BEIJING, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Chinese President Xi Jinping holds a virtual meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 15, 2021. (Xinhua/Yin Bogu)
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, meets with representatives attending a conference of the All-China Journalists Association (ACJA) and winners of this year's China Journalism Award at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 15, 2021. Li Keqiang and Wang Huning, who are members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, attended the event. (Xinhua/Li Xueren)
Aerial photo taken on March 31, 2021 shows the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope (FAST) under maintenance in southwest China's Guizhou Province. Using the FAST, also known as the "China Sky Eye," scientists have identified over 500 new pulsars since October 2017. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
Aerial photo taken on Dec.14, 2021 shows energy storage facilities of the Hexin wind power plant in Bozhou, east China's Anhui Province. In comparison to conventional wind farms, the Hexin wind power plant in Bozhou is equipped with energy storage facilities with a capacity of 10 MWh. It can store electricity during peak generation hours and then release it during peak consumption hours. By redistributing electricity during peak and off-peak hours, the "new energy + storage" system contributes to the stable operation of the power grid and new energy consumption. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan)
Aerial photo taken on Dec. 14, 2021 shows the construction site of a railway bridge along the Laixi-Rongcheng high-speed railway in east China's Shandong Province. (Xinhua/Fan Changguo)
Aerial photo taken on Dec. 15, 2021 shows trucks with sugarcanes waiting to enter a sugar factory in Longzhou County, Chongzuo of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. According to the sugar industry development office of Guangxi, 66 sugar factories, nearly 90 percent of the 74 sugar factories scheduled to open this season, have started to produce sugar as of Dec. 15. (Xinhua/Zhou Hua)
Aerial photo taken on Nov. 25, 2021 shows the National Biathlon Center in Zhangjiakou competition zone of the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, in Zhangjiakou, north China's Hebei Province. The National Biathlon Center will conduct multiple tests for the upcoming Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)
Students play floor curling during a PE class in a primary school in Luanzhou, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 15, 2021. Schools in Luanzhou have organized various courses to offer students the experience of winter sports. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)
Students read books at the teaching point of Wuying Village, which lies on the border between south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and southwest China's Guizhou Province, Dec. 15, 2021. With the support of Lianjiang of Guangdong Province, the teaching point began to renovate classrooms, enrich libraries and build new toilets for a better studying environment. (Xinhua/Huang Xiaobang)
Farmers arrange hotbed chives during a harvest festival in Zhangjiadaping Village of Xigu District, Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, Dec. 15, 2021. (Xinhua/Fan Peishen)
Photo shows rime-covered trees at Taishan Mountain in Tai'an, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 14, 2021. (Photo by Cheng Xianhao/Xinhua)
Residents clear houses debris after a tornado hit Mayfield, Kentucky, the United States, on Dec. 14, 2021. Reconstruction is underway as assistance from neighboring counties and states has been pouring into Mayfield City, one of the areas worst hit by tornadoes in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky. (Photo by Angie Yu/Xinhua)■
