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Robotics engineers Zhu Hanlin (L) and Mo An debug a humanoid robot at Chinese AI company iFLYTEK in Hefei, China's Anhui Province, May 29, 2024. The product localization of core components and the increase of innovative enterprises has injected new impetus into China's robotics industry. In central region of the country, there are a growing number of young people joining the robotics industry to boost its high-quality development. (All photos by Xinhua/Zhang Duan)



Ji Chao, chief scientist of Chinese AI company iFLYTEK, introduces a humanoid robot developed by his team at a park in Hefei, China's Anhui Province, May 28, 2024.



Zhu Hanlin, a robotics engineer of Chinese AI company iFLYTEK, debugs a humanoid robot at a park in Hefei, China's Anhui Province, May 28, 2024.



Ji Chao (2nd R), chief scientist of Chinese AI company iFLYTEK, debugs a humanoid robot with his colleagues in Hefei, China's Anhui Province, May 28, 2024.

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Peng Kai, an industrial mobile robot engineer and a project director, works at the robot debugging workshop of Hunan CIZON Robot Co., Ltd. in Changsha, China's Hunan Province, May 31, 2024. The product localization of core components and the increase of innovative enterprises has injected new impetus into China's robotics industry. In central region of the country, there are a growing number of young people joining the robotics industry to boost its high-quality development. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)



Peng Kai (L), an industrial mobile robot engineer and a project director, debugs a heavy-load forklift robot with his colleague at the workshop of Hunan CIZON Robot Co., Ltd. in Changsha, China's Hunan Province, May 31, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)



Peng Kai, an industrial mobile robot engineer and a project director, poses for a photo at the robot debugging workshop of Hunan CIZON Robot Co., Ltd. in Changsha, China's Hunan Province, May 31, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)



Algorithm engineer Guo Shengwei upgrades the software system for a product at Wuhan Cobot Technology Co., Ltd. in Wuhan, China's Hubei Province, June 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Du Zixuan)



A staff member upgrades the software system for a product at Wuhan Cobot Technology Co., Ltd. in Wuhan, China's Hubei Province, June 3, 2024. (Xinhua/Du Zixuan)

Vehicles set off to the Duku Highway in Usu city, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, June 1, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]



Crewmates raise their paddles in celebration after finishing a Dragon Boat race in Beijing's Haidian district on June 2, 2024. This year's Dragon Boat Festival falls on June 10. ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY



Graduates attend a job fair on a campus of Nanchang University in Nanchang, Jiangxi province, on June 2, 2024. Nearly 500 employers based in Jiangxi, including State-owned enterprises, government-funded institutions and private enterprises, offered 9,888 vacancies at the fair. SHI GANGZE/FOR CHINA DAILY



Medical personnel use a Brock string to conduct visual function convergence tests for students at a primary school in Tangshan, Hebei province, on June 3, 2024. The school held a themed activity to guide them to develop good eye habits. ZHU DAYONG/FOR CHINA DAILY

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Farmers prepare to transport peaches in Kuanchanggou, a village in Sichuan province, on June 3, 2024. The local 267-hectare peach orchard saw a bumper harvest this year. In recent years, the local government has unveiled a range of policies to promote the standardized development of the plantation sector, which has greatly helped increase farmers' income. PENG SHENGZHOU/FOR CHINA DAILY



People from various ethnic groups dance together in a celebration ahead of the Dragon Boat Festival in Ganhezi, Wusu county, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on June 4, 2024. DING LEI/XINHUA



An aerial drone photo taken on June 4, 2024 shows reapers harvesting wheat in a field in Macun town of Jiaxiang county, Jining city, East China's Shandong province. [Photo/Xinhua]



People view carved models of ancient architecture at a cultural heritage exhibition in Wuquanshan Park in Lanzhou, Gansu province, on June 5, 2024. The event, hosted by the city's bureau of culture and tourism, showcased Lanzhou's achievements in the protection of intangible cultural heritage. FENG LEKAI/FOR CHINA DAILY

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A group of students posed for a photo with their teacher before entering the examination site in Weifang, Shandong province on Friday morning. [Photo by Li Haitao/for chinadaily.com.cn]

The annual gaokao, or college entrance examination, kicked off across China on Friday.

A total of 13.42 million students have registered for this year's examination according to the Ministry of Education.

Local authorities have made coordinated efforts to ensure the smooth organization of the exams and provided comprehensive services for candidates.



