Sixth-grade students from a severely-shattered township attend class at a temporary site in Dingri County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, March 5, 2025.
Two months after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit Dingri County, home to the northern base camp of the world's highest peak, Mount Qomolangma, thousands of children were able to return to class to start the new semester, as builders raced against time in conducting reconstruction work.
Students from the 79 schools affected by the earthquake resumed classes as scheduled on Wednesday, together with all other students in the city of Xigaze, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.
These 79 schools in the county suffered various degrees of damage during the quake, which claimed 126 lives back in January. Among these, 76 schools have met safety standards after being repaired and reinforced.
Meanwhile, a trio of primary schools in three severely-shattered townships in Dingri require complete reconstruction. These schools transferred 1,479 students to four other sites for the start of the new semester this week. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)
The opening meeting of the third session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)
People wearing costumes of "Gille" attend the Binche Carnival, a UNESCO World Heritage event, in Binche, Belgium, March 4, 2025. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)
Chinese Minister of Education Huai Jinpeng gives an interview after the opening meeting of the third session of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)
An aerial photo taken on March 4, 2025 shows a night view of Qinzhou Port in Qinzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
The New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, a key logistics network connecting China's western regions to global markets, has transported 209,000 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) via intermodal rail-sea service in the first two months of this year, according to the China Railway Nanning Group.
This volume has already exceeded the total for 2019, marking a year-on-year increase of 58.4 percent, the railway group said. (Xinhua/Zhang Ailin)
Zhang Ning (R) of Shanxi Loongs celebrates after scoring the match point during the match between Zhejiang Lions and Shanxi Loongs at the 2024-2025 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, March 5, 2025. (Xinhua/Jiang Han)
This photo taken on March 4, 2025 shows a demonstration of a humanoid robot at the 2025 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
The 2025 Mobile World Congress (MWC) opened here on Monday, bringing together industry leaders, policymakers, and technology innovators to explore advancements in 5G, artificial intelligence (AI), and advanced connectivity.
The four-day event, hosted by the GSMA at the Fira Gran Via exhibition center, is themed "Converge, Connect, Create," emphasizing the fusion of mobile and AI-driven technologies. (Xinhua/Zhao Dingzhe)
A farmer operates a drone to fertilize a wheat field in Xinghua City, east China's Jiangsu Province, March 5, 2025.
Wednesday marks the day of "Jingzhe" or "Awakening of Insects," the third of 24 solar terms on China's Lunar Calendar. It is believed to be the time for spring farming. (Photo by Zhou Shegen/Xinhua)
A drone photo taken on March 5, 2025 shows the Wujiang Grand Bridge under construction along the Wengma Railway extension project in southwest China's Guizhou Province.
Construction of the main structure of the bridge was finished on Wednesday. The 520-meter bridge, with a span of 337 meters, has a vertical height of 200 meters from the bridge deck down to the river surface. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)
