An aerial drone photo shows a view of Wuxia Gorge, one of the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River, in Wushan County, southwest China's Chongqing, Dec. 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)
Lin Wei (C) of Nanjing Monkey Kings breaks through during a match between Nanjing Monkey Kings and Guangdong Southern Tigers at the 2024-2025 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Bo)
The "Xin Shanghai," a vessel operated by China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited, is berthed at Yangshan Port, east China's Shanghai, Dec. 18, 2024.
The "Xin Shanghai" arrived in Shanghai's Yangshan Port on Wednesday afternoon after a 23-day journey from Peru's Chancay Port, marking the first official voyage between the two ports.
The journey opened the first two-way operational sea link between Shanghai and Chancay Port, a newly-inaugurated flagship project of Belt and Road cooperation between China and Peru. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)
A floral installation is seen in front of the Ruins of St. Paul's in Macao, south China, Dec. 18, 2024.
The streets of Macao are sizzling with festive decorations, as the Special Administrative Region is set to mark the 25th anniversary of its return to the motherland. (Xinhua/Lai Xiangdong)
Red-billed gulls are pictured at Caohai National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 17, 2024. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
An acrobat performs at a culture and entertainment facility in Wuqiao County, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 17, 2024.
The origin of Wuqiao acrobatics can be traced back to the Han Dynasty (202 B.C.-220 A.D.). It was inscribed as one of the first batch of intangible cultural heritages at the state level in 2006. Dubbed the "cradle of Chinese acrobatics," Wuqiao has in recent years scaled up its efforts to sustain and popularize this time-honored treasure. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)
Mohammadjavad Haghi from Iran competes in the third SCO Countries Worker Skills Contest in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 18, 2024.
The contest kicked off on Wednesday in Qingdao, attracting skilled workers competing in three programs. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)
Chinese actors perform a hand-puppet theater play "Notre-Dame de Paris" in front of the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, in Paris, France, Dec. 15, 2024.
Chinese actors staged a flash mob performance of hand-puppet theater play "Notre-Dame de Paris" in front of the newly reopened Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, as part of the Chinese Tour in France's Most Beautiful Villages, an event designed to boost Franco-Chinese cultural exchanges. (Xinhua/Gao Jing)
The opening ceremony of an international conference on the development of the Maku Free Zone is held in Tehran, Iran, Dec. 17, 2024.
Iran on Tuesday held an international conference on the development of the Maku Free Zone, its biggest trade-industrial zone, aiming to facilitate trade transactions between Asia and Europe.
Titled the "International Conference on the Role of Diplomacy in Economic Development of Maku Free Trade Industrial Zone," the event was attended by representatives from China, the Economic Cooperation Organization and the Eurasian Economic Union. (Xinhua/Shadati)
This photo taken on Dec. 17, 2024 shows photo-multiplier tubes seen from the top of the acrylic sphere of the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory (JUNO) in Jiangmen, south China's Guangdong Province.
The liquid filling of the central detector of JUNO started on Wednesday.
As one of the world's most powerful experiments to uncover neutrino mystery, JUNO is expected to operate for at least 30 years. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)
