Beautiful China

One after another, sheep trudge through deep snow as they make their seasonal migration in Tekes County, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

A rainbow arched over the Yellow River's Hukou Waterfall in Jixian County, north China's Shanxi Province, on Oct. 28, 2026.

Pink muhly grass bursts into bloom across 14,000 square meters at a park in Beijing, blanketing the landscape in a soft, rosy haze.

Splish, splash! Mandarin ducks paddle across the water at the China National Botanical Garden in Beijing, bringing a little joy to the autumn day.

The third Silk Road Global News Awards now call for global entries via the official website of the Belt and Road News Network. Registration will be open until Dec 31, 2026.

Robots climbed steep stone stairways and navigated challenging terrain during the qualifying round of the inaugural CMG World Robot Mount Tai Competition on Monday in Tai'an, east China's Shandong Province. The about 3.8-kilometer course, from Hongmen to Zhongtianmen, features more than 3,100 stone steps, testing the robots' motion control, environmental perception, dynamic balance and overall adaptability.

Creativity takes shape in Tangya Town of Jinhua, east China’s Zhejiang Province, where farmers are pruning waxyleaf privets into a variety of eye-catching shapes. These artful designs add value to the ornamental greenery and help boost growers’ incomes.

Farmers in Bozhou, east China's Anhui Province, are working against the clock to harvest and air-dry chilies in fields ablaze with brilliant red tones from a bumper crop. @AnhuiChina

A scenic waterfall flows down a lush green mountainside at the Xiaoqikong scenic spot in Libo County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, evoking a poetic atmosphere.

The third Silk Road Global News Awards now call for global entries via the official website of the Belt and Road News Network. Registration will be open until Dec 31, 2026.

The National Gallery of Australia (NGA) handed over two Chinese cultural relics to China's National Cultural Heritage Administration in Canberra at 2:52 p.m. local time on Wednesday. The two relics are the head of a military official statue and the head of a civil official statue, both dating back to the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127). According to the NGA, both relics are made of limestone and originated from central China's Henan Province.

Rice harvesting is in full swing in central China's Hunan Province.

The future is here | Unlock smart book borrowing at Shenzhen Library in Guangdong, South China When technology is applied to cultural environments, the ordinary act of borrowing books breaks free from traditional models and becomes far more efficient and convenient. The North Hall of Shenzhen Library in south China's Guangdong Province stands as a vivid example of China's digital practices in urban public cultural services. Visitors can search the library's collections via on-site smart screens and submit book retrieval requests through a mini-program. The intelligent system fetches books from the underground automated stacks and transports them to the collection outlet via overhead rail trolleys to complete one-stop self-service borrowing. Andrew Smith from the U.S. tried the entire borrowing process on site and got a close-up look at the convenience of smart book lending. Featuring full self-service, unattended operation and fast book retrieval, the once time-consuming and laborious process of searching for and borrowing books has been streamlined by technology into a smooth experience, transforming the daily reading experience for local residents.

With a human-machine collaborative operation model, an AI-powered restaurant in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, prepares some of its meals and drinks using its AI kitchen equipped with smart noodle- and beverage-making machines.

Marigold flowers stretch across a park in Deyang, southwest China’s Sichuan Province, as farmers joyfully collect the radiant blooms while visitors stroll through the fields posing for photos.

Sand-control mesh grids and straw checkerboards are laid across dunes along the Jinta-Dadunmen highway in Jiuquan, northwest China’s Gansu Province, as efforts continue to combat desertification.

Dew-kissed flowers in a kaleidoscope of colors put on a dazzling display at a park in Beijing.

Preparations are in full swing for the ninth China International Import Expo (CIIE), which is scheduled to take place from Nov. 5 to Nov. 10 in Shanghai.

China's domestic tourism market posted solid growth in terms of both trips and travel spending from January to September this year, with more than 5.3 billion domestic trips made and domestic tourism spending reaching 4.95 trillion yuan (about $737 billion), up 6.2% and 2.2% YoY, respectively, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said on Monday.

Farmers in Guilin, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, take advantage of sunny weather to peel and dry persimmons during the autumn harvest season.