The contribution rate of consumption to economic growth reached 83.2 percent, the NBS said, a significant increase over the same period last year.

Beijing saw a remarkable improvement in its air quality during the first three quarters of the year, with the concentration of PM2.5 being recorded at 32 micrograms per cubic meter.

Xinjiang has entered its large-scale cotton harvest period this year. Domestically-made machinery cotton pickers have played an important role in improving the efficiency of cotton picking.

Nearly 1,000 enterprises, including more than 360 from overseas, are attending the expo.

International students from the College of International Exchange of the Shandong University of Science and Technology learn Baduanjin, a martial art for fitness purposes, at a traditional Chinese medicine hospital of the Xihai'an (West Coast) New Area in Qingdao.

The bus is designed to create a strong charm of science fiction during the convention.

The train travels about 300 kilometers and takes more than seven hours, stopping at 21 stations along the way. Due to its low fare and convenience, villagers living along the trains' route have been used to taking their agricultural products to the city to sell by this train.

The value of children bicycles directly exported by manufacturers in the county has amounted to 364 million yuan in the first seven months this year.

Agronomist Thomas A. Lumpkin, one of the first American exchange students in China since the two countries established diplomatic ties, and also a recipient of the Chinese Government's Friendship Award, calls for greater cooperation to cope with mounting global challenges.

The project is expected to create a low-carbon demonstration area which can become an eco-friendly model for Laos and other Southeast Asian countries.