(Xinhua) People visit Hong Kong Flower Show 2025 at the Victoria Park in south China's Hong Kong, March 14, 2025. The flower show kicked off on Friday and will last until March 23.

(Xinhua) Beijing experienced a sharp temperature drop on Saturday with multiple areas seeing snowfall. In response, municipal authorities decided to extend the heating season by two days, pushing it until Monday.

Zhao Wei, chief forecaster at the Beijing Meteorological Observatory, said a cold front caused rain-snow transitions, with moderate to heavy snow in western and northern mountainous areas and rain turning to sleet or snow in plains from Friday to Saturday.

(Xinhua) China's courier sector experienced rapid expansion in the first two months of 2025, with significant growth in delivery volume and capability-building, according to an industry index released by the State Post Bureau on Friday.

The express delivery development index was 368.6 during the period, an increase of 11.8 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the bureau.

(China Daily) Chinese logistics and energy equipment maker China International Marine Containers Group (CIMC) said it has made significant strides in overseas markets this year, as it capitalized on growing demand for its products to secure lucrative orders and complete key deliveries abroad.

(China Daily) China's top court has urged courts nationwide to crack down on companies that lure customers into prepaid purchases without delivering services, aiming to strengthen consumer protections and promote business integrity.

The Supreme People's Court issued a 27-article judicial interpretation on handling civil cases involving prepaid consumption on the eve of World Consumer Rights Day, which takes place on March 15 each year.

(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.
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