Xinhua Pictures of the Year 2020-China News
Sonam Drolma (R), 109, interacts with her sister in Reguo Village of Gyaca County in Shannan, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 24, 2020. (Xinhua/Purbu Zhaxi)
Ce Geng (L), accompanied by her mother, prepares to take an online class in Alxa Left Banner, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, April 1, 2020. The rocky gobi mountains around make it difficult for the family to connect stable internet signal, especially in cloudy or windy days. In order not to miss Ce Geng's class, her parents have to drive around their ranch to look for places with better signal when the weather is bad. (Xinhua/Lian Zhen)
Aerial photo taken on April 10, 2020 shows children playing table tennis on the roof of a building in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)
Students of Simin primary school write Spring Festival couplets in a patio in Sizhai Village of Baihu Town in Zhuji, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 7, 2020. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)
A child skips rope in Beijing, capital of China, March 15, 2020. People walked out of their houses to do exercises in spring time as the COVID-19 epidemic in the country has subdued. (Xinhua/Lan Hongguang)
Maintenance workers inspect railroads on Xilingol grassland in Xilinhot, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 13, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Lei)
Aerial photo taken on Jan. 4, 2020 shows athletes taking part in the cross-country ski competition in Changchun Jingyuetan International Vasaloppet Ski Festival in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province. (Xinhua/Xu Chang)
Aerial photo taken on March 30, 2020 shows the accident site after a train derailed at Yonghua Village of Yongxing County in Chenzhou City, central China's Hunan Province. (Xinhua/Li Ga)
Aerial photo taken on March 11, 2020 shows a worker feeding geese at a breeding base in Tonggu Town of Jinping County, southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
Panoramic photo taken on Jan. 8, 2020 shows China's Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
Aerial photo taken on June 6, 2020 shows a resettlement community for relocated residents of Rasekam Village in Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)
Chinese Basketball Association President Yao Ming watches a match between Nanjing Monkey Kings and Zhejiang Lions, the first match after 2019/20 Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league's resumption, in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province on June 20, 2020. The CBA season, which was halted on February 1 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, resumed on June 20. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)
Aerial photo taken on June 24, 2020 shows the Nishui Liugui Village Fortress in Humen Township of Dongguan City, south China's Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)
Yang Yonglin (C, front), a poverty alleviation official, poses for a photo with people of the Yi ethnic group in Juesa Town of Butuo County in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, June 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
Peng Xiaoying (1st L) and her husband Fan Deduo enjoy a dance with their children in Xia'ao Village of Mayu Town, Ruian, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 1, 2020. Eighteen years ago, Fan was injured in a traffic accident and then suffered from depression. In 2016, he decided to cope with depression by learning to dance his wife. The couple now runs a livestream channel on video sharing platform Tik Tok, showing their dances to followers. (Xinhua/Zheng Mengyu)
Teachers rehearse for the national college entrance exam at the No. 12 Middle School in Beijing, capital of China, July 3, 2020. Strict anti-coronavirus measures are required across the country to ensure the safety and health of the candidates for the exam. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Ding Wei (L), head coach of Guangzhou Loong Lions, reacts during a match between Beijing Royal Fighters and Guangzhou Loong Lions at the 2019-2020 Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, July 9, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng)
Women volunteers carry mung bean soup for armed policemen who take part in the fight against the flood in Jiangjialing Village, Poyang County of east China's Jiangxi Province, July 11, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhou Mi)
Zhang Jiacheng (R) plays basketball with his schoolmate before morning class at a middle school in Gaocun Town of Yunfu City, south China's Guangdong Province, June 4, 2020. Zhang, 14, lost part of his right arm due to an accident in 2010. In 2018, he played basketball for the first time on a free training class for children in summer vacation. With strong interest in basketball, Zhang has a dream to become a professional player and keeps practising every day. His video of skillfully playing basketball with one arm went viral on internet, winning applause and encouragement from netizens. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
Students pose for a graduate photo at Nanchang University in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, June 10, 2020. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)
A Mars probe is launched on a Long March-5 rocket from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in south China's Hainan Province, July 23, 2020. China launched the Mars probe designed to complete orbiting, landing and roving in one mission, taking the first step in its planetary exploration of the solar system. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
Su Kefan, the first spectator of the resumed 2019/20 Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league, shows his ticket on the stand before a match between Shanghai Sharks and Shandong Heroes in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, July 26, 2020. The Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league resumed on June 20 after a nearly five-month hiatus. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)
