The new project is 24 km in length and consists of two artificial islands, two bridges and a two-way, eight-lane tunnel that has a width of up to 46 m.

Beijing has upgraded its emergency response to COVID-19 from Level III to Level II, as the city is battling to contain new clusters of COVID-19.

A 9.1-million-yuan project was launched in June to restore the dilapidated parts of the 2,000-year-old Xiaoshetai section of the Great Wall in Inner Mongolia.

Many of these early lessons from China have been used to inform and illustrate the framework, which provides a series of lessons from China for the wider world.

Xinjiang also increased financial support to poverty-stricken households. It has extended loans to 117,800 impoverished households this year, totaling over 3.74 billion yuan. 

Some Tibetan youths in Deqen shared their views on intangible cultural inheritance in modern society.

This is the first time Huawei has surpassed Samsung, after the company expressed in 2016 its aim to be the world's No 1 smartphone maker within five years.

Residents of Beijing's medium and high-risk areas, as well as those related to the Xinfadi market, should not leave Beijing. Other residents should not leave the city if the trip is not necessary.

Data showed over 50 percent of nights booked from May 17 to 23 are trips within 200 miles (322 kilometers), higher than the same period last year.

Beijing has disinfected 276 farm produce markets and closed 11 such underground and semi-underground markets as of 6 a.m.