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Marine Economy Industry - China

An aerial drone photo taken on December 24, 2025 shows an offshore work platform under construction at the Haixi Bay Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Industrial Base in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. In recent years, Shandong has been committed to building a high-end industrial cluster integrating shipbuilding and marine engineering equipment in Shandong Peninsula, embarking on a high-quality development path driven by the marine economy. Photo by Yu Fangping/Xinhua/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Economy Growth - China

Illustration - An aerial drone photo taken on on December 15, 2025 shows a cargo ship loading and unloading containers at Qingdao Port in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. China's economy has maintained steady momentum in November, creating favorable conditions to achieve the annual growth target, as revealed by the latest economic indicators on Monday. In November, the country's value-added industrial output expanded 4.8 percent year on year. In the first 11 months, the industrial output increased by 6 percent. Photo by Yu Fangping/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Marine Farms - China

An aerial drone photo taken on November 10, 2025 shows workers aboard a boat maintaining cages at a marine farm in the West Coast New Area of Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. As a province noted for its major marine fishery economy, Shandong has been actively building marine farms in recent years, aiming to continuously enrich the "blue food depot." To date, Shandong has built 139 "marine farms" at or above the provincial level, including 71 at the national level, or 38 percent of the country's total at the level. The province now boasts an integrated industrial chain for marine fishery that ranges from aquaculture, fishing to intensive processing. The output of marine aquatic products in Shandong reached 8.25 million tonnes with an added value exceeding 100 billion yuan (about 14.09 billion U.S. dollars) in 2024, topping among all regions at the provincial level in the country. Photo by Yu Fangping/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Marine Farms - China

An aerial drone photo taken on November 11, 2025 shows farmers harvesting oysters and scallops in the waters of the West Coast New Area of Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province. As a province noted for its major marine fishery economy, Shandong has been actively building marine farms in recent years, aiming to continuously enrich the "blue food depot." To date, Shandong has built 139 "marine farms" at or above the provincial level, including 71 at the national level, or 38 percent of the country's total at the level. The province now boasts an integrated industrial chain for marine fishery that ranges from aquaculture, fishing to intensive processing. The output of marine aquatic products in Shandong reached 8.25 million tonnes with an added value exceeding 100 billion yuan (about 14.09 billion U.S. dollars) in 2024, topping among all regions at the provincial level in the country. Photo by Yu Fangping/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Qingming Festival - China

Tourists have fun at a park in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, April 4, 2025. Qingming Festival, or Tomb-Sweeping Day, falls on April 4 this year. It is a traditional Chinese festival for people to pay tribute to the dead and worship their ancestors. The holiday also provides a short break for Chinese citizens as they engage in outdoor activities and sightseeing. Photo by Yu Fangping/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2024

Robot soccer players compete during the RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2024 in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 26, 2024. More than 200 teams from over 20 countries and regions participated in this competition. Photo by Yu Fangping/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2024

A competitor takes part in the RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2024 in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 26, 2024. More than 200 teams from over 20 countries and regions participated in this competition. Photo by Yu Fangping/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2024

Robot soccer players compete during the RoboCup Asia-Pacific 2024 in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 26, 2024. More than 200 teams from over 20 countries and regions participated in this competition. Photo by Yu Fangping/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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#CHINA-ECONOMY-FOREIGN TRADE-INCREASE (CN)

(240509) -- BEIJING, May 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Containers are transported at Qingdao Port, east China's Shandong Province, May 9, 2024. China's total goods imports and exports expanded 5.7 percent year on year in yuan terms in the first four months of this year, stronger than the 5 percent recorded in the first quarter, official data showed Thursday. From January to April, the country's foreign trade in goods stood at 13.81 trillion yuan (1.95 trillion U.S. dollars). In April alone, the foreign trade soared 8 percent to 3.64 trillion yuan, after contracting in the previous month, signalling improvements in demand at home and overseas. (Photo by Yu Fangping/Xinhua)

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#CHINA-ECONOMY-FOREIGN TRADE-INCREASE (CN)

(240509) -- BEIJING, May 9, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A freight ship enters a container terminal at Qingdao Port, east China's Shandong Province, May 9, 2024. China's total goods imports and exports expanded 5.7 percent year on year in yuan terms in the first four months of this year, stronger than the 5 percent recorded in the first quarter, official data showed Thursday. From January to April, the country's foreign trade in goods stood at 13.81 trillion yuan (1.95 trillion U.S. dollars). In April alone, the foreign trade soared 8 percent to 3.64 trillion yuan, after contracting in the previous month, signalling improvements in demand at home and overseas. (Photo by Yu Fangping/Xinhua)

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-TIANJIN-MA'S FILIGREE MOSAIC ART-INHERITOR (CN)

