Photo taken on March 11, 2021 shows pear blossoms in Cizhu Town of Yubei District, southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. 

The 2021 China Flower Expo, the 10th such event, will take place from May 21 to July 2 in Shanghai's Chongming District. Preparation for the expo is now in its final stage.

China's latest medium and long-term economic and social development plan, approved at the country's top legislature on Thursday, unfurls a roadmap of China's development for the next five years and beyond.

Chief Executive of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Carrie Lam on Thursday issued a statement and expressed support after China's top legislature, the National People's Congress (NPC), adopted a decision to improve the HKSAR electoral system.

With the number of births expected to continue falling in China, experts have called for further policy improvements to ease the impacts on social and economic development caused by an aging population and shrinking workforce.

A hotel in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, has implanted thin, high-temperature-resistant chips in all its linens, including sheets, towels and duvet covers, with the help of the internet of things. The chips allow hotel guests to get information they need, China Central Television reported on Tuesday.

Access to basic education has greatly improved in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in recent years, Gulpari Abdula, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, China's top political advisory body, said on Wednesday.

Employees harvest pineapples at Fengyuan Village in Longgun Township of Wanning City, south China's Hainan Province, March 10, 2021. 

A farmer plants melon seedlings in Xingtai City, north China's Hebei Province, March 10, 2021. 

Xinhe County has a long history of making handmade dried noodles. In recent years, Xinhe County has promoted handmade dried noodles through various ways and encouraged villagers to make noodles so as to raise their income.