A medical staff gives a cheer-up gesture at the temporary hospital converted from Wuhan Sports Center in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 12, 2020. Looking back at 2020, there are always some warm pictures and touching moments: the dedication on the front line to fight against the epidemic, the perseverance on the way out of poverty, the courage to shoulder the responsibility on the embankment against the flood, the joy and pride when reaching the summit of Mount Qomolangma... These people and things touch our hearts and give us warmth and strength. (Photos: Xinhua)

Ce Geng (L) prepares to take an online class with her mother's company in Alxa Left Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, April 1, 2020. Ce Geng, a 9-year-old fourth grader of a Mongolian School in Alxa Left Banner, moved here with her parents to look after the sheep as the shepherd they had hired from other Province failed to come back due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The family's ranch is located near the border between China and Mongolia in the northern part of Alxa, more than 6 hours' drive from downtown Alxa Left Banner. The rocky gobi mountains around make it difficult for the family to catch stable Wi-Fi, especially in cloudy or windy days. In order not to miss Ce Geng's class, her parents have to pick her up by the pickup truck and drive around their ranch to look for better Wi-Fi when the weather is bad. Despite the difficulties, Ce Geng and her parents are still delighted to see her making progress day by day.

Zhang Guimei weeps during a lecture at the Huaping Senior High School for Girls in Lijiang, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 5, 2020. Zhang is the principal of the Huaping Senior High School for Girls, the country's first public high school that provides free education for female students, in the city of Lijiang, southwest China's Yunnan Province. She has been educating and aiding students in need, most living in isolated and poor areas. The school, led by Zhang, has created a miracle for the girls: 1,804 graduates have been admitted to colleges.

Lyu Jun (L), a member of a medical team leaving for Wuhan of Hubei Province, says goodbye to his family at Xinjiang Medical University in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 28, 2020.

Medical team members from northwest China's Qinghai Province take a break before the closure of the Wuchang temporary hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 10, 2020.

Combo photo shows imprints on the faces of medical workers leaved by goggles and masks at Xianghu campus of the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 6, 2020.

Feng Feng, a grid-based community worker, carries packs of medicine for residents in Jiang'an District of Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Feb. 24, 2020.

Luo Zixin, a student of Changsha No. 1 High School, celebrates with a split leap after finishing her gaokao, or the national college entrance exam, in Changsha, central China's Hunan Province, July 8, 2020. Luo Zixin was a silver medalist at the 2018 Aerobic Gymnatics World Championships.

A villager goes down the steel ladder to leave Atulieer village and move to their new home at a newly-built community for poverty alleviation relocation in Zhaojue County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, May 13, 2020.

Combo photo shows classmate carrying Cheng Dongdong in Qiucun primary school (L, taken on March 3, 2012), in Guangde middle school (C, taken on May 28, 2020) and in Chaohu University (R, taken on Oct. 19, 2020) in east China's Anhui Province. Born in Qiucun Town of Guangde City in 2001, Cheng Dongdong was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in 2008. From primary school to high school, Cheng had been receiving help from his classmates. In September 2020, Cheng began his university life and got supports from his new classmates as before.

Mao Yin hugs his parents after being abducted as a toddler 32 years ago in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, May 18, 2020. Born in February 1986, Mao was abducted when he was two and a half years old at the entrance of a hotel in Xi'an.

Doctor Liu Kai and the 87-year-old patient enjoy the sunset view on their way for a CT scan at the Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 5, 2020.

Zhang Jifa, veteran of the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV), tells a story about "one apple" happened during a battle of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-1953), in Xinyang, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 27, 2020. Zhang was born in 1926. He entered the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to fight in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea with the CPV army in 1951. On Oct. 19, 1950, as requested by the DPRK, CPV forces crossed the Yalu River to aid the DPRK's fight there until a truce was signed in 1953. A total of 2.9 million CPV soldiers entered the battlefield. Photographers from Xinhua took portrait photos of about 70 representatives of CPV veterans, as this year marks the 70th anniversary of the CPV entering the DPRK to fight in the war.

Combo photo shows Zhu Zirui farewell with her mother Bian Qing at the train station in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province (L, taken on Jan 3, 2020, by Hu Chenhuan), and Zhu Zirui drawing a watch on her mother's wrist(L, taken on Jan 5, 2020, by Zhang Haobo). Bian Jing, the train attendant of Nanchang passenger section, cannot always be around his daughter Zhu Zirui for work reasons. Zhu Zirui expected his mother to come home early by drawing a watch.

Medical worker Ye Qing bursts into tears at a makeshift hospital in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, March 8, 2020.

Senior Hu thumbs up on bed in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ward of the Wuhan pulmonary hospital in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, April 15, 2020. A patient surnamed Hu, a 40-year-old severe case of the COVID-19 who was diagnosed with the disease in early February, has the functions of his lungs recovered on April 5 at the Wuhan pulmonary hospital with days of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support. He is receiving rehabilitation training with the help of medical workers.

Rescuer applies powders on the sunburnt back of his colleague during the break of flood containment mission at Jiangjialing Village in Poyang County, east China's Jiangxi Province, July 11, 2020.

Peng Xiaoying (1st L) and Fan Deduo enjoy a dance with their children in a farm field in Xia'ao Village of Mayu Township, Ruian, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 1, 2020. When they are done with the farm work, Fan Deduo and his wife Peng Xiaoying have a big hobby -- choreographing dances and trying them out. Eighteen years ago, Fan was injured in a traffic accident and the trauma led him to suffer from depression. In 2016, he had decided to cope with depression by learning to dance with Peng. The couple now runs an evening livestream channel on video sharing platform Douyin, showing their new dances to over 1.4 million followers.

Chinese surveyors pose for a group photo atop Mount Qomolangma on May 27, 2020. The new height of Mount Qomolangma, the world's highest peak, is 8,848.86 meters, China and Nepal jointly announced on Dec. 8.

Villager Liang Anhe (R), 70, teaches his wife Liang Yingmi, 67, to write Chinese characters during a Mandarin training program in Wuying Village, a remote village inhabited by the Miao ethnic group where women over 40 have hardly ever attended any school, on the border between south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, on Sept. 14, 2020.

Woman volunteers carry mung bean soup for armed policemen to cool off in hot weather in Jiangjialing Village, Poyang Town of east China's Jiangxi Province, July 11, 2020. Due to lasting heavy rainfalls, east China's Jiangxi Province raised its flood-control response from level III to level I in just three days. Besides party members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and armed police who are organized to take part in the fight against the flood, a voluntary group made up of elder women in Jiangjialing Village also devote their efforts.