Once inundated by extremism and poverty, region has come on strong economically to become magnet for tourists.

President Xi Jinping has underlined protecting the ecology and environment, giving priority to independent innovation and bolstering community services as the nation carries forward a strategy to revitalize the northeastern region in the new era.

Foreign direct investment in China has grown 17 percent year-on-year to 798.33 billion yuan ($117.56 billion) in the first seven months of this year, indicating that the country's ability to attract capital is intact despite challenges threatening the recovery of the global economy, said experts and executives of international companies on Thursday.

China has published an action plan from 2022 to 2030 on supporting the country's carbon reduction goal by science and technology measures.

China has seen a rapid growth of netizens over the past decade, along with a higher internet popularity rate, Niu Yibing, spokesman of the country's top cyberspace regulator, told a news conference on Friday.

A massive fire burns on a mountain in Fuling district of Chongqing, Aug. 19, 2022. Firefighters battle to contain the blaze.

Male giant panda Qing Qing enjoys icy birthday cakes at the Dujiangyan base of the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda in Dujiangyan, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 18, 2022. 

In front of the camera, Robert Adolf, a 25-year-old German, is learning horsetail embroidery techniques from the Shui people by stitching horsehair on a shoe in Sandu Shui Autonomous County.

The WRC 2022 is held from Aug. 18 to 21 in Beijing. More than 500 sets of robots are displayed during the conference and over 30 of them make their world debuts in Beijing. The conference, which is held both online and offline, features three major events including forum, expo and competition.