Music festivals energize China's tourism industry
The Midou Music Festival is held in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province during the May Day holiday this year. (Photo from the official page of the Midou Music Festival on Weibo) By Cao Ruitong A new form of tourism with music festivals at its core is now in vogue among young Chinese.

Art enriches cultural life in China's rural regions
People visit an art exhibition held in Gaoqiao village, Deqing county, east China's Zhejiang province, May 13, 2023. (Photo by Xie Shangguo/People's Daily Online) By Cui Yan, People's Daily What kind of vitality can art bring to the countryside?

China employs digital technologies to optimize transport capacity
Employees of Qingdao Zhenqing Bus Group in east China's Shandong province check the operation of buses in an intelligent commanding center. (Photo by Zhang Jin'gang/People's Daily Online) By Shi Ling, People's Daily At 6:30 am, bus driver Xiao Xinhua in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian province drove a No.37 bus to the train station.

Chinese construction machinery industry shows strong vitality
People visit the 3rd Changsha International Construction Equipment Exhibition in Changsha, central China's Hunan province, May 12. (Photo by Li Jian/People's Daily Online) By Yan Ke, Shen Zhilin, People's Daily The 3rd Changsha International Construction Equipment Exhibition was recently held in Changsha, central China's Hunan province.

China sees major progress in new industrialization
New energy vehicles roll off the line in a smart workshop of Chinese carmaker Leapmotor in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang province. (Photo by Hu Xiaofei/People's Daily Online) By Wang Zheng, Han Xin, People's Daily Chinese new energy vehicle (NEV) manufacturers BYD and Neta Auto recently started building their first overseas manufacturing bases of passenger vehicles in Thailand.

Digital twin technology builds "smarter" cities
Photo taken on Feb. 23, 2022 shows a digital twin platform adopted by a waterworks in Shanghai. It is the first digital twin system adopted by waterworks in Shanghai and is able to simulate and monitor the operation of the physical waterworks. (Photo by Shen Chunchen/People's Daily Online)

China builds a complete red line system to strengthen ecological conversation
Photo shows black storks, a rare bird species, in Mengzi city, Honghe Hani and Yi autonomous prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan province, Feb. 18, 2023. (Photo by Lu Zhong/People's Daily Online) By Chang Qin, People's Daily China had completed setting ecological conservation red lines nationwide, the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) announced during an activity held on the World Earth Day recently in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian province.

China, Central Asia to jointly build cooperation belt for high-quality development
Photo shows the Turgusun hydropower plant in Kazakhstan built by China Three Gorges Corporation. (Photo provided by China Three Gorges Corporation) By Gong Ming, Zhou Hanbo, People's Daily China has developed strategic partnerships with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan since it established diplomatic ties with the five Central Asian countries 31 years ago, blazing a new path of good-neighborliness, friendship and win-win cooperation, thereby setting up a paradigm for a new type of international relations.
