Chinese Daily Photos 2024

A woman takes a picture of the machine components at the 2nd China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing, Nov 26, 2024. [Photo/VCG]

The 2nd China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE) kicked off on Tuesday at the China International Exhibition Center (Shunyi venue) in Beijing. A total of 620 enterprises and organizations are taking part in this expo, which will run until Nov 30.

The expo showcases six key industrial chains, namely advanced manufacturing chain, clean energy chain, smart vehicle chain, digital technology chain, healthy life chain, and green agriculture chain, along with one exhibition area dedicated to supply chain services.



The booth of China Energy Engineering Co Ltd at the 2nd China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing, Nov 26, 2024. [Photo/VCG]



Visitors experience the in-car facilities of Lynk & Co's first all-electric sedan - the Z10 - at the 2nd China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing, Nov 26, 2024. [Photo/VCG]



A Tesla's humanoid robot on display at the 2nd China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing, Nov 26, 2024. [Photo/VCG]



Visitors purchase nutrition products at the 2nd China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing, Nov 26, 2024. [Photo/VCG]



Agricultural products on display at the 2nd China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing, Nov 26, 2024. [Photo/VCG]



Performers hold a show in ancient-style clothes at the 2nd China International Supply Chain Expo in Beijing, Nov 26, 2024. [Photo/VCG]

Students of the Mangshui Town Central School have fun in a grain field in Mangshui Town of Changning County, Baoshan City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 12, 2024. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)

Mu Jianxing, principal of the Mangshui Town Central School, said that students have found opportunities and platforms to showcase their talent through poetry creation. "We encourage students to pen poems, and we cherish every creation from our students. Every year, the school holds activities themed around poetry and music, where students can take the stage to proudly recite their own poems," Mu added.

Before this year's Mid-Autumn Festival, a cherished occasion for family reunions, some students of the Mangshui Town Central School had their first poetry class of the autumn semester in the fields, under the guidance of their teacher, Yang Deli.

"The poems written by the children always make me feel sad," Yang said, noting that many of the students' parents have migrated from the town in search of work, and some of the children are left at home under the care of their grandparents. Some have not seen their parents for two to three years.



A student holds a composition book with a poem written on it at the Mangshui Town Central School in Mangshui Town of Changning County, Baoshan City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 12, 2024. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)



Yang Deli (front) gives a poetry class to students of the Mangshui Town Central School in a grain field in Mangshui Town of Changning County, Baoshan City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 12, 2024. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)

People select flowers at a market in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Nov. 25, 2024. Yunnan, a leading supplier of flowers for lunar new year decoration, has recently witnessed the start of annual peak season. These flowers, popular around the spring festival period (usually from early December to the Lantern Festival of the next year), are not only sold across the country, but also to overseas markets such as Japan and Russia. (All Photos by Peng Yikai/Xinhua)



Workers pack fresh-cut flowers ready for delivery at a planting base in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Nov. 25, 2024.



A worker checks the growth of flowers at a planting base in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Nov. 25, 2024.



A worker arranges flowers at a flower planting base in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Nov. 25, 2024.



Workers dye silver dollar plants at a company in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Nov. 25, 2024.



A worker shapes the stem of a flowering plant at a planting base in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Nov. 25, 2024.

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Evan Kail poses for a group photo with students at Tiantan (Temple of Heaven) Park in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

BEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Standing in the park of the Temple of Heaven in central Beijing, Evan Kail from the United States opened a copy of a photo album, trying to figure out just how much things have changed over the past nearly 90 years.

The original album dating back to World War II (WWII) features photos of China at that time, including ones that document the atrocities committed by Japanese invaders in China back then. It was donated to China by Kail, a pawnshop manager, in 2022. Two years after making this donation, Kail decided to embark on a month-long visit to China.

"I am here where all these photos were taken and to be physically on the ground of the Forbidden City, Great Wall, Temple of Heaven and many other sites in China in the following month," an excited Kail said at the beginning of the tour.

In the past few days, he found that China is quite different from what the media have portrayed back in the United States. "I recommend people from the West come and check it out," he said.



