Thirteen panda cubs, all born this year, on Wednesday met the public at the breeding base in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province.

An educator and philosopher, Confucius (551-479 B.C.), who founded a school of thought known as Confucianism, profoundly influenced later generations of Chinese society. He was also the first to set up private schools in China that enrolled students from different social classes.

Visitors enjoy autumn scenery at Shidawan scenic spot in Chaihe Town, Zhalantun City of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Sept. 27, 2022.

Elected by 38 electoral units to represent the Party's over 96 million members, the delegates will review the work reports submitted by the 19th CPC Central Committee and the 19th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) at the five-yearly congress in Beijing.

Premier Li Keqiang called on Wednesday for efforts to effectively coordinate pandemic response and socioeconomic development and step up implementing policies on stabilizing the economic growth to enable the economy to remain within a reasonable range in the fourth quarter.

The 22 policies will boost market demand, stabilize growth, inject more vitality into market entities and further improve business environment, said Wu Qing, Shanghai's executive vice-mayor, at a news conference.

In 2021, agricultural technology progress contributed 61 percent of the sector's development, up 3.5 percentage points from 2017. And the crop cultivation and harvest mechanization rate has exceeded 72 percent, up 6 percentage points from 2017.

The future of Taiwan must and can only be jointly decided by all Chinese people, a mainland spokesperson said Wednesday while refuting the Democratic Progressive Party authorities' remarks distorting UN General Assembly Resolution 2758.

The estimated figure is 30 percent lower than that of the same period a year ago, the ministry said Wednesday. Passenger trips via waterways are forecast to increase 16 percent to 7.2 million during the period.

Aerial photo taken on Sept. 27, 2022 shows salt harvested at the Changlu Daqinghe saltworks in Tangshan, north China's Hebei Province.