Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in the southern French city of Nice, March 24, 2019, before heading to the Principality of Monaco for a state visit. Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, were greeted by senior government officials of Monaco and France at the airport. (Xinhua/Ju Peng)
Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd L) and his wife Peng Liyuan (1st L) pose for a group photo with French President Emmanuel Macron (2nd R) and his wife Brigitte Macron in the southern French city of Nice on March 24, 2019. Xi met with Macron in Nice on Sunday. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives in the southern French city of Nice, March 24, 2019, before heading to the Principality of Monaco for a state visit. Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan, were greeted by senior government officials of Monaco and France at the airport. (Xinhua/Ju Peng)
Chinese President Xi Jinping holds talks with Prince Albert II, head of state of the Principality of Monaco, on strengthening China-Monaco relations, in Monaco, March 24, 2019. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)
Soldiers of the Yancheng rescue team leave some encouraging words on the blackboard after they temporarily used the local school buildings, March 25, 2019. (Photo/chinadaily.com.cn)
Parents escort their children to school in Xiangshui county in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, on March 25, 2019. An industrial park explosion occurred in the county on March 21, killing 78. (Photo/chinadaily.com.cn)
An eight-month-old snow leopard is seen in an animal sanctuary in Qushui County, Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. A local farmer found the cub, which will be released back to the wild when it is ready. (Photo provided to China News Service)
A table screen, made using the ancient craft of Baibaoqian ("hundred-treasures inlay"), features a well-known tale of two gentlemen of the Han Dynasty (206 BC?220 AD) - Liu Chen and Ruan Zhao - who stumble upon a magical realm of immortals on the Tiantai Mountains. Baibaoqian originated in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and peaked during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
Yu Youhong checks a broken carving work on wood inside an ancient building in Zhangcun Village, Wuyuan County of east China's Jiangxi Province, March 19, 2019.
Yu Youhong makes carvings on wood at his studio in Wangkou Village, Wuyuan County of east China's Jiangxi Province, March 18, 2019.
The "Three Carvings in Wuyuan", including carvings on stones, bricks and wood, was listed as one of China's national intangible cultural heritages in 2006. As decorating carvings on buildings during ancient Ming and Qing dynasties in Wuyuan of east China's Jiangxi, the carvings take materials with high quality and demand high standards of handicraft, displaying the features of local culture. Yu Youhong, a national-level inheritor of the handicraft, has been in the field for more than 30 years. Born in a craftmen family, he became interested in the art as a young man and started to learn carpentry at 16 years old. After five years of industrious study, Yu grasped the basic crafts of the "Three Carvings in Wuyuan". His excellent handicraft can be seen through his work of "Drawing of Emperor's Hunting", which displays 50 plus characters and 30 plus animals on a space of less than 0.33 square meters. The work costs him three years to prepare and boasts ten layers altogether. With ancient buildings and carvings in Wuyuan dilapidating, Yu made up his mind to protect the traditional cultural heritage. Accepting more than 40 apprentices, Yu has completes the restoring of carvings on more than 100 ancient buildings of Ming and Qing dynasties nowadays. He hopes more youngsters can learn the artwork and that the cultural heritage can reborn in the hands of new generations. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)
The city has now put 5,374 methanol-fueled taxis into service, part of a province-wide plan to have 10,000 methanol-fueled vehicles on the road by the end of the year.
A taxi driver takes a selfie in front of his new taxi.
One of China's ecological pilot zones, Guizhou has unveiled a series of policies and measures in recent years to promote the use of methanol-fueled vehicles including subsidies and improved support facilities. (Photo: China News Service/He Junyi)
Photo taken on March 25, 2019 shows a spring scenery of Shamei Village in Boao Town, Qionghai City, south China's Hainan Province.
Qionghai City has quickened its steps towards the construction of "beautiful villages", applying different plans according to local conditions. It has developed 2,343 "civilized and ecological villages" so far, accounting for 88.6 percent of the city's natural villages. (Xinhua/Hou Dongtao)
An aerial view of fields and hillside terraces being turned bright yellow by blooming rapeseed flowers in Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province in March 2019. (Photo: China News Service/Cao Jiaxiang)
Snow and ice begin to melt as spring arrives in the Jiuzhaigou Valley Scenic Area in Sichuan Province, a UNESCO world heritage site, March 25, 2019. Jiuzhaigou, which literally means "nine-settlement valley", is named for the nine Tibetan settlements located in the mountain valley in Aba on the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Visitors are drawn to the region's 108 clear alpine lakes as well as Tibetan and Qiang culture. (Photo: China News Service/An Yuan)
Pupils attend a class at Wangshang Primary School in Chenjiagang Township of Xiangshui County, Yancheng, east China's Jiangsu Province, March 25, 2019.
Pupils are seen during the class break at Wangshang Primary School in Chenjiagang Township of Xiangshui County, Yancheng, east China's Jiangsu Province, March 25, 2019.
All 10 schools temporarily closed after a chemical plant blast in east China's Jiangsu Province have been repaired and reopened on Monday. Doors and windows in the 10 primary and middle schools were shattered by the powerful explosion on Thursday, with over 100 students suffering minor injuries caused by broken glass, the local education authorities said. Students were immediately taken to safety, and the injured were treated at nearby hospitals, said Gong Yansen, deputy head of the education bureau of Xiangshui County, where the plant is located. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)
The drill simulated scenarios including a terrorist attack with explosives and toxic chemical gas. The operation was aimed at promoting counter-terrorism awareness among the public and enhancing coordination in the Inter-departmental Counter Terrorism Unit (ICTU), established in April 2018. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Wei)
Wang Tiancheng, 24, has taken more than 100,000 photos about trains in nearly 30 countries and regions around the world. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
A train runs in snow in the area of Greater Khingan Mountains, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, in Jan 2016. [Photo by Wang Tiancheng/ for chinadaily.com.cn]
A train stops at Yakeshi city of Hulunbuir, North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in Feb 2019. [Photo by Wang Tiancheng/ for chinadaily.com.cn]
An international train of Beijing-Moscow rail line runs in Ulan Bator in Sept 2016. [Photo by Wang Tiancheng/ for chinadaily.com.cn]
Over the past 10 years, Wang Tiancheng has shot more than 100,000 photos about trains in nearly 30 countries and regions, including Ethiopia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Russia and Thailand.
Wang, 24, who was born in Daqing, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang province, developed keen interest in trains in childhood.
“Every month, my parents would take me by train to visit my grandparents who lived in a city about 300 kilometers away,” he said. “I was always too excited to fall asleep before the trip.”
