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The interactive show Shear Madness Salon by Mahua Fun Age is a comedy hit staged at Ruihong Tiandi Hall of the Moon shopping mall in Shanghai. CHINA DAILY

Almost a decade ago, impresario Song Jianping came up with the unconventional idea that modern-day shopping malls could help save classical music performances.

A show organizer friend of his who had just returned from a trip to Europe in 2015 to study the staging of classical music concerts told him most of the audiences at the performances were elderly people. "There is no hope for classical music," Song's friend declared.

Song, 43, is founder and chairman of Music Fans, a Beijing-headquartered company that has organized 5,000 performances around the country for more than a decade. His friend's bleak prognosis for classical music concerts inspired the mall idea.

"Why not bring concerts closer to people, especially young people, which allows them to enjoy classical music more easily and comfortably?" Song said, noting that malls had the added attractions of grocery stores, fashion brands, cinemas, coffee shops and children's play areas.

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Star Theaters, located at the Eastern Suburb Memory park in Chengdu, has opened three theaters in the cultural park. LYU GUOYING/FOR CHINA DAILY



A cabaret musical Modern Dream Star is staged in August at Music Fans Art Space in Beijing. LI NA/FOR CHINA DAILY



Performers rehearse at Lu Theater in Chengdu, Sichuan province. LYU GUOYING/FOR CHINA DAILY



A passerby takes a photo of Mahua Fun Age show posters at a shopping mall in Shanghai. WANG GANG/FOR CHINA DAILY

Staff members sort crayfish at the China Crayfish Trading Center in Qianjiang city, Central China's Hubei province, April 30, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]



A staff member prepares coffee at the 2024 Shanghai International Coffee Culture Festival in Shanghai on May 1, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]



Tourists buy local popular spicy dishes at the Huaiyuan night market in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region on May 4, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]



Visitors select creative plant bookmarks in Fuzhou, Fujian province on May 2, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]



Many workers kept on working at their posts during this May Day holiday .A staff member sorts products at a fiberglass company in Zibo city, Shandong province, on May 1, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Passengers are seen on the train No 5629/5630, May 7, 2024. [Photo by Su Zhigang/For chinadaily.com.cn]

Train No 5629/5630, one of the 81 pairs of slow trains operating in China, is the only passenger train serving on the Sichuan-Guizhou Railway Line in the country's southwestern region.

The pair of trains running between Chongqing and Zunyi city of Guizhou province stops at 20 stations on the 300-kilometer journey. Running for nearly 30 years, the trains, with the lowest ticket price of only 6 yuan ($0.83) are still providing conveniences for people living in the Wumeng Mountain area.

Though it is home to the world's most developed high-speed railway network, China still keeps the slow train services in the less-developed regions for people without access to other means of transport.



Agricultural products transported by farmers are seen on the train No 5629/5630, May 7, 2024. [Photo by Su Zhigang/For chinadaily.com.cn]







Passengers take the train No 5629/30 train, to sell agricultural products. [Photos by Su Zhigang/For chinadaily.com.cn]

Shanghai International Dance Center kicked off a new call for young choreographers aged between 18 and 45 this week. [Photo provided to China Daily]

The center pledged to provide diverse forms of support, such as commissioning new works, production collaboration, or being the sole producer of their new show.

According to Chen Li, deputy general manager of the center, "original creations by young choreographers are indispensable to the healthy ecology of dance. We want to provide rich soil for these young talents to develop, and they will play their part in a colorful artistic environment."






Shanghai International Dance Center kicked off a new call for young choreographers aged between 18 and 45 this week. [Photos provided to China Daily]

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People watch a light show held at a square in Harbin, capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, May 3, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]



Visitors are seen at the exhibition area of Chinese NEV manufacturer BYD during the 2024 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition in Beijing, capital of China, May 4, 2024. The exhibition closed on Saturday. [Photo/Xinhua]



Teachers and students from Chinese University of Hong Kong pose with their first prize winner work posture at the 10th Tianfu Construction Festival, at Southwest Jiaotong University in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on May 6, 2024. This year's festival, which was inaugurated on Monday, required participants to design a youth station using materials such as wood and cloth that reflect the vigor and creative vitality of college students. The event drew 24 teams from colleges across the country to compete. ZHANG LANG/CHINA NEWS SERVICE



Fish leap out of the water as fishermen pull in a giant net at Thousand Islands Lake in Chun'an county, Zhejiang province, on May 7, 2024. A new development model explored by the county in recent years of "protecting water with fish, purifying water with fish, and enriching people with fish" is producing many economic and ecological benefits. WANG JIANCAI/FOR CHINA DAILY

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Students exchange smiles during a game organized to commemorate World Smile Day in Handan, Hebei province, on May 7, 2024. HAO QUNYING/FOR CHINA DAILY



A red-crowned crane guards its chick and egg at Zhalong National Nature Reserve in Qiqihar, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, May 7, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]



Contestants compete during a contest of electricians, part of a national vocational skills competition, in Guiyang, capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, May 8, 2024. A 3-day national vocational skills competition kicked off in Guiyang on Wednesday, including contests of 11 categories, such as vehicle repairing, hair cutting, catering, Chinese cuisine making, etc. [Photo/Xinhua]



An aerial drone photo taken on May 8, 2024 shows the construction site of an air traffic control tower in Hohhot, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region. The capping of the main structure of an air traffic control tower of a new airport in Hohhot has been completed on Wednesday. [Photo/Xinhua]

The Sister Festival of the Yao Ethnic Group, Chinese painting, by Jiao Xiaohui from the Hubei Institute of Fine Arts.[All Photos provided to China Daily]



China is a multi-ethnic country where various ethnic groups have, over a long history of interaction, learned from and influenced one another, gradually forming common cultural traditions and lasting memories. This profound integration has facilitated mutual understanding and identity among ethnic groups.

Concurrently, the ethnic groups in China are mutually interdependent in various aspects such as economy, politics and society, forming a closely interconnected community of shared interests. China's ethnic policies encourage mutual support and assistance among ethnic groups, jointly promoting the common progress of all ethnic peoples in the nation.

The establishment of a community with a shared destiny among ethnic groups is one of the crucial pathways to achieving ethnic harmony and realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Artists from the Times' Palette Art Academy Alliance are using their brushes to depict the deep fraternal bonds and intertwined destinies among China's ethnic groups, vividly portraying touching scenes with their exquisite strokes.



Golden Autumn Days: Gannan, watercolor on paper, by Zhang Xianfei and Xiao Shengyang from the Hubei Institute of Fine Arts in Wuhan, Hubei province.



Part of Praise the New Era, fresco, by Liu Kai and Yang Xinya from the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing.



Sunshine in Classroom, oil painting, by Yu Xiaodong from the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts.