Rong Yi, chief designer of the Long March-2F rocket that has launched China’s all manned space flight missions, talks about China’s progress in manned carrier rocket development and launch vehicle technology.

Photo taken on July 6, 2022 shows a lotus flower at Daguan Park in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province.

Yangtze finless porpoise F9C22 swims with its mother in the water at the Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, June 29, 2022. 

A joint Sino-French cave exploration team has discovered a rare "cave cloud" -- a special kind of natural mineral deposit within a cave -- in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, according to the Institute of Karst Geology of China Geological Survey.

South China's island province of Hainan saw its trade with members of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) grow rapidly in the first five months of this year, local authorities said.

On a residential construction site close to Xueyuan Road in Beijing's Haidian district, more than 400 workers from China Construction Second Bureau Decoration Engineering Co Ltd delivered exterior decoration materials, installed a sanitary sewer system, and adjusted the height of luminaire for 1,101 apartments of between 20 square meters to 120 sq m. The housing project is scheduled to be completed and ready for acceptance inspection in August.

China's services sector in June expanded at its fastest pace in nearly a year amid a gradual resumption of work and production, indicating a robust recovery in business conditions.

China has implemented two rounds of nationwide inspections on ecological conservation and environmental protection in seven years and tackled problems in multiple fields, an official said Wednesday.

Life expectancy in China has increased by over 0.6 of a year to 77.93 years as health awareness and access to fitness facilities have been greatly increased in recent years, authorities said on Tuesday.