C. (95F)
A steward hands out birthday cakes to passengers on the G1 Fuxing high-speed bullet train on Beijing-Shanghai high speed railway line on June 26, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]
Fuxing high-speed bullet train celebrated its one-year anniversary on G1 high-speed railway line from Beijing to Shanghai on June 26, 2018.
Three new longer Fuxing bullet trains, with a designed speed of 350 kilometers per hour, will start to run on the Beijing-Shanghai line on July 1.
A steward holds a baby passenger's hands to cut the birthday cake on the G1 Fuxing high-speed bullet train on Beijing-Shanghai high speed railway line on June 26, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua]
Passengers and stewards pose for a photo to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival on G89 Fuxing high-speed bullet train on Beijing West-Chengdu East high-speed railway line on June 18, 2018. [Photo/VCG]
The G1 Fuxing high-speed bullet train on Beijing-Shanghai high speed railway line leaves Beijing South Railway Station for Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station in Beijing, on June 26, 2018.[Photo/IC]
Liu Huadong, 27, chose a different path from his classmates after graduating in chemistry from Qingdao Agricultural University in 2014.
Instead of appearing in the civil service exam or becoming a laboratory technician in a chemical plant like his peers, he rented a house in the rural area of Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, and established his own lab.
Over the past four years, he has extracted and collected all chemical elements except for some dangerous and radioactive ones.
Liu also runs a shop on China's biggest online shopping platform Taobao. He designs souvenirs with chemical elements and sells them, earning annual revenue of 200,000 yuan ($30,756).
Crystals and minerals collected by Liu Huadong are seen at his workshop in Qingdao, Shandong province, May 28, 2018. [Photo/VCG]
Tourists walk through a corridor with cool mist sprayers at the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 26, 2018. (Xinhua/Hang Xingwei)
Tourists walk through a corridor with cool mist sprayers at the Humble Administrator's Garden in Suzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, June 26, 2018. (Xinhua/Hang Xingwei)
Two Morris classic cars on show at Dalian Jingdian Auto Culture Center in Dalian City, Liaoning Province, June 26, 2018. The center has hundreds of classic cars under maintenance, including a car donated by Stalin to Mao Zedong and a 1932 Rolls-Royce 20/25 car. Center founder Han Yeguang said all the classic cars were either from foreign museums or private collectors, and the time taken to restore each vehicle ranged from six months to four years. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Yi)
A classic Mercedes is repaired at Dalian Jingdian Auto Culture Center in Dalian City, Liaoning Province, June 26, 2018. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Yi)
A drug abuser receives artificial reality-aided treatment at the Women's Drug Rehabilitation Center of Sichuan Province on June 26, 2018. The center has combined AR technology with cognitive behavioral therapy to help drug abusers abstain from drug use. (Photo: China News Service/An Yuan)
New-tech experiment twin satellites, carried by the Long March-2C rocket, are launched from southwest China's Xichang Satellite Launch Center, June 27, 2018. The twin-satellites missions are to link the inter-satellite network and conduct new technology tests on satellites earth-observation. (Xinhua)
A staff member shows remote control with 5G and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies during the Mobile World Conference Shanghai (MWCS) 2018 in east China's Shanghai, June 27, 2018. The three-day MWCS 2018 kicked off at the Shanghai New International Expo Center on Wednesday, showing trending mobile products, services and technologies. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)
Children cool off in the fountain at a kindergarten in Xinyu City, east China's Jiangxi Province, June 27, 2018. Heat wave swept the city in recent days, with the highest temperature reaching over 35 degrees Celsius. (Xinhua/Zhao Chunliang)
Aerial photos show a long glass walkway winding along the edge of a cliff of the East Taihang Mountains in Handan city, North China's Hebei province. The walkway measures 266 meters along the cliff, at 1,180 meters above sea level. [Photo/IC]
An elevated railway track is under test in Guang'an City, Southwest China's Sichuan Province. The 8.49-kilometer-long line can transport up to 30,000 people per hour at a maximum speed of 80 kilometers an hour. The system is an effective way to address traffic jams in small and medium-sized cities. The elevated railway track is easier and quicker to build, at a cost of one fourth of building a subway line. [Photo/China News Service]
People donate their hair during a hair donation drive on Tuesday afternoon to help children with leukemia. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
More than 100 volunteers in Shanghai donated their hair on Tuesday afternoon in a charity program to help children with leukemia suffering from hair loss due to chemotherapy.
Co-organized by the Children's Hospital of Shanghai, the 100 volunteers, many of whom are young students, gathered at the No 4 Middle School Affiliated to East China Normal University where hairdressers sent from the Shanghai Hair and Beauty Trade Association collected their hair.
A visitor tries a flying experience at an auto exhibition in Shanghai.[Photo/IC]
In recent years, virtual reality technology has been applied well beyond online gaming, including areas like education, e-commerce and rehabilitation.
Students take creative graduation photos on a glass-bottom bridge in the Shiniuzhai National Geological Park in Pingjiang County, Central China's Hunan Province, June 27, 2018. The transparent bridge is suspended between two cliffs, 180 meters above ground. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Huafeng)
Colorful tapestries are shown in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Northwest China's Gansu Province. Linxia has a history of nearly 1,000 years making tapestries depicting a broad range of topics, from galloping horses to beautiful landscapes. Usually a tapestry involves dozens of procedures and prices can be as high as 100,000 yuan ($15,000). They also sell well in other counties including the United States, Japan and Germany. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Yutao)
