In many ways, national highways are the arteries of a nation, as they form a network of interconnected routes that facilitate the flow of resources and people that keep the country moving.
Long queues of visitors formed outside the National Art Museum of China on a Sunday afternoon, despite Beijing being engulfed in the chills of early February, and people having to hold umbrellas to shelter from falling sleet. They all came for the same exhibition, Beauty in Greatness Through Details, which occupies all of the museum's halls and comprises 1,000 paintings, prints, watercolors and sculptures of smaller sizes. Some are from the collection of National Art Museum of China and are representative works of preeminent figures of the 20th-century Chinese art.
From an internet influencer who works in the field of cultural communication to a member of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the transition makes Wu Minjie to feel a great responsibility. But she has gradually adapted to her new role and has begun to focus on issues like traditional culture and art, public cultural service and internet communication.
Chen Hongyan, a member of the 14th CPPCC National Committee and director of the Ancient Book Department at the National Library of China, has been committed to protecting ancient books over the last 36 years.
As the weather warms up and spring ingredients become available, chefs in Beijing are experimenting with fresh and flavorful dishes, particularly with tender and flavorful spring bamboo shoots.
Classic Film Festival, an annual event held to highlight the significance of restoring old movies, was recently held in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu province on March 4.
Sixty-two amateur actors and actresses performed in a Chinese play, Teahouse, which was staged at the National Theater of China on March 4 and 5.
PHNOM PENH — Hem Sreynet, a 21-year-old nurse at the Cambodia-China Friendship Preah Kossamak Hospital, was all ears as she listened to traditional Chinese medicine experts deliver a presentation on acupuncture and Tuina remedial massage.
Growing up in a remote town in Northwest China's Gansu province, 12-year-old schoolgirl Liao Wenting was surprised to find that the head-mounted displays and robotics that she had seen in sci-fi films could be within arms' reach.
Bencao Gangmu, or Compendium of Materia Medica, a medical encyclopedia compiled by Li Shizhen, a Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) herbalist and pharmacist, has been transformed into a stage play, with science-fiction elements.
A new project calls for people to write their own versions of lyrics to keep on learning the spirit of Lei Feng the hero soldier.