Fifth Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge officially opens to traffic

20:41, December 28, 2020

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  Beijing beefs up anti-COVID-19 measures as local cases emerge

  Medical workers carry out door-to-door nucleic acid sampling on the elderly who have difficulty in moving in Shunyi District of Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 28, 2020. Beijing has expanded its nucleic acid testing and tightened COVID-19 prevention and control measures following new reports of loca

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  OTT Airlines officially operates ARJ21 jetliner

  An ARJ21 jetliner of One Two Three Airlines heads for designated area before performing its first flight at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai, east China, Dec. 28, 2020. The ARJ21 is China's first turbo-fan regional passenger jetliner manufactured by the Commercial Aircraft Corpor

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  National Public Snow and Ice Season kicks off winter fun

  Tourists enjoy ice and snow activities at the opening ceremony of the 7th National Public Ice and Snow Season at the Jingyuetan National Forest Park in Changchun, capital of Northeast China's Jilin province, on Dec 29, 2020. [Photo by Ding Luyang/chinadaily.As an important part of the event, the 19t

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  Cold wave sweeps across China

  China will end 2020 with a cold wave, as a strong wave of cold air rages across parts of central and eastern China from Monday to Thursday, dropping temperatures in more than 25 cities to record lows according to the National Meteorological Center. Pictures show a frozen Hukou Waterfall as the cold wave struck Linfen, in north China's Shanxi Province – a spectacular scene in the bitter cold of winter, December 28, 2020. (Photo: CFP)About 80 percent of the country will be affected by the cold wave. The temperature in most parts of central and east China is expected to drop by 10 degrees Celsius, while temperatures in some areas in north and south China will drop by 12 degrees. Pictures show monkeys gathering on a radiator to keep themselves warm at a zoo in Ji'nan, east China's Shandong Province, December 28, 2020. (Photo: CFP)Snow has accumulated on a road in Weifang, east China's Shandong Province, December 29, 2020. (Photo: CFP)Farmers in Yongzhou, central China's Hunan Province, cover the orange trees with plastic to protect the trees from the cold wave, December 28, 2020. (Photo: CFP)Snowplows work on the road in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwest China on December 27, 2020. (Photo: CFP)