Several top chefs cook rice noodles in a big pot with a diameter of 3 meters in Nanning, capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, on Oct 1. The pot of snack food required 150 kilograms of rice noodles, 10 kg of pork, 10 kg of sour bamboo shoots and other ingredients. PHOTO BY SONG YANKANG / FOR CHINA DAILY

China's top leaders walk in rain to lay flowers at the Monument to the People's Heroes at Tian'anmen Square on Oct 1 to mark the 64th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic. All seven members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan and Zhang Gaoli, walked to the monument after 240 children released white doves. [Photo by Feng Yongbin / China Daily]