China has made significant breakthroughs in gold exploration, adding a remarkable 168 metric tons of new gold resources discovered from Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Gansu province and Heilongjiang province, the China Geological Survey announced on Sunday.

China’s population has fallen for the third straight year, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world’s second most populous nation that is now facing both an aging population and an emerging shortage of working age people able to support their elders.

On January 11, 2025, in Heilongjiang, China, @Hǎigēnóngyèshūcàiyǒujīféi shared a video of a small excavator overturning during unloading. The author, a mechanical worker, filmed the incident where the excavator was unloading cargo from a truck without a ramp.

According to a report jointly published by the China Association of Travel Services and online travel agency Tuniu, the average trip duration for travel package customers during the upcoming holiday stands at around 4.8 days, longer than the 4.3 days during the Spring Festival of 2019, the last one before the pandemic.

China Geological Survey under the Ministry of Natural Resources announced on Sunday significant gold discoveries in Northwest China’s Gansu Province, North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province,

Young violinists from the Harbin Schoenfeld Children's Arts Society perform in a musical flash mob at Harbin Snow and Ice World in Heilongjiang province on Jan 12, 2025. The event was held to promote the upcoming 9th Asian Winter Games, which will be held from Feb 7 to 14 in Harbin. ZHANG TAO/XINHUA

This winter northeast China Heilongjiang Province is drawing tourists with its spectacular ice and snow attractions

People enjoy rime scenery at a scenic spot in Wudalianchi, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 4, 2025. (Photo by Lu Wenxiang/Xinhua) An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 4, 2025 shows rime scenery in Fuyuan, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Photo by Qu Yubao/Xinhua)

China's top intellectual property regulator said that it has approved and registered 19 special symbols for the upcoming 9th Asian Winter Games Harbin 2025, including the emblem and mascots, to ensure comprehensive IP protection for the event.

Andrew Woods, a skier from New Zealand, enjoyed his time at the 23rd China Changchun Jingyuetan Vasaloppet International Ski Festival in Changchun,

On January 11, 2025, in Heilongjiang, China, @Hǎigēnóngyèshūcàiyǒujīféi shared a video of a small excavator overturning during unloading. The author, a mechanical worker, filmed the incident where the excavator was unloading cargo from a truck without a ramp.

A growing number of countries are confronting the dual challenges of population decline and aging. China said Friday that its population fell for a third straight year in 2024.