When Pasang Tsering took a teaching job at the school in Yulmed, Xizang Autonomous Region, in 2007, he was warned by many people that the living conditions in the township located in the southern foothills of the Himalayas were very tough.
For most Chinese people, the country's border is only a line on a map. But for people living in Yulmed township, Xizang autonomous region, sitting among the closest townships to the China-India border, the meaning of Chinese territory is more concrete.
Generations of Chinese people grow up watching the 1965 cinematic classic Tunnel Warfare, a black-and-white film that dramatizes the ingenuity of villagers who fought invaders from beneath the ground.

China plans to add 660,000 affordable nursery care slots, increasing the number of places per 1,000 people to 4.5 by the end of this year, as part of efforts to ease the child care burden on families and build a more fertility-friendly society.

China plans to boost convenient access to medicines used to treat chronic diseases and bolster door-to-door healthcare services for the elderly through its family doctor contract service systems, according to a notice released this week.
A signing ceremony for the transfer of a patent related to a type of radial artery hemostasis device was held at Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated with Fudan University in Shanghai on Wednesday, with a local company donating 200,000 yuan ($27,870) worth of such devices to the Punjab Institute of Cardiology in Pakistan.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1931-45) and the World Anti-Fascist War.China also established the UN Peace and Development Trust Fund for projects to train and guarantee peace in Africa by disbursing more than $11 million for various training initiatives across Africa.

Deep in the misty mountains of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the annual encounter count of 185 giant pandas in field monitoring signals a remarkable success in the country's drive to establish the world's largest national park system.

China's central bank has added 100 billion yuan (about $14 billion) to its agricultural and small business relending quota to support flood control and disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) said on Tuesday. Rescue teams clear silt in Xinglongshan Village, Gansu Province, northwest China, August 10, 2025.

On behalf of the CPC Central Committee, he extended sincere greetings and heartfelt wishes to the people of all ethnic groups in Xizang.Xi led a central delegation arriving in the regional capital, Lhasa, earlier in the day in order to attend activities marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of the region.

Bridges over the Lhasa River are pictured in Lhasa, Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region, July 30, 2025.The visit of a central delegation, led by President Xi Jinping, to the autonomous region, starting on Wednesday, to attend activities in celebration of the anniversary demonstrates the great significance the central authorities attach to the development of Xizang.

China is moving to further regulate competition within its solar photovoltaic (PV) industry, aiming to accelerate the photovoltaic sector's shift to value-driven growth while fostering a healthier and more sustainable development path for the sector.

The founding of the Xizang autonomous region in September 1965 marked the beginning of a new chapter in the region's history, as people of all ethnic groups in Xizang embarked on the path of socialist construction and development together with the rest of the country.
Chinese workers work on a flare stack upgrade project to tackle energy pollution at the Rumaila oilfield in Basra, Iraq, last December.Once operational, it will produce over 810,000 cubic meters of fresh water daily, supplying drinking water to nearly 2 million people in this arid region.
Fan Jinshi, honorary director of Dunhuang Academy, says in a video clip that cave temples originated in ancient India and were introduced to China with the eastward spread of Buddhism.

It will also advise various market players on the best way to participate in clean heating project investment and operation, promote clean and efficient technologies, and continuously enhance public endorsement of clean heating. Since 2017, China has included 88 cities in its clean heating support program.

China Eastern Airlines announced on Tuesday it will launch a new daily flight between Yiwu, Zhejiang province and Shanghai Pudong International Airport on September 10, in a bid to enhance international transit connections through the East China economic hub.

China faces continued flood risks even though the peak flood season has ended, the Ministry of Water Resources said on Monday, warning that the possibility of extreme weather events remains.
China has made significant strides in promoting its national park system, with improvements noticeable in the diversity, stability and sustainability of ecosystems, said Liu Guohong, head of the National Forestry and Grassland Administration.
Job seekers attend a job fair opened in Haikou, South China's Hainan province, on July 26, 2025.Application processes remain streamlined, with most approvals automated via tax agency systems, said Zhao Wei of the Hainan Human Resources Bureau.

Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region will allocate an additional 2 billion yuan (about $280.4 million) to launch 10 new livelihood initiatives, the regional government has said.
China has adjusted the rules for withdrawing private pensions, a supplement to the nation's basic pension system, in a move aimed at meeting people's diversified needs and increasing flexibility in the program.
A night view of Potala Palace Square in Lhasa, the capital of southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, July 6, 2025.Regionally, respondents from Africa (85.1 percent), South America (81.8 percent), and Asia (76.1 percent) demonstrate the highest levels of endorsement.

China launched the 11th art performance festival of disabled people in Wuhan in the central province of Hubei on Monday.The art festival is jointly organized by several central departments and organizations including the disabled persons' federation, the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Civil Affairs, Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the National Video and Television Administration.

Residents ride e-bikes with protective measures in Fuyang City, east China's Anhui Province, August 19, 2025.The national average temperature reached 23.21 degrees Celsius during this year's sanfu, just below the record set in 2024.
Giant panda Can Can has fun with its cub at the Shenshuping giant panda base of Wolong National Nature Reserve in Southwest China's Sichuan province, March 28, 2025.Foreign diplomats have spoken highly of China's achievements in preserving the giant panda and expressed hopes for expanding cooperation with China in the research and protection of endangered species.

China's State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters on Tuesday upgraded the flood control emergency response in Beijing to Level-III and activated a Level-IV response for flood control in neighboring Tianjin and Hebei Province, as heavy rain is expected.

Chinese technology heavyweight Alibaba Group and financial tech company Ant Group announced on Monday the launch of a plan aimed at providing better benefits guarantees and stimulus measures for delivery riders, as part of a broad push to safeguard the rights and interests of riders.

Local governments are rolling out subsidies to ease the financial burden of raising young children, following a national initiative to support early childcare.

The daily count of chikungunya fever in Foshan, Guangdong province, where an outbreak started in early June, has fallen to about 100, compared to a peak of 600, disease control authorities said on Monday.
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