Dew-kissed flowers in a kaleidoscope of colors put on a dazzling display at a park in Beijing.

Preparations are in full swing for the ninth China International Import Expo (CIIE), which is scheduled to take place from Nov. 5 to Nov. 10 in Shanghai.

China's domestic tourism market posted solid growth in terms of both trips and travel spending from January to September this year, with more than 5.3 billion domestic trips made and domestic tourism spending reaching 4.95 trillion yuan (about $737 billion), up 6.2% and 2.2% YoY, respectively, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said on Monday.

Farmers in Guilin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, take advantage of sunny weather to peel and dry persimmons during the autumn harvest season.

Young performers practice the traditional acrobatic act “Straw Hat,” showing perfect coordination and fluid, skillful movements in Ningjin, east China's Shandong Province.

Shaiqiu, a long-standing Hakka folk custom of drying crops in the autumn sun, brings a festive vibe to the Chuxi Tulou Cluster in Longyan, southeast China's Fujian Province, attracting visitors to admire the colorful harvest scene.

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Photos show the stunning autumn scenery across China.

Women helped build China's 2,200-year-old Terracotta Warriors, according to a new study of fingerprints preserved in the clay warriors - the first quantitative biological evidence challenging the long-standing assumption that the standardized, large-scale production of the life-size clay figures was exclusively men's work. Researchers from the Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum and Shandong University examined 79 distinct fingerprints on 23 terracotta figures. Using a Bayesian mixture model - a statistical method that estimates the overall makeup of a group from imperfect individual clues rather than identifying any single person - they concluded that about 45% of the prints likely came from adult men, 32.7% from adult women, while 22.3% from people under age 15.

Imagine driving to work and back home every day on this mind-bending route in southwest China's Chongqing. Would you be up for it?

The China Great Wall Museum at the foot of the renowned Badaling Great Wall in Beijing reopened to the public on Saturday after an extensive renovation and upgrade. The museum, with a floor area of 16,000 square meters, features exhibition areas, educational and public service areas, collection storage areas and research spaces. Its permanent exhibition and special thematic displays explore the Great Wall's history and culture. The permanent exhibition features more than 700 cultural relics, including many on loan from museums across China.

The future is here | Where sand meets light, oases grow alongside Deep in the Kubuqi Desert in Dalad Banner, Ordos, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, rows of solar panels now stretch across what was once drifting sand. Here, sunlight is turned into clean electricity, and the desert itself is beginning to change. The panels shade the ground, help retain moisture, and give vegetation a chance to return. This is more than a power project. It offers a glimpse of two futures at once: a future powered by clean energy, and a future where development and nature can move forward together. In China, that future is already taking shape — one panel, one patch of green, one desert at a time.

The Zhongwei Shapotou National Nature Reserve in northwest China's Ningxia has been carrying out sustained sand control efforts in recent years, achieving a significant increase in vegetation coverage and a continuous improvement in wildlife habitats. Monitoring shows that the goitered gazelle, a species under second-class national protection in China, has established several multiple colonies and its population is on a steady rise.

Autumn harvest is in full swing across China, with farmers gathering bountiful agricultural produce.

Populus euphratica forests in northwest China's Lop County have entered the best viewing season, attracting tourists to enjoy the spectacular autumn scenery.

China's central bank, the People's Bank of China, will issue a set of commemorative coins featuring giant pandas on Oct. 30, 2026. The front side of each coin will feature the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests, the main structure of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, along with the country's official name and the year of issurance. Each coin will feature engravings of two giant pandas cuddling together on the reverse side, which will also be inscribed with the denomination and weight of the coin, as well as the purity of the kind of precious metal used in the coin. All 15 coins of the 2027 edition will be legal tender in the country.

October 24 marks International Gibbon Day, highlighting conservation efforts to protect these threatened primates. In China, the gibbon population in Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park, established in 2021, has continued to grow. According to official data, the population of Hainan gibbons has increased to 44 in seven groups, making it the only gibbon species in the world with a continuously growing population.

11th Global Mazu Culture Forum to be held in SE China's Fujian from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2 The 11th Global Mazu Culture Forum will be held from Oct. 31 to Nov. 2 in southeast China's Fujian Province, organizers announced at a press conference in Beijing on Oct. 23. The main venue will be Meizhou Island in Putian, with 13 branch venues across the world. Among them, a forum on Mazu culture and cultural exchanges between China and Brazil will be held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the first offline sub-forum the event has staged overseas. Under the theme "Peace Reigns Across the Four Seas, Love Creates the Future," this year's forum is co-hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the government of the Macao Special Administrative Region and the Fujian provincial government. It will run alongside the 28th Meizhou Mazu Culture Tourism Festival. "Mazu culture is an important part of fine traditional Chinese culture," said Jiang Erxiong, vice-governor of Fujian. She noted that Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that China will enable 30 countries to use the MAZU AI-powered meteorological warning system to safeguard homes around the world, highlighting the contemporary value and global significance of Mazu culture. Ten sub-forums will cover topics including cultural tourism in Fujian and Taiwan, youth exchanges, peace, the marine economy, green power on islands, rural revitalization, mangrove ecology, humanitarian affairs, women's exchanges, and China-Brazil cultural exchanges. During the forum, organizers will release the first batch of typical cases of marine disaster reduction in China, version 2.0 of the "Mazu" intelligent marine forecasting model, a Mazu culture digital platform, a report on the development of Chinese Mazu culture and the Meizhou Declaration. A delivery ceremony for MAZU intelligent all-in-one units to Sri Lanka, a Mazu scholarship presentation and the appointment of global ambassadors for Mazu culture are also on the agenda, along with folk performances and the dance drama "Mazu." Since it was approved in 2016, the forum has grown from a purely academic event into a comprehensive humanities forum, promoting the Mazu spirit of virtue, kindness and great love.

One brave step at a time! A red panda adorably climbs its way up some branches at a zoo in Zhongshan, south China’s Guangdong Province.

Photos show the Orionid meteor shower in the sky over northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. The Orionid meteor shower, caused by remnants from Halley's comet, peaked on Wednesday and Thursday.