Photos show China's first domestically-built polar research vessel and icebreaker "Xuelong 2" in Shanghai, east China, Sept. 10, 2018. "Xuelong 2" was launched on Monday in Shanghai.

Aerial photo taken on Aug. 30, 2018 shows the scenery of the mist-enveloped Guniu Mountain in the Dongchuan District of Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province.

The Epic of King Gesar is one of the world's great epics, as significant for Tibetans as the Odyssey and Iliad for the ancient Greeks. In history, the epic used to be widely spread in Tibetan regions from mouth to mouth.　

September 3 marks the school opening day for primary and secondary schools in Kunming, Yunnan Province. At the century-old Wucheng Primary School, new students joined a traditional teacher-acknowledging ceremony, with the carnation flower in their hands.

Located in southeast Yunnan’s Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous prefecture, Xichou is a national level poverty-stricken county. While making great achievements in the fighting against stony desertification and poverty, Xichou people lay stress on education for younger generations. They believe a brighter future begins with a better education.

The construction of the tied arch on the Bailong Bridge has recently come to an end in west Yunnan’s Weishan County. The bridge is a key project on the 202km Dali-Lincang railway.

The 18th Asian Games drew to a successful end with a stellar closing ceremony on Sunday. China, followed by Japan and South Korea, called the shots leading with 132 gold, 92 silver and 65 bronze medals and. The Asian Games have been a great athletic success and China's Hangzhou City is set to hold the next Asian Games in 2022.

Dongchuan, a district of Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, is a lively and extraordinary place blessed with famous red land scenery. Here are some aerial photos to get in a glance.

Luxuriant trees, bumper crops, livable environment… behind these impressions Xichou gives us, there is a victory achieved by locals in the fight against stony desertification.

Before the annual university entrance examination in China, southwest Yunnan’s Fengqing Confucian Temple is packed with people who come to wish for good grades. This is a tradition which has lasted for several hundred years.

Starting from the first attempt in Muzhe Village in 1990, the people in Xichou have never stopped fighting against the difficult living conditions. They have created a successful model in the comprehensive treatment of rocky desertification, turning the land into a green ecological home.

Thanks to local eco-conservation efforts, the recent years have seen increase of the wetland area around the Dianchi Lake, where lush vegetation formed an excellent habitat for egrets and other wild species.

Locals own cars, run inns and restaurants, and engage in e-commerce. In spite of the changes, local Mosuo people did not give up the matriarchal tradition, trying to pass on their authentic culture to the future generations.

99.9% of Xichou's land belongs to mountainous areas, causing difficulties in building roads in the county.After a new road was built via hard work, villagers now go out to do jobs or start their own business in big cities, and children can now enjoy better education.

Located in southeast Yunnan’s Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Xichou County covers an area of 1,506 square kilometers. However, 75.4% of its land belongs to the exposed and semi-naked karst mountainous areas.

As the first of its kind in Yunnan, the Kunming Confucian Temple has witnessed the integration of traditional Chinese culture and local ethnic culture. It is a place for worshiping Confucius and was also used as educational facilities in the past.

With the two slogans: "Becoming dearer, closer, and more harmonious in the City of Eternal Spring" and "Chasing dreams to new heights in Colourful Yunnan", The 2018 SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) Kunming International Marathon will take place on December 2 in Kunming city in China's southern province of Yunnan.

China's moon lander and rover for the Chang'e-4 lunar probe, which is expected to land on the far side of the moon this year, was unveiled Wednesday. The global public will have a chance to name the rover.

In the heat of summer, when many places in China enters into a “barbecue” mode, Yunnan’s cool attracts tourists from all over the world. They are intoxicated by Yunnan and look forward to its construction as China's most beautiful province.

“Wherever I went, I saw clear lakes and a beautiful environment. I admire Yunnan people’s determination to build an ecological civilization. I think the river chief system is a good idea,” he said with a thumbs-up gesture.

China on Wednesday increased the maximum speed of bullet trains on the Beijing-Tianjin high-speed railway to 350 km per hour (kph), reducing the inter-city travel time by five minutes. The route now runs a Fuxing (Rejuvenation), the newest bullet train model developed in China.

Creative Yunnan ▪ 2018 Cultural Industries Exposition (CYCIE) opened August 9 at the Kunming International Convention and Exhibition Center. More than 1,200 companies from 12 countries and regions gathered at the event.

The pregnant woman in southwest Yunnan’s Dehong has given birth to a baby at a local hospital thanks to blood delivered timely by Kunming Blood Center, according to Yunnan Daily App report on August 8.

A three-day carnival for ethnic minority Yi people has been held in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province, drawing tens of thousands of Yi people.

Brewer's yeast, one-third of whose genome is said to share ancestry with humans, has 16 chromosomes. However, Chinese scientists have managed to fit nearly all its genetic material into just one chromosome while not affecting the majority of its functions.