(China Daily) Students present flowers to teachers during an event celebrating the International Women's Day at a primary school in Zaozhuang city, East China's Shandong province, March 7, 2025.

(Xinhua) The market size of the ice and snow economy in Heilongjiang Province, northeast China, reached 266.17 billion yuan (about 37.1 billion U.S. dollars) in 2024, of which the output of ice and snow tourism was 182.33 billion yuan, said the provincial bureau of statistics.

During the 2024-2025 winter season, Heilongjiang received 135 million domestic and overseas tourists, up 18.5 percent compared with last year's winter season. Tourist spending also increased by 30.7 percent.

(China Daily) Hong Kong is considering charging for outpatient services such as MRI scans and CT imaging in public hospitals — services that are currently fully funded by government — as part of its medical reform to cut waiting times, curb abuses and recalibrate the use of resources.

(China Daily) The Dalian Changhai cross-sea bridge project, with a total investment of 7.9 billion yuan ($1.1 billion), was inaugurated recently in Dalian, Liaoning province. It is scheduled to be completed and open to traffic by 2029.

This project marks the first cross-sea bridge in Northeast China to be constructed using a new mechanism of cooperation between the government and social capital.

(China Daily) A new study has confirmed that the ability to follow correct stroke order significantly enhances foreign learners' Chinese writing skills, including recognizing and remembering characters.

Published in the top-tier linguistics journals System and Computer Assisted Language Learning, the research underscores the importance of structured handwriting instruction in Chinese language education.

(China Daily) More than 100 golden monkeys were recently seen foraging and frolicking on the cliffs of the Badong Golden Monkeys National Nature Reserve in Hubei province.

According to the reserve, this behavior had never before been recorded.

"We have never observed golden monkeys on sheer cliffs before," said volunteer Wu Yihong, whose footage shows the monkeys moving with surprising ease against a 1,100-meter-high backdrop.

(Xinhua) China's railway network reported a surge in passenger traffic in the first two months of 2025, fueled by the Spring Festival travel season.

A total of 738 million trips were recorded in January and February, marking a 6.4 percent increase compared to the same period last year and hitting a new high, the National Railway Administration said Friday.

High-speed rail played a key role with 544 million trips taking place in this period, accounting for 73.8 percent of the total.

(Xinhua) China's courier sector handled 13.59 billion parcels in February, a surge of 58.8 percent year on year, the State Post Bureau said on Friday.

The sector's total revenue expanded 30.4 percent year on year to 99.1 billion yuan (about 13.81 billion U.S. dollars) last month, according to the bureau.

For the postal industry, the total delivery volume climbed 50.9 percent year on year to 14.98 billion packages, and its revenue edged up 24.9 percent to 122.62 billion yuan.

(Xinhua) Sichuan Airlines of China will launch regular commercial charter flights on March 18 to Pokhara, a popular tourist attraction and the second-largest city in Nepal.

(China Daily) Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport, the only 4F-level international airport in Shandong province, was recently honored by Airports Council International as one of the best airports in the Asia-Pacific region in the category of 25 to 40 million passengers per year.

This award reflects the widespread recognition of the airport's exceptional service by domestic and international passengers.
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