Students prepare for the national postgraduate entrance exam at Sichuan University in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 22, 2018. A total of 2.9 million Chinese will sit the entrance exam for postgraduate studies from Dec. 22 to 24, the Ministry of Education said Wednesday. (Xinhua/Li Xiaoyu)
Students wait in line before taking the national postgraduate entrance exam at University of South China in Hengyang, central China's Hunan Province, Dec. 22, 2018.(Xinhua/Cao Zhengping)
A staff member checks the admission tickets of the attendees for the national postgraduate entrance exam at Sichuan University in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 22, 2018. (Xinhua/Li Xiaoyu)
A Long March-11 rocket carrying a tech-experimental satellite as part of the Hongyun Project, a low-orbit broadband communication satellite system, blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China at 7:51 a.m. on Dec. 22, 2018. The satellite successfully entered its preset orbit. The successful launch signifies the substantial progress of China in mapping the low-orbit broadband communication satellite system. (Xinhua/Li Jin)
Tourists view the frozen waterfall in Mimishui scenic spot in Pingshan County of Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 20, 2018. An ice lantern festival will kick off here on Dec. 22. (Xinhua/Chen Qibao)
Photo taken on Dec. 21, 2018 shows the Qingdaoxi Railway Station in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. The railway station has passed the safety assessment recently and will come into use on Dec. 26, 2018. (Xinhua/Fan Changguo)
A girl enjoys reading at a library in Changli Village, Xi'an city of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on Dec. 22, 2018. The library funded from donations and charity sales opened to migrant children on Saturday to provide them a better place to read books, write homework, and try different extra-curricular activities. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
Volunteer Li Min (C) interprets a picture book for children at a library in Changli Village, Xi'an city of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on Dec. 22, 2018.
A folk artist performs the fire-breathing stunt for tourists at the Hongya Valley scenic spot in Pingshan County of Shijiazhuang City, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 22, 2018. (Xinhua/Liang Zidong)
The Ice-Snow World opened on Sunday in Harbin. Covering an area of 600,000 square meters, the park used 110,000 cubic meters of ice and 120,000 cubic meters of snow this year. (Xinhua/Wang Song)
Contestants pose for a group photo after the final of the Fashion Star China in Beijing, capital of China, on Dec. 22, 2018. Ma Yanyan from northwest China's Shaanxi Province won the champion. (Xinhua/Chen Jianli)
Contestants take part in the final of the Fashion Star China in Beijing, capital of China, on Dec. 22, 2018. Ma Yanyan from northwest China's Shaanxi Province won the champion. (Xinhua/Chen Jianli)
Contestants takes part in the final of the Fashion Star China in Beijing, capital of China, on Dec. 22, 2018. Ma Yanyan from northwest China's Shaanxi Province won the champion. (Xinhua/Chen Jianli)
The exhibition showcases China's homegrown railway technology and equipment, displaying the Fuxing, or Rejuvenation, bullet trains in various configurations.
Entirely designed and manufactured in China, today's Fuxing trains are more spacious and energy efficient, with a longer service life and better reliability than previous models. The exhibition includes the 17-car version that runs up to 350 kilometers an hour, an eight-car version that runs at 250 kilometers per hour and trains with a designed speed of 160 kilometers an hour. (Photo/IC)
Workers are seen at a construction site on the Lhasa-Nyingchi section of the Sichuan-Tibet Railway in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Dec. 23, 2018.
Herdsmen attend the opening ceremony of an ice and snow Nadam fair in Hulun Buir, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Dec. 23, 2018. (Xinhua/Wang Zewei)
Herdsmen take part in a horse riding competition during an ice and snow Nadam fair in Hulun Buir, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Dec. 23, 2018. (Xinhua/Ding Genhou)
