XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2024: CHINA NEWS (Part 2)

XINHUA PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2024: CHINA NEWS (Part 2)

A visitor touches the fingers of a robot at the World Intelligence Expo 2024 in north China's Tianjin, June 22, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Ran)

This combo photo shows a portrait of Li Deren in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, May 13, 2024 (above) and Xue Qikun standing on stairs at Tsinghua University in Beijing, capital of China, June 17, 2024 (below). Li Deren and Xue Qikun won the national top sci-tech award for the year 2023 during the national science and technology award conference held in Beijing on June 24, 2024. (Xinhua/Xiong Qi, Jin Liwang)

Participants chat outside the Dalian International Conference Center, venue of the 15th Annual Meeting of the New Champions, in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, June 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

Researchers prepare to weigh Chang'e-6 lunar samples during a returner opening ceremony at the China Academy of Space Technology under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation in Beijing, capital of China, June 26, 2024. China's Chang'e-6 mission collected 1,935.3 grams of samples from the far side of the moon. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)

A soldier takes an oath to the flag of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to celebrate the 103rd anniversary of the founding of the CPC at a border defense station under the Xizang military command, June 29, 2024. (Photo by Zuo Yu/Xinhua)

Rescuers transfer residents trapped in flood-affected areas in Daxi Village of Pingjiang County of Yueyang, central China's Hunan Province, July 1, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Sihan)

This screen image captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center on July 3, 2024 shows Shenzhou-18 astronaut Li Cong going out for extravehicular activities. (Xinhua/Guo Zhongzheng)

Student representatives attend a ceremony marking the 87th anniversary of the beginning of China's whole-nation resistance war against Japanese aggression at the Museum of the War of the Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing, capital of China, July 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)

Rescue personnel successfully seal a 226-meter dike breach at Dongting Lake in Yueyang, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2024. A dike breach occurred on July 5, 2024 at Dongting Lake due to persistent heavy rain across the province. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)

Tourists from Italy pose for a group photo after practicing Tai Chi at the Tiantan Park (Temple of Heaven) in Beijing, capital of China, July 9, 2024. A series of policies facilitating personnel exchanges between China and other countries, including the visa-free transit policy, have fueled a surge in international arrivals. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

The Tian'anmen Square and its surrounding buildings are pictured in Beijing, capital of China, July 17, 2024. On July 27, 2024, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) inscribed the "Beijing Central Axis: A Building Ensemble Exhibiting the Ideal Order of the Chinese Capital" on its World Heritage List. (Xinhua/Chen Zhonghao)

This photo taken on July 23, 2024 shows the closing ceremony of a reconciliation dialogue among Palestinian factions in Beijing, capital of China. At the invitation of the Chinese side, high-level representatives of 14 Palestinian factions held a reconciliation dialogue in Beijing and inked the Beijing Declaration on Ending Division and Strengthening Palestinian National Unity. (Xinhua/Zhai Jianlan)

Bai Yuntian (2nd R), deputy leader of a firefighting and rescue station, instructs rescue team members to control a rubber boat with gestures while transferring stranded residents in Linjiang, northeast China's Jilin Province, July 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Nan)

A rider demonstrates his skills at a racecourse in Litang County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 30, 2024. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)

Hideo Shimizu, 94 years old, prays in front of a list of victims at the Exhibition Hall of Evidences of Crime Committed by Unit 731 of the Japanese Imperial Army in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Aug. 13, 2024. After a 79-year hiatus, Hideo Shimizu, a former member of Unit 731, the notorious Japanese germ-warfare detachment during World War II, returned to China to acknowledge the atrocities committed by the invading Japanese forces and to offer sincere repentance and apologies to the victims. (Xinhua/Wang Jianwei)

Yin Kai, a motion capture stuntman, works at a workshop in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Aug. 28, 2024. Yin undertook the majority of the action work for the protagonist of China's first 3A game "Black Myth: Wukong." (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)

Air China and China Southern Airlines, two major airlines in China, receive their first C919 large passenger aircraft delivered by Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. in Shanghai, east China, Aug. 28, 2024. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)

The 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation opens in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 5, 2024. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)

Meng Rongda (rear) and his students walk out of the classroom at Zhongzhai teaching site in Xishan Township of Congjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Sept. 6, 2024. Meng has been working as a teacher, cook and caretaker at the teaching site for years in the landlocked mountainous area, devoting himself to rural children. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)

Rescuers remove fallen branches blocking a road in Chengmai County, south China's Hainan Province, Sept. 7, 2024. Yagi, the 11th typhoon of the year 2024, made landfall in Hainan on Sept. 6, 2024. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)

