The inaugural China Encyclopedia Conference, hosted by the Encyclopedia of China Publishing House, took place in Beijing from April 23 to 24, as part of the activities for the country's first National Reading Week after the State Council regulation to promote reading among the public took effect on Feb 1.
With a 3D printer nozzle rotating as it smoothly extrudes clay, a delicate ceramic work is gradually taking shape — a scene that would once have been unimaginable to earlier generations of artisans in Jingdezhen.
Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang, Yunnan, is the southernmost great snow mountain in the Northern Hemisphere and is sacred to the Naxi people.
Chengdu is a city where parks shape daily life. At People's Park, a landmark with over 115 years of history, calm waters and the aroma of covered-bowl tea reflect Chengdu's unique lifestyle. During the "2026 Global Mayors Dialogue · Chengdu", a delegation from Belgium's Flemish Brabant province witnessed the integration of natural environment and urban life in this "park city".
Piano maestro Sir Andras Schiff has returned to Beijing, this time with his celebrated Cappella Andrea Barca, for a special Mozart program at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing.
For decades, the iconic Peking Man and his East Asian relatives have stood as silent witnesses to human evolution, their genetic secrets locked away inside precious, irreplaceable fossils.
Canton Tower, a landmark in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, Guangdong province, lit up on the evening of May 12 for the 2026 International Youth Poetry Festival (China-Arab Session).
The horse, one of the world's most beloved creatures, represents strength, courage, freedom, and loyalty in various cultures, and is this year's Chinese zodiac animal.
In the history of Sino-US exchanges, Nobel Prize-winner Pearl S Buck, a writer from the United States also known as Sai Zhenzhu, stands prominently as "the most influential Westerner to write about China since the 13th century's Marco Polo", as described by late US historian James C Thomson Jr.
Young poets, writers and scholars from China and Arab countries have gathered in South China's Guangzhou, Guangdong province, for a poetry festival aimed at deepening literary dialogue and people-to-people exchanges.