People hold a fire dragon dance to celebrate the Miao Sisters Festival in Taijiang county, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province last Sunday. The dance is a Miao tradition in Taijiang county. Dragon dancers perform shirtless in the firelight, creating a spectacular scene. The dance is known as "the game of the brave.”(Photo: China News Service)

Some 1,000 Chinese workers on Monday night managed to upgrade a high-speed railway by installing a new railway junction in less than seven hours. The construction connects a newly built line with the existing railway line. (Photo: Xinhua)

The Nang Cultural Industrial Park (Phase I) in Urumqi reopened after renovation. The renovation enriched the content of the Nang Culture Museum in the park and enhanced visitor experience. (Photo: China News Service)

Xinjiang generated some 84.45 billion kilowatt-hours of clean energy power last year, a record high. About 32 percent of the electricity was transmitted to 20 other Chinese provinces, regions and municipalities, helping cut over 23 million tons of carbon dioxide. (Photo: Xinhua)

A Long March-4C rocket carrying the Yaogan-34 satellite blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China on Friday. (Photo: Xinhua)

Tourists take photos on Friday of cattle crossing the Jialing River in Peng'an county of Nangchong city, Southwest China's Sichuan Province. The scene of cattle moving to grassland for grazing across the Jialing River has become quite popular among tourists. (Photo: Xinhua)

Fishing vessels berth at a port on Friday in Penglai district of Yantai, East China's Shandong Province. The annual summer fishing ban, covering the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and the waters north to 12 degrees north latitude of the South China Sea, started Saturday. (Photo: Xinhua)

Chen Yiwen (L) and Chang Yani of China compete in the women's 3 meter synchronized final during the FINA Diving World Cup in Tokyo, Japan, on Saturday. (Photo: Xinhua)

May 1 is the first day of China’s five-day Labor Day or May Day holiday. High-speed railway stations across the country have been crowded with passengers. Departure passenger flows on the first day of the holiday are expected to peak at about 57.9 million trips, up 115 percent and 6 percent from 2020 and 2019, respectively. (Photo: CFP)