Students give high fives to a teacher before entering the examination site in Weifang, Shandong province on Friday morning. [Photo by Li Haitao/for chinadaily.com.cn]



Students give high fives to their teachers before entering the examination site in Haikou, Hainan province on Friday morning. [Photo by Zhang Mao/for chinadaily.com.cn]



Students accept checks before they enter the examination rooms in Haikou, Hainan province on Friday morning. [Photo by Zhang Mao/for chinadaily.com.cn]



People wait for the students taking gaokao outside an examination site in Hefei, Anhui province. [Photo by Xie Chen/for chinadaily.com.cn]

A student waves goodbye to her parents before entering the exam venue at the Chaoyang Campus of High School Affiliated to Renmin University on June 7, 2024. [Photo by Wang Jing/chinadaily.com.cn]



A student walks together with his mother to the exam venue at the Chaoyang Campus of High School Affiliated to Renmin University on June 7, 2024. [Photo by Wang Jing/chinadaily.com.cn]



A mother encourages her daughter before the start of her national college entrance examination, or gaokao, at the Chaoyang Campus of High School Affiliated to Renmin University on June 7, 2024. [Photo by Wang Jing/chinadaily.com.cn]



A mother encourages her daughter before the start of her national college entrance examination, or gaokao, at the Chaoyang Campus of High School Affiliated to Renmin University on June 7, 2024. [Photo by Wang Jing/chinadaily.com.cn]



A staff member checks the admission ticket of a student at the Chaoyang Campus of High School Affiliated to Renmin University on June 7, 2024. [Photo by Wang Jing/chinadaily.com.cn]

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Teachers encourage their students who are about to take the national college entrance exam, or gaokao, at the Wangjing Campus of Beijing No 80 High School on June 7, 2024. [Photo by Jiang Dong/chinadaily.com.cn]



Teachers encourage their students who are about to take the national college entrance exam, or gaokao, at the Wangjing Campus of Beijing No 80 High School on June 7, 2024. [Photo by Jiang Dong/chinadaily.com.cn]



A student reviews exam materials before entering her exam venue at the Wangjing Campus of Beijing No 80 High School on June 7, 2024. [Photo by Jiang Dong/chinadaily.com.cn]



Students cheer for examinees who are about to take the national college entrance exam, or gaokao, at the Wangjing Campus of Beijing No 80 High School on June 7, 2024. [Photo by Jiang Dong/chinadaily.com.cn]



Parents wait expectantly outside the Wangjing Campus of Beijing No 80 High School on June 7, 2024. [Photo by Jiang Dong/chinadaily.com.cn]

Children learn about the Dragon Boat Festival in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on July 6, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]



Residents of Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, make zongzi, or stuffed glutinous rice dumplings, for the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival on July 6, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]







Residents of Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, attend an event to celebrate the upcoming Dragon Boat Festival on July 6, 2024. [Photos/Xinhua]

Visitors take a closer look at a model of SAIC Motor's MG at the Green and Smart Auto Shanghai 2024 held in Shanghai, June 6, 2024. [Photo/VCG]

With the theme of "Technology leading cross-border innovation", the Green and Smart Auto Shanghai 2024 kicked off on Wednesday.

The four-day expo is a biennial exhibition and will last until June 8.

The expo invited around 200 enterprises including over 40 automakers from domestic and abroad. Chinese automakers including FAW Hongqi and Dongfeng Motor, and companies in the automotive technology and supply chain sector, such as Bosch, Forvia and Webasto, made it to the expo.



A visitor checks out a circuit board of a new energy vehicle at SAIC Motor's booth at the Green and Smart Auto Shanghai 2024 held in Shanghai, June 6, 2024. [Photo/VCG]



Volkswagen Group's booth is seen at the Green and Smart Auto Shanghai 2024 held in Shanghai, June 6, 2024. [Photo/VCG]



A charging pile for electric vehicles from Chinese automaker Changan's electric vehicle Avatr is seen at the Green and Smart Auto Shanghai 2024 held in Shanghai, June 6, 2024. [Photo/VCG]

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The interior of Changan's Avatr is seen at the Green and Smart Auto Shanghai 2024 held in Shanghai, June 6, 2024. [Photo/VCG]



Visitors take pictures of a GM's Cadillac limo at the Green and Smart Auto Shanghai 2024 held in Shanghai, June 6, 2024. [Photo/VCG]



Chery Exeed is displayed at the Green and Smart Auto Shanghai 2024 held in Shanghai, June 6, 2024. [Photo/VCG]



A Dongfeng Motor off-road vehicle on display at the Green and Smart Auto Shanghai 2024 held in Shanghai, June 6, 2024. [Photo/VCG]