Residents shop at a store in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Nov. 28, 2022. Urumqi is gradually restoring the normal order of work and life as the COVID-19 surge has been contained.

A herd of horses gallop on snow-covered prairie in Zhaosu county, known as "hometown of pegasus", Kazak Autonomous Prefecture of Ili, northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Nov. 27, 2022.

Archeologists work at the discovery site in Yancheng, east China's Jiangsu Province. Over 1.5 tons of ancient copper coins were discovered in Jiangsu.

Despite being informed clearly by police, the BBC journalist refused to leave. He didn't identify himself as a journalist before police took him away, Zhao said, adding that the police let him leave after verifying his identity and informing him of relevant laws and regulations.

The three astronauts aboard China's Shenzhou-15 spaceship entered the country's space station and met with another astronaut trio on Wednesday, a historic gathering that added the manpower at the in-orbit space lab to six for the first time.

The item "Traditional tea processing techniques and associated social practices in China" passed the examination at the 17th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage held here from Nov. 28 to Dec. 3.

The work plan issued on Tuesday by the State Council joint prevention and control mechanism against COVID-19 aims to leverage the protective effect of vaccination to reduce the risk of severe or critical illness and death among infected seniors.

Many foreign small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have seized opportunities at the CIIE to exhibit their specialties to Chinese consumers while expressing their expectations to penetrate China’s huge market.

While China remains committed to its course of opening up, the CIIE also sees exhibitors committed to being a part of the onward progression.