China's Yunnan Province reported nine new locally transmitted COVID-19 confirmed cases, all in the city of Ruili, on Sunday, the provincial health commission said Monday.

The name was given in honour of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. Native to the Amazon Basin in South America, the lotus is a typical tropical plant that can only be enjoyed in the summer in the tropical region.

The result of gene sequencing for seven positive samples showed the outbreak is highly homologous to the Delta variant of the coronavirus that prevails in neighboring overseas regions.

Among the locally transmitted cases, two were identified in nucleic acid testing in Ruili City, while the other three were registered in Longchuan County under Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture that borders Myanmar.

A total of 238,794 nucleic acid samples have been collected by 700 medics in the city Ruili near the China-Myanmar boerder section, west Yunnan's Dehong prefecture, over the past 24 hours.

A grand gathering celebrating the centenary of the Communist Party of China was held at Tian'anmen Square at the heart of Beijing on Thursday. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, arrived at Tian'anmen Rostrum.

The expressway linking the Chinese capital Beijing and Urumqi, the regional capital of Xinjiang, has a total length of 2,800 km, with over 500 km passing through desert and no man's land.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, presented the July 1 Medal to outstanding CPC members at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Tuesday morning.

Flying in air, perching on branches and hunting for food, blue-tailed bee-eaters with colorful plumage have a ball in Qiaojia County, southwest China's Yunnan Province.

The epic show, divided into four parts, depicted how the Chinese people, under the leadership of the CPC, have carried out revolution, construction and reform over the past 100 years.

The Asian elephant is one of the most important species being protected along the border as it was hunted and killed as part of the illegal ivory trade in the past, posing a serious threat to its survival.

Amid the ongoing "618" (June 18) online shopping festival, flowers grown in Yunnan province were selling well at consumer markets across China, according to data from Yunnan Fenshang Network Technology.

Since 1984, scientists have unearthed 280 plus fossil varieties in 20 categories at the Chengjiang site. With 80 percent being novel ones, the fossils encompass almost all the ancestors of the existing species.

The herd moved back and forth in an area about 280 meters in diameter in Dalongtan between 6 p.m. Saturday and 6 p.m. Sunday, according to the headquarters in charge of monitoring their migration.

The major hydropower project, which will also serve as an important part of the Yangtze River Basin flood control system, will benefit local people while injecting vitality into the development of southwest regions in China.

As the rainy season comes, all kinds of wild edible mushrooms come into markets in large quantities. One of the biggest grocery markets in Kunming, the Zhuanxin market has thriving mushroom business.

This will be the first manned mission during the construction of China's space station, and the crew will stay in orbit for three months, said Ji Qiming, director assistant of the CMSA.

Yunnan province has kicked off data collection on damages caused by the northbound elephants, so that the property loss of the villagers can be timely compensated.

The second China-CEEC Expo & International Consumer Goods Fair opened Tuesday in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, attracting more than 7,000 purchasers.

With its fame spreading out in these years, Pu'er tea is widely sold in the world. The city of Pu’er is also hailed as the well-known producer of black tea.

Located in the Zhicun town of Mengzi City, south Yunnan’s Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Chanipi is where the first CPC Yunnan Provincial Congress was held.

As the Southeast Asian nation ramps up its pace of vaccinations amid a surge in new cases, China's help has been tremendous and unforgettable, said the MoH's secretary of state and spokeswoman Or Vandine.

The 5th National Youth Drone Competition, also the 35th Yunnan Youth Scientific Innovation on Robotic Technology, got started in east Yunnan’s Qujing City on May 29.

The 15 wild Asian elephants that have left their habitat in Xishuangbanna National Nature Reserve in Southwest China's Yunnan province are still on the move to the north and very close to the suburbs of the province's capital city Kunming.

Themed "The Role of the Judiciary in Advancing Ecological Civilization: Building a Shared Future for All Life on Earth," the conference was held from Wednesday to Thursday.