When Huang Shiyan, then 48, took office as Party secretary of Yanling county, Central China's Hunan province, in 2011, the county located deep in the mountains was mired in dire poverty with an average annual income of only 2,970 yuan ($453).
When Zhang Jiming came to Southwest China's Tibet autonomous region 20 years ago, many local villagers knew little about vegetables, or how to grow them and fed them to domestic animals.
Sun Zhiguo is bracing for a busy month ahead. His online shop just received an order of 30,000 Santa Claus costumes from Thailand, for which his staff is working extra hours to guarantee delivery before Christmas.
This is indeed true in the case of emperor Jingzong. His wife, Xiao Chuo-also known as Xiao Yanyan-assisted him to propel the Khitanruling Liao Dynasty (916-1125) to the zenith of prosperity, making her one of a few legendary women who changed Chinese history.
A former street peddler's obsessed devotion to the ancient Chinese language and literature has sent him straight from high school graduate to professor and media darling, report Wang Qian in Beijing and Yang Jun in Guiyang.
Political leaders, officials from international organizations and diplomats have highlighted the need to bolster the world's understanding about China and promote mutual learning at a time when the global community is suffering from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and strong economic headwinds.
As one of the countries that was severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, Chile government decided to open its board again to welcome foreign tourists on Nov 23.
As the first of its kind in China, Hear Her – an eight-episode monologue series about women's rights – is set to run on the streaming giant Tencent on Nov 17, and expected to be streamed by BBC's digital platforms in 2021.
After being abroad for decades, 68 Chinese cultural relics lost to the United Kingdom recently returned to their homeland thanks to the joint efforts of the two countries, according to a news conference of the National Cultural Heritage Administration on Wednesday.
A total of 1,500 exhibitors from 50 countries and regions are participating in the China International Travel Mart (CITM) 2020, which is taking place in Shanghai from Monday to Wednesday.
The second season of the popular reality show, The Exciting Offer, premiered on Nov 11.
To bring audiences closer to stories in history of the Grand Canal Cultural Belt, an exhibition featuring rubbings taken from stone tablets along the banks of the canal is now underway at Haidian district's north cultural center