Evan Kail visits Tiantan (Temple of Heaven) Park in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)



Evan Kail views a bronze mask discovered at the Sanxingdui Ruins site while visiting the Ancient China exhibition at National Museum of China in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)



Evan Kail (front, R) poses for a photo with a tourist after receiving a cultural creative magnet at the National Museum of China in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)



Evan Kail views a copy of his donated photo album at Tiantan (Temple of Heaven) Park in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)



Evan Kail holds a copy of his donated photo album as he visits Tiantan (Temple of Heaven) Park in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)



Evan Kail visits Tiantan (Temple of Heaven) Park in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)



Tourists pose for photos with Evan Kail at Tiantan (Temple of Heaven) Park in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 21, 2024. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Evan Kail (L), a pawnshop manager from the United States, learns to make the local street food "Jianbing Guozi" in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Nov. 28, 2024.

In 2022, Kail donated a photo album to China. The album features photos of Japanese atrocities in China during WWII. Two years after making this donation, Kail decided to embark on a month-long visit to China.

Before he actually arrived in Beijing on Nov. 16, the news of Kail coming to China went viral on social media, with Chinese web users expressing their welcome and inviting him to different parts of the country to have a look.

Kail started his trip in Beijing, and will also spend time in Tianjin, Shanghai and Nanjing -- where he plans to visit the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre by Japanese Invaders. (Xinhua/Li Ran)



Evan Kail (L, front), a pawnshop manager from the United States, visits a cultural street in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Nov. 28, 2024.(Xinhua/Li Ran)



Evan Kail (front, R) poses for a photo with a tourist in front of the Zhengyang Gate on Tian'anmen Square in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)



Evan Kail (center, R) visits the Ancient China exhibition at National Museum of China in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 19, 2024. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)



Evan Kail (R), a pawnshop manager from the United States, tries the local street food "Jianbing Guozi" in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Nov. 28, 2024.(Xinhua/Li Ran)


Evan Kail (L), a pawnshop manager from the United States, poses for photos with a local child when visiting a cultural street in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Nov. 28, 2024.(Xinhua/Li Ran)



Evan Kail, a pawnshop manager from the United States, visits a cultural street in north China's Tianjin Municipality, Nov. 28, 2024.

Farmers harvest oranges in Yongzhou, Hunan province, on Nov 22, 2024. The produce is an important economic driver for the region, with total output expected to hit 1.5 billion yuan ($207 million) this year. JIANG KEQING/FOR CHINA DAILY



Tourists dressed as court ladies during the Tang Dynasty (618-907) era play cuju, an ancient Chinese soccer game, in a ginkgo forest at the Small Wild Goose Pagoda Scenic Area in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, on Nov 24, 2024. RUAN BANHUI/FOR CHINA DAILY



Olympic weightlifting champion Li Wenwen (left) is invited to join in a Xinjiang dance at an event on Nov 25, 2024 at Xinjiang Normal University in Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. It was the first stop in Xinjiang for 11 Olympians, including record-breaking swimmer Pan Zhanle. The five-day event will also take the Olympians to Xinjiang's Aksu prefecture. LIU XIN/CHINA NEWS SERVICE



The modified ZQ 2E-Y1 carrier rocket blasts off from a commercial space innovation pilot zone in Northwest China, on Nov 27, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]



Participants take a photo at the 2024 World Internet Conference Wuzhen Summit in Zhejiang province. The WIC Wuzhen Summit, held for 10 consecutive years, ended on Nov 22, 2024. NI YANQIANG/FOR CHINA DAILY



People visit a photo exhibition of the 15th China Photography Festival in Sanmenxia city, Central China's Henan province, Nov 23, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]



Visitors learn about China's efforts in giant panda conservation at the launch of a program themed on global panda partners in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on Nov 25, 2024. Panda partners, including panda experts, wildlife conservationists, foreign diplomats and representatives of enterprises engaged in green development, from countries such as Germany, Portugal, Singapore and Russia, participated in the event. Global Panda Partners 2024 is scheduled to be held on Nov 26, 2024. WANG XIAO/FOR CHINA DAILY



Members of the Fujian provincial delegation to the 12th National Traditional Games of Ethnic Minorities dance during a gala in Sanya, Hainan province, on Nov 26, 2024. The gala, which was held to celebrate the sports event, showcased the nation's rich cultural diversity and ethnic unity. The event started on Nov 20 and lasts for ten days. WEI XIAOHAO/CHINA DAILY

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Young people crowd the pop-up academic bar launched by the social media platform Xiaohongshu in Shanghai in early September. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Dubbed "academic bars", drinking holes that quench an intellectual thirst for enlightening lectures and lively exchanges are mushrooming across China's big cities.

