The Communist Party of China (CPC) opens the 19th National Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 18, 2017.

The tenth Chinese Bridge --Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign Secondary Students-- opened at Yunnan Normal University in Kunming on October 17. At the opening ceremony, five student delegates took the floor and shared their Chinese language learning experience, on behalf of the five continents of the world.

The detection of the gravitational wave signal, called GW170817, was made at 8:41 a.m. EDT (1241 GMT) on August 17 by twin detectors of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO),located in Livingston, Louisiana, and Hanford, Washington.

Further refinement of effort expected at upcoming CPC National CongressDuring the eight-day National Day holiday th...

Zhong Jing, a doctor of Longhe Village clinic, examines a patient in Zhenfeng County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Oct. 11, 2017. Zhong has been elected as a delegate among 2,287 delegates to attend this year's congress to be held in Beijing starting Oct. 18.

The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is scheduled to open at 9 a.m. Wednesday at t...

Delegates of Yunnan Province to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) left the provincial capital of Kunming for Beijing, capital of China, on the morning of Oct. 16, 2017. The congress will start on Oct. 18.

Xu Ye, a delegate of Shanxi Province to the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), receives an interview upon her arrival in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 15, 2017. Delegates of Shanxi Province to the CPC 19th National Congress arrived in Beijing on Sunday. The congress will start on Oct. 18.

Members of the Chinese delegation walk into the Du Arena on the Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Oct. 14, 2017. The WorldSkills Abu Dhabi 2017, the world championships of vocational skills, opened in Abu Dhabi on Saturday, with the participation of 1,300 competitors from around the world.

At the Gubu resettlement site in Weixi's Badi Township, lovely and spacious houses of the Tibetan, Han, Lisu, Naxi and Bai styles stand together. And more than 100 relocated households from the neighboring Lidi and Wulongnong hydropower projects have lived there for more than one year. The two projects involve more than 2,000 resettlers.

36 baby pandas born in 2017 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda have been showcased in two locations, Wolong and Ya'an in Sichuan province respectively, on Oct 13. So far, the center has the most successful breeding in its history.

The 10th Chinese Bridge—a Chinese language proficiency competition for foreign secondary school students—is schedul...

The Xiaomengyang-Mohan Freeway is an important section of the Kunming-Bangkok Highway in China section. It was com...

Journalists visit the Yongding Gate in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 12, 2017. The Press Center of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) organized a reporting tour along the Central Axis of Beijing on Thursday.

Photo taken on Oct. 10, 2017 shows the snowscape of Labagou Forest Scenic Resort in Huairou District of Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 10, 2017. The resort greeted snow on Tuesday.

Aerial photo taken on Aug. 9, 2017 shows the feedback source cabin of the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) in Pingtang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province.

The newly-founded Lanmei Airlines Company of Cambodia held a ceremony to launch Lanmei (Lancang-Mekong) Six Nations...

People take selfie in snow in Hailiutu Township of Bayan Nur City, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Oct. 9, 2017. A cold front brought snowfall to parts of northern China on Monday.

Official statistics show Yunnan Province has received 20.15 million tourists during the 8-day National Day holiday from Oct 1 to 8, representing a year-on-year growth of 36.92％ and bringing the province an income of 14.11 billion yuan.

With a record-high number of trips made during the past eight days, the National Day holiday, one of the most important times of a year in China, has inspired big changes in the way people travel. This year, the holiday was prolonged to eight days, as it coincided with Mid-Autumn Festival. The longer duration of the holiday enabled more people to take trips.

The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) is expected to set a blueprint for the country...

"The role of human capital in the One Belt, One Road initiative" was the motto of the Third China-Central and ...

Chinese railways have been busy during the National Day holiday, carrying people to tourist attractions or back home for family reunions before returning to work and school.

"Visiting the Asean countries via Yunnan Province is easy," said Wang Ying, a Xi'an tourist who was driving on the Kunming-Bangkok highway on October 4. Yunnan tourist authorities said the province received a total of 3.8 million tourists on October 4, of whom 28,022 belong to cross-border tourists.

Here, the leaders of China’s Communist Party live in humble cave dwellings and sleep on earthen beds. Here,...