A visitor inside a life-size replica of a cave from the Kizil Caves in Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region during an exhibition at Lanzhou University’s Yuzhong campus in Yuzhong County, Northwest China’s Gansu Province, December 13, 2018.
Included in the exhibition were images of 137 murals, which were originally from the Kizil Caves but are now kept overseas, two replicas of original caves, and four digital caves. (Photo: China News Service/Yang Yanmin)
Workers build the New Badaling tunnel of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed rail line in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 13, 2018. Workers have achieved a major breakthrough in the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed rail line project, after they dug through the New Badaling tunnel, a pivotal part along the line, on Thursday. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)
Workers celebrate as they cut through the New Badaling tunnel of the Beijing-Zhangjiakou high-speed rail line in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 13, 2018.
Xu Ruibin shows a replica of the Eiffel Tower made using bamboo skewers in two months at his wonton restaurant in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, Dec. 10, 2018.
Xu Ruibin shows the openable window on a building made using bamboo skewers at his wonton restaurant in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, Dec. 10, 2018.
Xu said he taught himself the handicraft in three months and is now able to make various designs. In the past two years, he has created over 300 works, including landmark buildings and elaborate villa miniatures. (Photo: China News Service/Zhai Yujia)
The left part of this combo photo taken in 1979 shows 28-year-old Li Fuying carrying her one-year-old son Zhang Kan with a bike in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province. The right part of the combo photo taken by Zhu Zheng on Nov. 6, 2018 shows 67-year-old Li Fuying taking the car of her son Zhang Kan in Jinan. The biggest change for Zhang's family is that they bought a car in 2009, more convenient for travelling than before. (Xinhua)
The upper part of this combo photo taken by Tang Shouxin on Aug. 6, 1999 shows nine-year-old Tang Shiyan washing dishes at home in Chang'an Town of Dongguan, south China's Guangdong Province. She lived in an apartment allotted by her father's work unit. The lower part of the combo photo taken by Liu Dawei on Nov. 1, 2018 shows 28-year-old Tang Shiyan washing dishes at his parents' tradable residential house. Tang Shiyan is now a lawyer. (Xinhua)
The upper part of this combo photo taken in 1982 shows 13-year-old Sun Guangzhi (2nd L) posing for a group photo with his siblings in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. At that time Sun Guangzhi's family lived in a 40-square-meter apartment. Sun had no room of his own. The lower part of the combo photo taken by Wang Kai on Nov. 29, 2018 shows 49-year-old Sun Guangzhi in his own study in Harbin. Sun Guangzhi is now a foreign language teacher at Heilongjiang University and lives in his 120-square-meter apartment with a spacious study. (Xinhua)
The upper part of this combo photo taken in 1984 shows 20-year-old Yaoze (2nd L) about to eat steamed rice with her family in Baya Village of Jino Ethnic Township on Jino Mountain, Dai Autonomous Prefecture of Xishuangbanna, southwest China's Yunnan Province. There was no power and water supply in the rough shelter where she lived. The lower part of the combo photo taken by Lin Yiguang on Nov. 20, 2018 shows 54-year-old Yaoze (1st L) and two of her grandsons and daughters-in-law posing for a photo at home. Yaoze moved into a new house with a brand-new television. The family now owns motorbikes, tractors and plants more than 100 rubber trees. (Xinhua)
The left part of this combo photo taken on Oct. 6, 2002 shows six-year-old Li Aoxing posing for a photo in front of his house at Penyao Village in Lankao County, central China's Henan Province. At that time, Li Aoxing's home was an old-fashioned brick house with flooring area of over 80 square meters. The right part of the combo photo taken by Feng Dapeng on Nov. 14, 2018 shows 22-year-old Li Aoxing posing the similar gesture at the yard of his new house. By engaging in the business of trading construction materials, Li's family has seen their living conditions greatly improved. In 2010, with the help of local government, Li's family got a 150-square-meter house. (Xinhua)
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the three note-issuing banks announced that the 2018 new series HK$1,000 notes and HK$500 notes will be issued into circulation on Dec. 12 and Jan. 23 respectively. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Wei)
Lydia Chan Yip Siu-ming, head of currency and settlement at the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), shows the new HK$1,000 banknotes in Hong Kong, Dec. 11, 2018.
Winner Summer Yang (L) waves to celebrate victory during the awarding ceremony of the Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant 2018 finals in Toronto, Canada, Dec. 14, 2018. (Xinhua/Zou Zheng)
Winner Summer Yang (C), first runner-up Melody Liang (R) and second runner-up Andrea Liu pose for photos during the awarding ceremony of the Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant 2018 finals in Toronto, Canada, Dec. 14, 2018. (Xinhua/Zou Zheng)
Winner Summer Yang performs on stage during the fashion show session of the Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant 2018 finals in Toronto, Canada, Dec. 14, 2018. (Xinhua/Zou Zheng)
Contestants perform on stage during the fashion show session of the Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant 2018 finals in Toronto, Canada, Dec. 14, 2018. (Xinhua/Zou Zheng)
Students learn to make pictures by gluing colored materials at Nanzhaogezhuang primary school in Gu'an County, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 14, 2018. Various extracurricular classes are provided in Nanzhaogezhuang primary school to enrich the school life of students. (Xinhua/Lu Peng)
Students practice Rubik's Cubes under the guidance of a teacher at Nanzhaogezhuang primary school in Gu'an County, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 14, 2018.
Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2018 shows an exhibit at the 2018 China International Jewelry Fair in Beijing, capital of China. Exhibitors from 23 countries and regions attended the fair, which opened on Thursday. (Xinhua/Chen Xiaogen)
Visitors view exhibits at the 2018 China International Jewelry Fair in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 14, 2018. Exhibitors from 23 countries and regions attended the fair, which opened on Thursday. (Xinhua/Chen Xiaogen)
A designer shows her work at the 2018 China International Jewelry Fair in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 14, 2018. Exhibitors from 23 countries and regions attended the fair, which opened on Thursday. (Xinhua/Chen Xiaogen)
Designer Zhang Xiaoshuang (L) shows her work at the 2018 China International Jewelry Fair in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 14, 2018. Exhibitors from 23 countries and regions attended the fair, which opened on Thursday. (Xinhua/Chen Xiaogen)
Photo taken on Dec. 14, 2018 shows an exhibit at the 2018 China International Jewelry Fair in Beijing, capital of China. Exhibitors from 23 countries and regions attended the fair, which opened on Thursday. (Xinhua/Chen Xiaogen)
Meng Qingmei (3rd R), a performer of Xuyi Huangmei Opera Troupe, teaches students Huangmei Opera, in Xuyi County of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 16, 2018. Performers of the troupe have been teaching local students Huangmei Opera in recent years to promote the traditional opera. (Xinhua/Zhou Haijun)
Meng Qingmei (L, front), a performer of Xuyi Huangmei Opera Troupe, teaches students Huangmei Opera, in Xuyi County of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 16, 2018. (Xinhua/Zhou Haijun)
Bi Chunmei (L), a performer of Xuyi Huangmei Opera Troupe, teaches a student Huangmei Opera at Wudun Primary School, in Xuyi County of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 16, 2018. (Xinhua/Zhou Haijun)
Bi Chunmei, a performer of Xuyi Huangmei Opera Troupe, teaches students Huangmei Opera at Gusang Primary School, in Xuyi County of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 16, 2018.(Xinhua/Zhou Haijun)
Meng Qingmei (R), a performer of Xuyi Huangmei Opera Troupe, teaches a student Huangmei Opera, in Xuyi County of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 16, 2018. (Xinhua/Zhou Haijun)