On lifestyle platform Xiaohongshu, topics related to academic bars have garnered millions of views, with their popularity in Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou, Guangdong province, accelerating over the summer.

Typically lasting one hour, the lectures are generally free of charge or can be listened to for the price of a drink.

"Bars or pubs, which provide an informal setting, naturally bridge the psychological distance between the general public and serious academic content," said Bai Anke, a 27-year-old manager of Bunker, a popular academic pub in Shanghai.

"We've noticed that there is a large group of young people in Shanghai who have received higher or overseas education and still pursue serious knowledge after leaving campus.

"Being in an informal setting can be more relaxing, and provides a free environment while learning," she said, adding that the availability of alcohol, or other beverages, complements this scenario.



Audiences attend a free academic lecture held at Bunker pub in Shanghai. NIE YUXUAN/FOR CHINA DAILY



Li Chenghao, a PhD candidate in applied economics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, gives a lecture at an academic bar in Shanghai on Sept 20. [Photo provided to China Daily]



Participants attend an academic lecture held at Bunker on Nov 16. YU ZIXU/FOR CHINA DAILY



Gao Xiang, a visually impaired stand-up comedian more commonly known as Dyingsight, gives a lecture at Xiaohongshu's pop-up academic bar on Sept 8. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Cameroonian choreographer Abbe Simon gives a dance class to the students as part of the theater training program. Photos Provided to China Daily



Aspiring amateur actors of various ages and occupations gather for the theater training program at the Xiao Ke Theater located in Beijing's 798 Art Zone. Provided to China Daily



Aspiring amateur actors of various ages and occupations gather for the theater training program at the Xiao Ke Theater located in Beijing's 798 Art Zone. Provided to China Daily



Students of Xiao Ke's theater training program have their first lesson in early November in Beijing. Provided to China Daily



Executive director Yue Shihan at the theater training program in Beijing. Provided to China Daily



Singer-songwriter Xiao Ke at the theater training program in Beijing. Provided to China Daily

Kindergarten pupils participate in a simulation of road crossing during a road safety education event to mark the upcoming National Traffic Safety Day, in Chengdu, Sichuan province on Nov 29, 2024. China has set Dec 2 as the annual National Traffic Safety Day. [Photo by Su Zhigang/For chinadaily.com.cn]



A traffic police officer demonstrates traffic gestures to a kindergarten pupil during a road safety education event to mark the upcoming National Traffic Safety Day, in Chengdu, Sichuan province on Nov 29, 2024. [Photo by Su Zhigang/For chinadaily.com.cn]



A traffic police officer teaches kindergarten pupils how to use a pedestrian crossing during a road safety education event to mark the upcoming National Traffic Safety Day, in Chengdu, Sichuan province on Nov 29, 2024. [Photo by Su Zhigang/For chinadaily.com.cn]





A traffic police officer explains the meaning of traffic signs to kindergarten pupils during a road safety education event to mark the upcoming National Traffic Safety Day, in Chengdu, Sichuan province on Nov 29, 2024. [Photo by Su Zhigang/For chinadaily.com.cn]



Kindergarten pupils learn to obey the traffic lights when using pedestrian crossings during a road safety education event to mark the upcoming National Traffic Safety Day, in Chengdu, Sichuan province on Nov 29, 2024. [Photo by Su Zhigang/For chinadaily.com.cn]



Kindergarten pupils receive Teddy bears dressed in traffic police uniform at a road safety education event to mark the upcoming National Traffic Safety Day, in Chengdu, Sichuan province on Nov 29, 2024. [Photo by Su Zhigang/For chinadaily.com.cn]

In the early winter season, fishermen in Jimo district of Qingdao, Shandong province, dry freshly caught sea fish and make them into a delicacy. [All Photos by Zhang Tao/For chinadaily.com.cn]





In the early winter season, fishermen in Jimo district of Qingdao, Shandong province, are taking advantage of the cool and sunny weather to cut, pickle, dry and process freshly caught sea fish.



These sun-dried fish products are then sold to markets across the country, providing an additional source of income for the fishermen. This traditional method preserves the fish and enhances their flavor, making them a popular delicacy.