(240508) -- TIANJIN, May 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Ma Sai (L) and his girlfriend Min Fangping arrange filigree mosaic artworks before a show themed on Ma's Filigree Mosaic art at Wuqing museum in Tianjin, north China, March 19, 2024. Ma's Filigree Mosaic art, a city-level intangible cultural heritage in Tianjin, attracted the attention of the whole country when an accessory made with it appeared on the head of a Chinese actress during the Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Dragon, staged by China Central Television, also called CCTV. Filigree Mosaic art, first seen in the Spring and Autumn period (770 B.C.-476 B.C.), greeted its peak season in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The craft, having a history of more than 2,000 years, goes through complicated procedures and was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2008. Two main steps are involved in the craft, namely making filigree and making mosaic. Using malleable materials such as gold and sliver to make thin threads and then forming differe

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-TIANJIN-MA'S FILIGREE MOSAIC ART-INHERITOR (CN)

(240508) -- TIANJIN, May 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Ma Sai (L) and his girlfriend Min Fangping talk on details of making filigree mosaic artwork at his studio in Tianjin, north China, March 7, 2024. Ma's Filigree Mosaic art, a city-level intangible cultural heritage in Tianjin, attracted the attention of the whole country when an accessory made with it appeared on the head of a Chinese actress during the Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Dragon, staged by China Central Television, also called CCTV. Filigree Mosaic art, first seen in the Spring and Autumn period (770 B.C.-476 B.C.), greeted its peak season in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The craft, having a history of more than 2,000 years, goes through complicated procedures and was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2008. Two main steps are involved in the craft, namely making filigree and making mosaic. Using malleable materials such as gold and sliver to make thin threads and then forming different shapes is called filigree art. In

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-TIANJIN-MA'S FILIGREE MOSAIC ART-INHERITOR (CN)

(240508) -- TIANJIN, May 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Ma Sai (R, back) and his girlfriend Min Fangping (L, back) watch a Hanfu enthusiast posing for photos in Tianjin, north China, March 7, 2024. Ma's Filigree Mosaic art, a city-level intangible cultural heritage in Tianjin, attracted the attention of the whole country when an accessory made with it appeared on the head of a Chinese actress during the Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Dragon, staged by China Central Television, also called CCTV. Filigree Mosaic art, first seen in the Spring and Autumn period (770 B.C.-476 B.C.), greeted its peak season in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The craft, having a history of more than 2,000 years, goes through complicated procedures and was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2008. Two main steps are involved in the craft, namely making filigree and making mosaic. Using malleable materials such as gold and sliver to make thin threads and then forming different shapes is called filigree art. Inlayin

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-TIANJIN-MA'S FILIGREE MOSAIC ART-INHERITOR (CN)

(240508) -- TIANJIN, May 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Ma Sai (R) talks with his girlfriend Min Fangping on filigree mosaic design patterns at his studio in Liuzhuang Village of Wuqing District of Tianjin, north China, March 19, 2024. Ma's Filigree Mosaic art, a city-level intangible cultural heritage in Tianjin, attracted the attention of the whole country when an accessory made with it appeared on the head of a Chinese actress during the Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Dragon, staged by China Central Television, also called CCTV. Filigree Mosaic art, first seen in the Spring and Autumn period (770 B.C.-476 B.C.), greeted its peak season in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The craft, having a history of more than 2,000 years, goes through complicated procedures and was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2008. Two main steps are involved in the craft, namely making filigree and making mosaic. Using malleable materials such as gold and sliver to make thin threads and then forming different

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-TIANJIN-MA'S FILIGREE MOSAIC ART-INHERITOR (CN)

(240508) -- TIANJIN, May 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Ma Sai (R) and his girlfriend Min Fangping watch filigree mosaic artworks they made displayed at Wuqing museum in Tianjin, north China, March 23, 2024. Ma's Filigree Mosaic art, a city-level intangible cultural heritage in Tianjin, attracted the attention of the whole country when an accessory made with it appeared on the head of a Chinese actress during the Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Dragon, staged by China Central Television, also called CCTV. Filigree Mosaic art, first seen in the Spring and Autumn period (770 B.C.-476 B.C.), greeted its peak season in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The craft, having a history of more than 2,000 years, goes through complicated procedures and was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2008. Two main steps are involved in the craft, namely making filigree and making mosaic. Using malleable materials such as gold and sliver to make thin threads and then forming different shapes is called filigree ar

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(MASTER OF CRAFTS) CHINA-TIANJIN-MA'S FILIGREE MOSAIC ART-INHERITOR (CN)

