Dong Qiquan, 48, works at a garment factory. Dong is working overtime to ensure orders are ready for this year's Singles Day. [Photo/IC]
Online hostess Ge Zi wakes up at 3 am and dresses up. Her livestream begins at 5 am. Although only few people are online at that time, Ge Zi always looks her best even if there is only one fan. [Photo/IC]
A online shop owner selling plus-size clothing with a nickname "Uncle South Island" checks trade volume and details on his smartphone at 0:30 am. [Photo/IC]
At 4 am, deliveryman Xiao Huang walks to deliver medication to a customer who lives near the West Lake. [Photo/IC]
Online hostess Angel uses her phone to livestream early in the morning. She became a livestreaming host not long ago, and sometimes has to avoid the peak hours in order to attract some customers who stay up late. [Photo/IC]
Over six decades, relic restoration expert Li Yunhe has repaired nearly 4,000 square meters of murals and more than 500 Buddha statues in the Mogao Caves at Dunhuang City, Northwest China’s Gansu Province. The caves contain some of the finest examples of Buddhist art spanning a period of 1,000 years. Even after retirement, the expert in his eighties is still dedicated to bringing back the glory of the relics. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Yanmin)
An African student learns embroidery under the coach of teacher Fu Aixiaing at Xinyu University in Xinyu, east China's Jiangxi Province, Sept. 5, 2018. The Xinyu university set up courses of embroidery and martial arts for African students to learn about Chinese culture as the new semester begins. (Xinhua/Song Zhenping)
African students learn martial arts in Xinyu, east China's Jiangxi Province, Sept. 5, 2018. (Xinhua/Song Zhenping)
Exciting play during "pool A" game between China and Italy at the Montreux Volleyball Masters women's tournament, in Montreux, Switzerland, on Sept. 5, 2018. Italy won 3-0. (Xinhua/Xu Jinquan)
A pastry shop makes a huge mooncake for people in Shangqiu, Central China's Henan province, on Sept 2, 2018. The moon cake weighed nearly 50 kilograms. [Photo/IC]
Xu Shanshan, right, prepares for the 2018 national college entrance exam with her classmates in at a special education school in Chengdu city, Southwest China's Sichuan province, on March 26, 2018. [Photo/IC]
Xu Shanshan, an 18-year-old girl who has been blind since early childhood, was admitted to the Special Education College of Changchun University. Xu, born in Tianquan county of Sichuan province, was abandoned by her father for her visual disabilities. However her grandmother insisted on sending her to a special education school in Chengdu when she was seven. After 12 years' hard study, she finally enters her dream school. She hopes to start a band and perform to enrich her college life.
The mother, right, and grandmother of Xu Shanshan look at Xu's acceptance letter after she was admitted to the Special Education College of Changchun University at Xu’s home in Tianquan county, Ya'an city, Southwest China's Sichuan province, on Aug 28, 2018. [Photo/IC]
People play beach volleyball on the second day of the 4th national desert sports and fitness competition, Zhongwei, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, Sept 6, 2018. [Photo/IC]
People compete in archery on the second day of the 4th national desert sports and fitness competition, Zhongwei, Ningxia Hui autonomous region, Sept 6. [Photo/IC]
Peng Liyuan (C, front), the wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, attends a China-Africa meeting on HIV/AIDS prevention and control in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 4, 2018. Peng, together with spouses of African heads of state and government, launched an initiative at the meeting for joint efforts by China and Africa to combat HIV/AIDS. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)
Dou Xiankang, president of Wuhan University, confers on Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba (R, front) an honorary doctorate in law at the university in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Sept. 6, 2018. Gabonese President Ali Bongo Ondimba has been conferred an honorary doctorate in law by the elite Wuhan University during his visit to central China's Hubei Province. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Villager Zhang Jianghu, the winner of a peach contest, presents his peach in Mazhuang Village of Mucun Township in Shenzhou City, north China's Hebei Province, Aug. 26, 2018. Local government here held the peach contest to boost agriculture development. (Xinhua/Li Xiaoguo)
A staff member presents a peach for a peach contest in Mazhuang Village of Mucun Township in Shenzhou City, north China's Hebei Province, Aug. 26, 2018.
A Long March-2C rocket carrying the HY-1C satellite takes off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province at 11:15 a.m., Sept. 7, 2018. The satellite will help monitor ocean color and water temperatures, providing basic data for research on the global oceanic environment.(Photo: China News Service/Zheng Taotao)
Freshman students from the Yunnan Arts University pose for photos during a compulsory military training in Kunming City, Southwest China’s Yunnan Province, Sept. 6, 2018. Military training, compulsory for freshmen in China's colleges, includes a diverse range of programs. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Ranyang)
Customs officials show relics found in border checks at a handover ceremony in Guangdong Province, Sept. 6, 2018. Gongbei Customs handed over 157 cultural relics, including currency from the Warring States (475-221 B.C.) and Han Dynasty (206 BC ? 220 AD) periods, to Guangdong Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau. The relics were all Class I items under state protection and forbidden to be taken abroad. Among the findings was a well-preserved account book of the Qing Dynasty (1368-1644), thought to be of great historical value. (Photo: China News Service/Yu Bo)
