Shanghai ranks as the fifth most competitive financial center worldwide, up from sixth last year, thanks to steady growth, outstanding potential and an improved environment.
Nadam is a traditional Mongolian festival where people celebrate harvests and pray for good luck. A winter Nadam as well as a fire sacrifice festival kicked off in Inner Mongolia autonomous region.
Liu Xianhui, a farmer in Zhangqiu city, has organized a team of 11 farmers to assemble robot modeled after the "Transformers" by using materials of used cars.
As 2014 comes to close, China Daily website summarizes 10 economic events that are likely to influence people's lives in the future.
Tired from a long day at work or play? These Chinese people are. Sleepiness strikes anytime, anywhere. A couple sleep under a quilt in the corner of a railway carriage on Jan 12, 2014.
During his 18 years of service on the Pamir Plateau, Wang Lie – a People's Liberation Army soldier – has been recording the life of the ethnic Tajik who reside in areas bordering Pakistan.
With Christmas Day approaching, retailers are trying every effort to attract customers. The shop windows are bedecked with Christmas trees, Santa Clause models and other goodies.
Kang Li, 64, is a retired music teacher in Wuhan, Hubei province, who has been adopting Yi ethnic minority orphans since 2009. Ninety-six Yi orphans from the prefecture have been taken in by Kang and her school.
Students wishing to major in dance are busy in a final rush to prepare for the art examination that will be held next month at a high school in Handan, Hebei province.
A Chinese woman practices yoga in front of rime-covered trees along the Songhua River in Jilin city, northeast China's Jilin province, Dec 17, 2014.
Jinan is an important site and transport hub connecting Northern China with the Yangtze and Huai river regions as well as central and inland China with Shandong Peninsula.
Picturesque view of snow scenery of Erlanghe in northeast China's Heilongjiang province. It is the place where Hailang river originates.
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