A pedestrian passes by an old alley on Nov 20 that was recently renovated with a trendy painting featuring Chinese culture in Yinchuan, Ningxia Hui autonomous region. Such paintings in the city's Xingqing district have drawn much attention from the public. [YU JING/CHINA NEWS SERVICE]
A student puts on a mask she made of Bing Dwen Dwen, the mascot of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Nov 22. Students made drawings and handicrafts of the mascot and sent their best wishes to the Games. [DING GENHOU/FOR CHINA DAILY]
Children learn to ski on Nov 20 at the Silk Road Ski Resort in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. As the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics approach, skiing is becoming increasingly popular nationwide, with a notable upswing in the number of children learning the sport. [ZHANG XIUKE/FOR CHINA DAILY]
Giant panda Gonggong relishes food at Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden in Haikou, Hainan province, on Nov 21. The park on Sunday held celebrations for two giant pandas inhabiting the island province for three years. [Photo/Xinhua]
Artist Hu Shiyue (left) displays her paintings of Chinese astronauts on Nov 23 at a venue in Taiyuan, Shanxi province. [WEI LIANG/CHINA NEWS SERVICE]
The main tower of an expressway bridge has reached its designed height of 208 meters in Renhuai, Guizhou province, on Nov 21, as the construction of the Jinsha-Renhuai-Tongzi expressway took a major step forward. The bridge will span 965 meters across the Tongzi River. [Photo/Xinhua]
The second-phase project of Meilan International Airport is underway in Haikou, Hainan province, on Nov 20. The project, a key link in the province's planned air, road and sea transportation network, is scheduled to begin operations on Dec 2. [LUO YUNFEI/CHINA NEWS SERVICE]
A vehicle clears snow on a street in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, on Nov 22. Local authorities have taken timely measures to ensure transportation safety after the second snowfall of the season, which caused low visibility and slippery roads. China's northeastern, central and eastern regions are in the grip of a cold wave. [WU HUTU/FOR CHINA DAILY]
A steel truss beam, lifted by two cranes, is installed onto slings of steel ropes over the Yangtze River in Chongqing on Nov 22, marking the start of the final phase of construction of the Guojiatuo Yangtze River Bridge. The 652-metric-ton steel truss beam is the largest and heaviest of its kind to be used on a bridge in the upper reaches of the Yangtze. The 1,403-meter bridge is scheduled to begin operations next October. [Photo provided to China Daily]
An ARJ21 commercial jet awaits repairs at a new aircraft maintenance base in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on Nov 24. The base enables domestically built civil aircraft to have their high-level maintenance procedures conducted in the province. [ZHANG LANG/CHINA NEWS SERVICE]