Chen Xiaomei (L) and Ji Chao, once members of the medical assistance team from Hainan, visit Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Aug. 7, 2020. The province invited medical staff who had assisted Hubei during the COVID-19 outbreak, as well as local medical workers, community workers and volunteers, to visit its tourist attractions. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Passengers carry poultry on a low-speed train linking Puxiong Township in southwest China's Yunnan and Panzhihua City in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 14, 2020. Train No. 5633/5634, connecting Puxiong and Panzhihua, runs a distance of 353 kilometers and stops at 26 stations during the about 9-hour trip. During the past 30 years, the ticket price remains unchanged and the train has provided traffic convenience for local people along the railway. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)
Combo photo taken on July 15, 2020 shows villagers' smiles in Shenshan Village of Jinggangshan, east China's Jiangxi Province. Local authorities has been supporting poverty alleviation industries and rural tourism to help increase villagers' income. The village was lifted out of poverty in 2017. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)
Women are on their way to work at a blueberry plantation in Tuojue Town of Butuo County in Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 13, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Kun)
Aerial photo taken on Aug. 13, 2020 shows the construction site of Beijing-Xiong'an intercity railway's Xiong'an Station in Xiong'an New Area, north China's Hebei Province. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)
Workers fulfill a well-drilling task on the Kantan No.3 offshore oil platform in the northern waters of the South China Sea, July 26, 2020. (Xinhua/Pu Xiaoxu)
A participant competes during a stone-lifting competition in Damxung County, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Aug. 11, 2020. (Xinhua/Purbu Zhaxi)
Aerial photo taken on Sept. 28, 2020 shows salt fields at Mangkam County in Qamdo City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Zhan Yan)
A worker labors in a tunnel of a water diversion project under the Qinling Mountains in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Nov. 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
Dong Yue, the secretary of the Hedong village branch of the Communist Party of China, plays with his daughter after a day's work in the woods of Hedong Village in Yiyuan County, east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 10, 2020. The 35-year-old Dong Yue was dispatched to the village to take on this responsibility from the water conservancy bureau of Zibo City in 2019. With no one in the family to help them take care of their daughter Dong Zaiyi, Dong Yue and his wife, who is a teacher, decided to take turns to look after the girl. During the week of Dong Yue's turn, he always brings his daughter to the village and takes her everywhere he goes. In the day time, the girl accompanies her father to visit villagers, and during the night, Dong Yue takes care of his daughter as carefully as a mother. A year passed by, Dong Zaiyi witnessed the construction of village roads and a cultural square, as well as other improvements under the lead of her father. For Dong Yue and Dong Zaiyi, life in the village was sometimes hard but always full and meaningful. This special experience is likely to become one of the most unforgettable memories in their life. (Photo by Zhao Dongshan/Xinhua)
Image released by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) on Dec. 4, 2020 shows China's national flag unfurled from the Chang'e-5 probe on the moon. The image was taken by a panoramic camera installed on the lander-ascender combination of the probe, before the ascender blasted off from the moon with lunar samples. (CNSA/Handout via Xinhua)
Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) veterans enter the venue of the meeting marking the 70th anniversary of the CPV entering the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to fight in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 23, 2020. (Xinhua/Lai Xiangdong)
Combo photo shows the family of quadruplet girls posing for group photos at their old house on Sept. 14, 2011 (L, up) and on May 25, 2016 (R, up) and at their new house on Sept. 7, 2017 (L, down) and on Sept. 10, 2020 (R, down) in Shangbao Village of Ganzhou City, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Wan Xiang)
A worker paints the wall of the Potala Palace during an annual renovation of the ancient architectural complex in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, Oct. 28, 2020. (Xinhua/Purbu Zhaxi)
Jiayangji practises dance moves in Keshang Village of Jinyuan Tibetan Township in Hualong Hui Autonomous County, northwest China's Qinghai Province, Sept. 17, 2020. Jiayangji was a member of the student art troupe called Keba Dreams. After three years' of training, all 20 troupe members were admitted by colleges and universities in 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Jinhai)
Shen Zijie (L) of Shenzhen Aviators vies with Liu Guancen of Shanxi Loongs during the 21st round match between Shanxi Loongs and Shenzhen Aviators at the 2020-2021 season of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league in Zhuji, east China's Zhejiang Province, Dec. 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng)
Harimoto Tomokazu of Japan serves during the men's singles quarterfinal match against Mattias Falck of Sweden at 2020 ITTF Men's World Cup in Weihai, east China's Shandong Province, Nov. 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng)
Tu Boyi, veteran of the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV), shows his medals in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 28, 2020. Tu was born in 1931. 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 1950. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Aerial photo taken on Nov. 7, 2020 shows a fire engine patrolling in Beiji Village of Mohe City, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Photo by Zhang Tao/Xinhua)
An elderly woman interacts with a medical worker at Wei Yuan hospital in Longhui County, central China's Hunan Province, Oct. 12, 2020. The hospital set up the geriatric unit in 2010, which provides nursing, rehabilitation, entertainment and food services to elderly residents. (Xinhua/Cai Yang)
Veterans of the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) and young pioneers pay tribute to the martyrs at the Memorial Hall of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, in Dandong, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Sept. 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)
