Infographic: Sizing up China economy in numbers

Sizing up China economy in numbers

2017 China Open gets started in Beijing

The grand opening ceremony of the 2017 China Open was held at the National Tennis Center in Beijing on Sept 30. The tennis tournament is part of the 500 series on the 2017 ATP World Tour, and the last WTA Premier Mandatory tournament of the 2017 WTA Tour.

Leaders pay tribute to national heroes at Tian'anmen Square

Senior leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the state paid tribute and laid floral baskets to the Monument to the People's Heroes at Tian'anmen Square on Saturday morning.

Holiday season: Breathtaking scenery in Xinjiang's Altay

The eight-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays are here. Let's present some of the beautiful scenery you may want to see and the simple and unadorned lifestyle you may want to know about in Altay prefecture, a remote and sparsely populated part of the China's far northwestern Xinjiang region.

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Farmers 'draw' love to motherland with red carps in river

Farmers "draw" China's national flag and Arabic numeral "68" with 6,800 red carps to celebrate the upcoming National Day on a river in Wuyuan county, East China's Jiangxi province, Sept 28, 2017.

Revitalizing the traditional brocade

Locals in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu province, are exploring ways to revitalize the time-honored handicraft of Song brocade, which originated here in the Song Dynasty (960-1279).

Chinese female BASE jumper leaps off hot air balloon

Shi Chunyan opens her parachute in Shiniu village, Pingjiang city, Central China's Hunan province, on Sept 27, 2017.

11 giant pandas take first baby step in public

Eleven giant pandas born this year make their debut at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province, Friday, Sept 29, 2017, ahead of the National Day. With 184 captive giant pandas, the base is world's biggest center for giant pandas. [Photo by She Yi/For chinadaily.com.cn]

Rural migrant's hometown grape farm earns $90,000

After 10 years' work in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang province, Liu Gangxing came back to his hometown — Enshi in Central China's Hubei province — and invested over 6 million yuan ($900,000) in a grape farm with his family members in 2016. The farm has earned 600,000 yuan ($90,000) in sales this year.

Images capture life of ethnic groups in China

An exhibition showcasing the life of different ethnic groups in China was held recently at the Beijing Cultural Palace of Nationalities.

Holiday season: Colorful autumn scenery across China

With the eight-day National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holiday around the corner, let's check out some of the places you may want to visit to admire beautiful autumn scenery.