A helicopter transports supplies to the "Dome.C" point at an altitude of 6,100 meters from a Chinese scientific expedition base camp at an altitude of 5,400 meters on Purog Kangri Glacier which is roughly 90 km northeast of Shuanghu County, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 9, 2024. China launched a scientific expedition in August 2024 to investigate the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau -- known as Asia's "water tower" -- with a target region encompassing "one glacier, two lakes and three rivers." The region is home to Purog Kangri Glacier, the largest glacier in the world, located in the mid to low-latitude regions, as well as Siling Lake and Namtso Lake, the largest and second-largest lakes in Xizang, respectively. It is also the birthplace of the Yangtze River, Nujiang River and Yarlung Zangbo River. (Xinhua/Jiang Fan)

A feeder milks white cashmere goats in Rutog County of Ngari Prefecture, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Sept. 13, 2024. (Xinhua/Sun Ruibo)

This photo taken on Sept. 25, 2024 shows the first newly-installed test prototype of the Core Array of China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under the starry sky in southwest China's Guizhou Province. Sept. 25, 2024 marked the eighth anniversary of the launch of China's FAST. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)

This combo photo shows Huang Zongde, a recipient of the Medal of the Republic, heading for the Great Hall of the People aboard a motorcade (above) and recipients of national honorary titles heading for the Great Hall of the People aboard a motorcade, in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 29, 2024. A presentation ceremony for national medals and national honorary titles of the People's Republic of China was held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhai Jianlan, Liu Bin)

A helicopter takes part in a military exercise organized by the Xinjiang military command in Karakoram Mountains, Sept. 29, 2024. (Photo by Ji Jiantao/Xinhua)

Tang Yulin, a forest ranger, interacts with a Sichuan golden snub-nosed monkey, in Baihe National Nature Reserve in Jiuzhaigou County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Oct. 11, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)

A supermoon is seen over Bei'an, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Oct. 17, 2024. (Photo by Qian Boyu/Xinhua)

The comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) is seen passing Dingdu Pavilion in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 22, 2024. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)

The formations of Chinese aircraft carriers Liaoning and Shandong carry out a dual aircraft carrier formation exercise for the first time in the South China Sea in late October 2024. The exercise was part of the Liaoning aircraft carrier formation's regular real-combat training in the high seas. (Photo by Chen Mengxi/Xinhua)

A worker paints the wall of the Potala Palace during an annual renovation of the ancient architectural complex in Lhasa, southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Oct. 30, 2024. The paint is made from a blend of milk, honey, sugar, saffron and lime, which gives the paint a sticky quality that helps it adhere to the ancient walls, providing much-needed protection. (Xinhua/Tenzin Nyida)

The Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, Oct. 30, 2024. China on Oct. 30, 2024 successfully launched the Shenzhou-19 crewed spaceship, sending three astronauts to its orbiting space station for a six-month mission. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)

This combo photo of images captured at Beijing Aerospace Control Center shows a group photo of the crew of Shenzhou-18 and Shenzhou-19 manned spaceships, Oct. 30, 2024 (above), and a group photo of the crew of Shenzhou-17 and Shenzhou-18 manned spaceships, April 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Jie, Jin Liangkuai)

Tourists watch a rainbow over the Hukou Waterfall of the Yellow River in Jixian County, north China's Shanxi Province, Nov. 4, 2024. (Photo by Lyu Guiming/Xinhua)

Soldiers escort coffins containing the remains of Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs at the Taoxian international airport in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 28, 2024. The remains of 43 CPV soldiers who lost their lives during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953) were returned to China from the Republic of Korea (ROK) on Nov. 28, 2024. (Xinhua/Li Jie)

Workers collect ice from the Songhua River for scenery building at tourist attractions in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 9, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

A skiing rescuer works at an international ski resort in Hemu of Altay Prefecture, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 3, 2024. The occupation of skiing rescuer is among the new occupations announced by China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security in 2024. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)

Members of China's 41st Antarctic expedition team and penguins are pictured while China's research icebreakers Xuelong and Xuelong 2 are carrying out unloading operations surrounding Zhongshan Station, a Chinese research base in Antarctica, Dec. 8, 2024. (Xinhua/Huang Taoming)

A herdsman herds horses on snow-covered grassland in East Ujimqin Banner of Xilingol League, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Dec. 12, 2024. (Xinhua/Peng Yuan)

People pose for photos at the Senado Square in south China's Macao, Dec. 20, 2024. Macao marked the 25th anniversary of its return to the motherland on Dec. 20, 2024. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

This photo shows the CR450AF bullet train in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 29, 2024. Prototypes of the CR450 bullet train, with a test speed of up to 450 kilometers per hour and an operational speed of 400 kilometers per hour, were debuted in Beijing on Dec. 29, 2024, highlighting China's cutting-edge advancements in rail technology and contributions to the global rail industry. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

The Tianshan Shengli Tunnel along the Urumqi-Yuli Expressway completes tunneling in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 30, 2024. The tunnel, a key project of the Urumqi-Yuli Expressway, will reduce the time it takes to drive across the middle section of the Tianshan Mountains from several hours to about 20 minutes once operational. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)