People read books during the 2017 Beijing Book Fair at the old hall of China International Exhibition Center in Beijing, capital of China, Jan 12, 2017. A total of 737 exhibitors participated in the fair and displayed 500,000 kinds of books.
Photo taken on Jan 15, 2017 shows the landscape covered in snow inside the Longcanggou National Forest Park of Yingjing County, southwest China's Sichuan province.
Festival lanterns are lit up to greet the upcoming Spring Festival in Huixian county, Central China's Henan province, Jan. 14, 2017.
Qingshaqi, or green clay utensils, are traditional handicraft products with more than 300 years' history. The utensils are made of Gantu, a kind of local soil, and have been used for cooking and boiling.
Clarinetist Wang Tao is very excited these days. He recently released his first classical album, Schubert, which he says is a milestone.
A young woman from China's hinterland, with few qualities believed necessary for success, claws her way to online respectability by following loads of chutzpah with growing sophistication.
Swans fly over the lake at Sanmenxia Swan Lake Wetland Park in Sanmenxia city, Central China's Henan province, Jan 14, 2017.
Rice noodles with snails, a signature dish sold at street stalls in south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, are being exported to the United States, a company said.
A Chinese museum in Northwest China's Shaanxi province has openly demanded the return of two horse relief sculptures displayed at a University of Pennsylvania museum. The sculptures were illegally sold overseas.
Craftsman Chen Huiping makes a dough figurine at his home in Zhangye city, Northwest China's Gansu province. Chen has been committed to dough figurine making for 29 years and has also tried be innovative with the craft.
Renowned Chinese linguist Zhou Youguang, the creator of Pinyin writing system, died on January 14th, one day after his 111th birthday.
Plans are being made to build a national park on the site of China's most complete Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24) cemetery, and the park will include a museum to house the artifacts that have been unearthed from the tomb.