Children train at the Amateur Children's Gymnastics Training School in Rongjiang County, Southwest China’s Guizhou Province, July 16, 2018. There are 60 children taking part in gymnastics training at the school during their spare time. Since 1972, the county has sent 21 athletes to the provincial gymnastics and gymnastics trampoline teams, among whom six later became national team members. The county is home to Liu Rongbing, who won a gold medal for the men's team in the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. (Photo: China News Service/He Junyi)
People of Dong ethnic group wearing festive costumes take part in a gathering in Leli Township of Rongjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 14, 2018. Local people from different villages attend the gathering to promote communication and friendship. (Xinhua/Yang Chengli)
Women of Dong ethnic group wearing festive costumes take part in a parade in Leli Township of Rongjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 14, 2018. Local people from different villages attend a gathering to promote communication and friendship. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaohai)
People play the lusheng, a reed-pipe wind instrument, in a gathering in Leli Township of Rongjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, July 14, 2018. (Xinhua/Yang Chengli)
While inland regions experience high temperature and heavy flooding, Golmud standing in the center of Haixi Mongolian and Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Qinghai province saw snow on Sunday. At an average elevation of 4,600 meters(15,100ft), Haixin often sees cool weather in hot season. [Photo/VCG]
Deng Yun directs a plane to terminal gate in Chaganhu airport, Songyuan, Northeast China's Jilin province, on July 17, 2018. Deng, born in 1991, works as a technician, a profession dominated by men. [Photo/Xinhua]
Deng Yun checks a plane before it takes off in Chaganhu airport, Songyuan, Northeast China's Jilin province, on July 17, 2018. She inspects more than 100 items on every plane. [Photo/Xinhua]
Customs officers check seized animal products including antelope horns, mammoth ivory, and ivory, with an estimated worth of 100 million yuan ($15 million), in Harbin, Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province. The haul marked the largest number of endangered animal products seized from smugglers by Chinese customs in recent years. (Photo provided to China News Service)
Italian police joined local officers in joint patrols of Beijing's Temple of Heaven on July 17. A total of eight Italian officers will join police in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Xi'an on patrols of tourist spots from July 16 to July 29. Italian officers were first invited to the joint patrol in Beijing and Shanghai in April last year. (Photos: Li Hao/GT)
A Chinese tourist shakes hands with an Italian policeman at the Tiantan, better known as the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on Tuesday. (Photo: Lihao/ GT)
Mou Huaiqing, 65, and his colleague patrol a valley at night in Dujiangyan City, Southwest China’s Sichuan Province. For the past nine years, since the deadly May 12 earthquake in 2008, Mou and his colleagues have been responsible for 24-hour monitoring of the valley from May to October for signs of potential landslides that could pose a threat to local villagers. They check for any cracks on mountain slopes, for example. Mou helped evacuate 300 residents and tourists in a timely manner as he sounded an alarm to warn of a landslide in August 2010. The team has sounded warnings for a dozen geological hazards. (Photo/VCG)
A popular hot pot restaurant inside a former air-raid shelter in Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, July 17, 2018. Authorities in Chongqing have allowed for the development of air-raid shelters, and they have been converted into wine cellars, restaurants and gas stations. The venues become especially popular in summer as it’s usually cool inside. (Photo: China News Service/Zhou Yi)
Patients and their relatives are seen at the Boao Super Hospital in south China's Hainan Province, July 17, 2018. The hospital held a free clinic activity in which seven medical specialists provided oral and maxillofacial treatment to patients here on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)
Medical specialist Zhang Zhiyuan (C) examines a patient at the Boao Super Hospital in south China's Hainan Province, July 17, 2018. The hospital held a free clinic activity in which seven medical specialists provided oral and maxillofacial treatment to patients here on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Yang Guanyu)
Students learn playing zither during a class at Gucheng Community in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, July 16, 2018. Students spent their summer vacation studying traditional Chinese arts. (Xinhua/Liang Xiaopeng)
Students learn traditional Chinese painting at Gucheng Community in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, July 16, 2018. Students spent their summer vacation studying traditional Chinese arts. (Xinhua/Liang Xiaopeng)
A boy registers a book with a book index robot at the Guangzhou Children's Library in south China's Guangdong Province, July 17, 2018. Many children read books at the library to enrich their summer vacation. (Xinhua/Lu Hanxin)
The Longgangcheng branch of Shenzhen Bookmall undergoes test run in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province, July 17, 2018. [Photo/VCG]
Self-service bookstore, facial recognition, and mobile payment became a reality in Longgangcheng branch of Shenzhen Bookmall after the mall concluded its trial operation and opened officially on July 18, 2018, Southern Metropolis Daily reported.
As the first high-end intelligent book mall in Shenzhen, the Longgangcheng branch is spread over 7 floors, covering 35,800 square meters of reading area.
Workers clear loose rocks at a landslide beside the Baoji-Chengdu Railway in Lueyang county, Shaanxi province, on Wednesday. The site is not stable, and danger is a constant factor. Intense rainfall triggered intermittent landslides at the site, forcing a halt to railway service at the section since Friday.[Photo/VCG]
A boy performs martial arts during a traditional dragon boat awakening ceremony for the 28th annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York, the United States, on July 18, 2018. The ceremony marked the start of the training period for over 200 teams competing in this year's dragon boat races on Aug. 11 and Aug. 12 in New York. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)
Invited guests paint red dots on the eyes of a dragon boat figure head during a traditional dragon boat awakening ceremony for the 28th annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York, the United States, on July 18, 2018. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)
A building covered in green plants in Liangjiang New Area, Southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. The 12-story building built in 2014 has tens of thousands of plants on the exterior wall, making the towering structure a pleasant green attraction. It’s reported that the building’s design emphasized natural air ventilation and used old rock slabs collected in Chongqing. (Photo/VCG)
Students from a primary school learn opera movements under the guidance of a teacher in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, July 18, 2018. Chinese students have entered their summer vacation, during which many of them chose to spend the vacation by developing their hobbies. (Xinhua/Chen Qibao)
Students learn Chinese martial arts (Wushu) from the trainer Ma Kunpeng in Yancheng County of Linyi City, east China's Shandong Province, July 18, 2018. Chinese students have entered their summer vacation, during which many of them chose to spend the vacation by developing their hobbies. (Xinhua/Fang Dehua)
