BEIJING, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24hrs. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits machinery manufacturer Guangxi Liugong Group Co., Ltd. in the city of Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, April 26, 2021. Xi Jinping on Monday inspected the city of Liuzhou in Guangxi. (Xinhua/Ju Peng)
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, talks to enterprise staff while visiting machinery manufacturer Guangxi Liugong Group Co., Ltd. in the city of Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, April 26, 2021. Xi Jinping on Monday inspected the city of Liuzhou in Guangxi. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, visits a food-processing zone for local specialty Luosifen rice noodles in the city of Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, April 26, 2021. Xi Jinping on Monday inspected the city of Liuzhou in Guangxi. (Xinhua/Ju Peng)
Guests visit the 2021 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) International Investment and Trade Expo in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, April 26, 2021. The 2021 SCO International Investment and Trade Expo & SCO Qingdao Forum on Local Economic and Trade Cooperation opened here on Monday. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)
Staff members check in the cabin at Hohhot Baita International Airport in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, April 26, 2021. The first international outbound charter flight in Inner Mongolia since the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic left Hohhot on Monday for Chita of Russia, carrying 134 passengers and 10 crew members. (Xinhua/Bei He)
Tourists visit Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Spring scenic spot in Dunhuang, northwest China's Gansu Province, April 25, 2021. As of April 25, five major scenic spots in Dunhuang, including Mogao Grottoes, Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Spring, received over 390,000 tourists this year. (Photo by Zhang Xiaoliang/Xinhua)
Workers make "Si Zhang Xuan" paper at a workshop in Jingxian County, Xuancheng City of east China's Anhui Province, April 22, 2021.
Jingxian, a county under Xuancheng City in east China's Anhui Province, is the very place where Xuan paper, an ideal material in Chinese calligraphy and painting because of its smooth surface and ability to absorb water and moisten ink, was invented.
At a workshop of Xuan paper, over 50 workers gather around a gigantic tank for the paper molding process. Led by their headman, workers dip a huge wooden mold into the tank to collect paper pulp. Repeating this for several times, they let the paper pulp condense evenly on the mold. When the pulp-collection is finished, the mold is put aside awaiting further processes.
The condensed paper pulp will then go through drying, cutting and other steps till the final product is ready. Measuring 13.2 meters in length and 3.6 meters in width, this huge piece of Xuan paper known as the "Si Zhang Xuan" mainly serves artistic purposes. (Xinhua/Han Xu)
Aerial photo taken on April 25, 2021 shows a tea garden in Zouma Township of Hefeng County, central China's Hubei Province. (Photo by Yang Shunpi/Xinhua)
Aerial photo taken on April 25, 2021 shows blooming jacaranda flowers on a road in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)
Soldiers lay flowers to commemorate the victims of the Chernobyl disaster in Minsk, Belarus, April 26, 2021. Belarus on Monday marked the 35th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. The Chernobyl nuclear power plant, some 110 km north of the Ukrainian capital Kiev, witnessed one of the worst nuclear accidents in human history on April 26, 1986, when a series of explosions ripped through the No.4 reactor, spreading radiation across Ukraine, Belarus, Russia and other European countries. (Photo by Henadz Zhinkov/Xinhua)
People holding signs take part in a Stop Asian Hate rally in San Jose, California, the United States, April 25, 2021. (Photo by Dong Xudong/Xinhua)
People participate in a rally against U.S. embargo in Santa Clara, Cuba, April 25, 2021. Thousands of people participated in rallies in different cities across Cuba on Sunday, demanding an end to the six-decade U.S. embargo on the island. (Xinhua/Joaquin Hernandez)
Li Wenwen of China competes during the women's +87kg match at the Asian Weightlifting Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, April 25, 2021. Li broke the world record to lift 148kg and cleared 187kg in clean and jerk to win the gold with a 335kg total. (Xinhua)
Technicians take part in the cold-running test at a section of Shanghai Metro Line 18 in east China's Shanghai, April 26, 2021. The cold-running test of the first phase of the northern section of Shanghai Metro Line 18, from Yuqiao to South Changjiang Road, began on Monday, and will be followed by a series of tests, including power transmission and hot-running tests. It is expected to open to trial operation by the end of 2021, by which time the total mileage of Shanghai Metro will reach 809 kilometers. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)■
