1. Xi inspects southwest China's Guizhou, Yunnan provinces
Xi Jinping stressed that areas with large ethnic minority populations should preserve their distinctive culture and let it shine through the integrated development of culture and tourism in southwest China's Guizhou Province. He called on southwest China's Yunnan Province to break new ground for its development in the pursuit of Chinese modernization.
2. Hainan looks for international tourism promotion ambassadors from global foreigners
Hainan is seeking international tourism promotion ambassadors among foreign nationals worldwide, aiming to enhance global awareness of its tourism offerings and establish the island as an international hub for tourism and consumption.
The recruitment initiative runs from March 18 to Sept. 30, targeting foreign nationals with cross-cultural talent.
3. Chinese robot baristas serve quick, quality coffee in New Zealand
New Zealand's coffee culture is undergoing a transformation, with a group of Chinese robot baristas stepping in to make coffee for local customers.
Marie Fan opened a COFE+ robot cafe at the Queen's Food Court in downtown Auckland in January, reported the country's Home Voice newspaper.
4. Cherry blossoms boost tourism, economy in central China
As spring unfolds in central China's Hubei Province, cherry blossoms are in full bloom, driving a surge in flower-viewing tours.
As of Monday, the number of foreigners through Wuhan Tianhe Airport has reached 11,600, marking a 23.83 percent increase year-on-year. Most travelers came from South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, the United States, and Japan, with over 60 percent entering for sightseeing and tourism.
5. Tesla's new Shanghai Megafactory starts exporting energy-storage batteries
Tesla's new Megafactory in Shanghai in east China on Friday exported its first batch of Megapack energy-storage batteries.
It took the new Megafactory just over a month after its production launch to achieve its first export, with the batteries being transported from Shanghai Port to Australia.
Megapacks produced at the Shanghai facility will supply both the domestic and Asia-Pacific markets.
6. Chinese scientists design insect-inspired robot for space mining
A team of Chinese scientists has created a six-legged "space mining robot" inspired by insects, which could be used for prospecting and mining on the moon or asteroids in the future.
Unlike drilling on Earth, a robot's surface-penetrating operations on the moon, where gravity is just one-sixth of Earth's, or on low-gravity asteroids, present significant challenges.
7. 'Space seeds' enter breeding trial in east China
A batch of Huang Shan Chrysanthemum seeds that traveled to space entered a breeding trial at a test field managed by a research institute in Shexian County, east China's Anhui Province, on Tuesday.
8. E-pass aids travelers from SARs, Taiwan who lose papers
China's immigration authorities have said a temporary e-travel pass will be issued to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents if they lose their travel documents on the mainland to help them continue traveling by air and rail without delay.
9. China achieves world's first microsatellite-based, real-time quantum key distribution
China has achieved the world's first real-time space-to-ground quantum key distribution between a quantum microsatellite and lightweight, portable ground stations.
The research team demonstrated satellite-based quantum key distribution with multiple ground stations and achieved the sharing of up to 1.07million bits of secure keys during a single satellite pass, according to the finding published in the international academic journal Nature.
10. 'Spring break' announced by some schools
Some universities and schools in various Chinese cities have announced a short "spring break" during April, as the government recently released special consumption-promoting initiatives that encourage educational institutes to explore spring or autumn breaks if the conditions allow.
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