When I stepped into the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome, Italy, for the Fifth World Food Forum (WFF), held from Oct 10 to 17, one line engraved on the marble wall immediately caught my attention — the FAO Constitution's pledge "to contribute toward an expanding world economy and ensuring humanity's freedom from hunger".
In late autumn, when chrysanthemums burst into golden bloom, the Double Ninth Festival, or Chongyang Festival, arrives. Since ancient times, the chrysanthemum has been cherished as the "flower of longevity" and a symbol of noble spirit in China.
In Guangzhou, He Weijing has noticed something remarkable. "At the end of last year, the number of foreign tourists in Guangzhou was much higher than in midyear. You can hear different languages everywhere now," she said.
As robots become increasingly common in hotels — cooking, delivering meals and cleaning rooms — they are improving efficiency and cutting labor costs.
As autumn arrives and chrysanthemums bloom, the Double Ninth Festival returns.
The fourth Chinese Documentary Film Festival, an annual event dedicated to promoting Chinese-language documentaries worldwide, concluded its three-day run in Zhuhai, Guangdong province, on Monday.
The Sun Tower in Yantai Huang-Bohai New Area in East China's Shandong province has gained international recognition from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, receiving the 2025 Award of Excellence for "Best Tall Building under 100 Meters".
"Every time, I've grown stronger amid lonely wandering.
"You may serve as an interpreter, but your true calling is to teach', one of my Chinese professors at the University of Khartoum once told me," recalls Albadawe Abdalla, now a doctoral candidate at Tsinghua University's School of Humanities.
The 2025 "Mid-Autumn Day in Poetry" celebration lit up a night at the United Nations Headquarters with the spirit of reunion, harmony and cultural exchange.
Tomorrowland, one of the largest and most iconic electronic music festivals in the world, is set to make its China debut with its first-ever indoor music showcase in Shanghai in November.
Step into a world where history breathes through the delicate curve of a jade pendant, the gleam of a gold crown and the fierce charm of a bronze beast — each artifact a silent storyteller of the Yangtze River's timeless saga.
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