Aerial panoramic photo taken on Sept. 12, 2020 shows the Houhai area in Nanshan District of Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province. Known as a paragon of opening-up and development, Shenzhen in Guangdong Province is one of China's earliest special economic zones. Starting from a small town, it has developed into a key economic hub in the past 40 years. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)
Customers select goods at a tax-free shop in Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Oct. 5, 2020. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
Yu Wulin of Nu ethnic group shares the scenery of Nujiang Valley via livestreaming from his homestay in Laomudeng Village in Fugong County, Lisu Autonomous Prefecture of Nujiang, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Nov. 3, 2020. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)
Combo photo taken between July and October 2020 shows villagers, who used to be registered as impoverished households in over 20 cities and counties of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, smiling as they have benefited from the businesses under poverty alleviation program. (Xinhua)
Students take part in the opening ceremony of a new semester at Wuhan High School in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Sept. 1, 2020. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Tamas Kadar of Shandong Luneng is injured with blood dripping off his nose during the 8th round match between Shandong Luneng and Dalian FC at the postponed 2020 season Chinese Football Association Super League (CSL) Dalian Division in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Aug. 29, 2020. (Xinhua/Pan Yulong)
Aerial photo taken on Aug. 19, 2020 shows a villager playing football at a stadium near his village in Madoi County in Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Golog, northwest China's Qinghai Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Long)
Aerial photo taken on Aug. 16, 2020 shows the Tuotuo River, a source of the Yangtze River, in northwest China's Qinghai Province. (Xinhua/Wu Gang)
A child lays flower to pay tribute at the Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 3, 2020. September 3 marked the 75th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)
People send children to school after roads were damaged by flooding and landslide in Heping Village of Luotang Town in Longnan City, northwest China's Gansu Province, on Aug. 22, 2020. Local government has organized rescuers to repair damaged roads in order to ensure that children can go to school safely. Village officials and parents joined in a voluntary service team to protect children on their way to school. (Xinhua/Chen Bin)
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. Zhang 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. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)
A motorcade takes recipient of the Medal of the Republic Zhong Nanshan, along with recipients of the "People's Hero" national honorary title Zhang Boli, Zhang Dingyu and Chen Wei, to the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 8, 2020. China started a meeting on Sept. 8, 2020 in Beijing to commend role models in the country's fight against the COVID-19 epidemic. (Xinhua/Liu Bin)
A farmer harvests Chinese cabbages at a vegetable planting base in Gaoyuan Village of Xiji County, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 7, 2020. (Xinhua/Yang Zhisen)
Photo taken on Aug. 19, 2020 shows water gushing out from the Three Gorges Dam in central China's Hubei Province. The inflow of water at the Three Gorges reservoir reached 72,000 cubic meters per second at noon on August 19. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Deputies to the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) vote overwhelmingly to approve the NPC Decision on Establishing and Improving the Legal System and Enforcement Mechanisms for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to Safeguard National Security at the closing meeting of the third session of the 13th National People's Congress in Beijing, capital of China, May 28, 2020. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)
Aerial photo taken on May 13, 2020 shows Mou'se Laluo and his wife Jike Aniu with their two kids going 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. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)
Villagers are seen at a square in Simola Wa Village in Qingshui Town of Tengchong City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, May 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)
Aerial photo taken on May 17, 2020 shows the Yuli-Qiemo highway under construction in Taklimakan Desert, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)
Children have fun in "Dove Lane" in the old town Tuancheng of Hotan City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 27, 2020. Gezixiang, meaning "Dove Lane", is located inside the old town Tuancheng in Hotan City. It used to be a shabby and dirty place where people traded doves. After four years of renovation, the lane has turned into a tourist attraction and becomes the town's landmark place. (Xinhua/Sadat)
In this aerial photo taken on May 12, 2020, villagers renovate a dilapidated house in Daping Village of Rongshui Miao Autonomous County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
A Chinese surveyor conducts surveying atop Mount Qomolangma on May 27, 2020. (Xinhua/Tashi Tsering)
Aerial photo taken on May 1, 2020 shows a winding road leading to a village in Yecheng County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. As a part of poverty alleviation projects in the region, the road is upgraded to improve traffic capacity. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)
Workers are seen at a construction site of Songshan Mountain tunnel of Shaoguan-Xinfeng highway in Shaoguan, south China's Guangdong Province, April 28, 2020. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)
Volunteer teacher Gun Yinyun (L) demonstrates pronunciation to Wei Meili, a villager of Miao ethnic group, during a Mandarin training program in Wuying Village, which lies on the border of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, on May 8, 2020. Located deep in the mountains, Wuying is a remote village inhabited by the Miao ethnic group. Women over 40 in this village have hardly ever attended any school. Since March 2020, local authorities have piloted a Mandarin training program at Wuying Village to teach local women Mandarin, music, dance and other skills. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Xinhua Pictures of the Year 2020-China News
