The Dragon Boat Festival, also called the Duanwu Festival, falls on June 25 this year. The staff members of Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden made special Zongzi and dragon boat shaped snacks for animals to celebrate the festival. 

Chinese health authority said Thursday that it received reports of 19 newly confirmed COVID-19 cases on the Chinese mainland Wednesday, of whom 14 were domestically transmitted and five were imported.

China has arranged precautionary measures in the face of a new round of heavy rainfall in parts of the country, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management.

Chinese authorities will continue to implement regular COVID-19 prevention and control measures during the upcoming three-day Dragon Boat Festival holiday, an official said on Wednesday.

Chinese national political advisors Wednesday put forward suggestions for the country's poverty alleviation efforts during a session of the standing committee of China's top political advisory body.

China's automobile imports and exports fell 10 percent month on month in May, according to data provided by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.

Pork prices in China increased last week as demand exceeded supply, official data showed.

Zongzi is a traditional Chinese food made of glutinous rice wrapped in bamboo leaves for the occasion of Dragon Boat Festival that falls on June 25 this year. Staff members of Harbin Polarland prepared special "Fish Zongzi" to penguins. 

 In recent years, relying on its rich bamboo resources, Luoning has been developing its own variety of Zongzi and related business to help villagers to shake off poverty. 

The nucleic acid testing units and movable cabins were put into use in Beijing Anzhen Hospital to help collect swab samples for nucleic acid testing more efficiently.