(240508) -- TIANJIN, May 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Ma Sai (R) and his girlfriend Min Fangping carry filigree mosaic artworks before a show themed on Ma's Filigree Mosaic art at Wuqing museum in Tianjin, north China, March 19, 2024. Ma's Filigree Mosaic art, a city-level intangible cultural heritage in Tianjin, attracted the attention of the whole country when an accessory made with it appeared on the head of a Chinese actress during the Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Dragon, staged by China Central Television, also called CCTV. Filigree Mosaic art, first seen in the Spring and Autumn period (770 B.C.-476 B.C.), greeted its peak season in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). The craft, having a history of more than 2,000 years, goes through complicated procedures and was listed as a national-level intangible cultural heritage in 2008. Two main steps are involved in the craft, namely making filigree and making mosaic. Using malleable materials such as gold and sliver to make thin threads and then forming different

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#CHINA-CHINESE LUNAR NEW YEAR-CELEBRATION EVENTS (CN)

(240116) -- BEIJING, Jan. 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People buy decorations for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year at a market in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 16, 2024. Various events are held across the country in celebration of the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb. 10 this year. (Photo by Yu Fangping/Xinhua)

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Agricultural production resuming in China's Chongqing

STORY: Agricultural production resuming in China's Chongqing DATELINE: Dec. 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: CHONGQING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of agricultural production in Chongqing 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): TAN MAOHAI, Family farm owner in Liangping District, Chongqing 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YU CHUANFA, Orchard worker in Chongqing 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): LI FANGPING, Official in Hongshi Town, Chongqing STORYLINE: Since China recently unveiled 10 prevention and control measures to further optimize its COVID-19 response, local governments have rolled out a raft of follow-up measures to push for normalcy and resume production and businesses. In Chongqing, efforts have been made to encourage farming and mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 on agricultural production. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): TAN MAOHAI, Family farm owner in Liangping District, Chongqing "We have resumed work now, and we are applying fertilizer and plowing the soil of strawberry and vegetable greenhouses.

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Xinhua Headlines: Foreign trade bolsters China's economic outlook with steadily growing momentum

(220807) -- BEIJING, Aug. 7, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Aerial photo taken on June 9, 2022 shows a container terminal in Qingdao Port, east China's Shandong Province. (Photo by Yu Fangping/Xinhua)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-SELF-BRED DEEP-SEA ATLANTIC SALMONS-HARVEST (CN)

(220618) -- QINGDAO, June 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members process harvested Atlantic salmons on a salmon processing vessel at a fish farming experimental area of Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, June 8, 2022. "Deep Blue No. 1," located at about 130 nautical miles from the coast of the Yellow Sea of China, is the first fully submersible deep-sea fish farming equipment built by China. About 15,000 Atlantic salmons in the net cage of the fully submersible deep-sea fish farming equipment were fished during the period from May 22 to June 9, which marks China's first successful harvest of self-bred deep-sea Atlantic salmons. TO GO WITH "China Focus: China harvests first batch of self-bred deep-sea Atlantic salmons" (Photo by Yu Fangping/Xinhua)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-SELF-BRED DEEP-SEA ATLANTIC SALMONS-HARVEST (CN)

(220618) -- QINGDAO, June 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Staff members arrange the harvested Atlantic salmons on a salmon processing vessel at a fish farming experimental area of Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, June 8, 2022. "Deep Blue No. 1," located at about 130 nautical miles from the coast of the Yellow Sea of China, is the first fully submersible deep-sea fish farming equipment built by China. About 15,000 Atlantic salmons in the net cage of the fully submersible deep-sea fish farming equipment were fished during the period from May 22 to June 9, which marks China's first successful harvest of self-bred deep-sea Atlantic salmons. TO GO WITH "China Focus: China harvests first batch of self-bred deep-sea Atlantic salmons" (Photo by Yu Fangping/Xinhua)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-SELF-BRED DEEP-SEA ATLANTIC SALMONS-HARVEST (CN)

(220618) -- QINGDAO, June 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member shows a harvested Atlantic salmon on a salmon processing vessel at a fish farming experimental area of Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, June 8, 2022. "Deep Blue No. 1," located at about 130 nautical miles from the coast of the Yellow Sea of China, is the first fully submersible deep-sea fish farming equipment built by China. About 15,000 Atlantic salmons in the net cage of the fully submersible deep-sea fish farming equipment were fished during the period from May 22 to June 9, which marks China's first successful harvest of self-bred deep-sea Atlantic salmons. TO GO WITH "China Focus: China harvests first batch of self-bred deep-sea Atlantic salmons" (Photo by Yu Fangping/Xinhua)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-SELF-BRED DEEP-SEA ATLANTIC SALMONS-HARVEST (CN)

(220618) -- QINGDAO, June 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A staff member arranges harvested Atlantic salmons on a salmon processing vessel at a fish farming experimental area of Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, June 8, 2022. "Deep Blue No. 1," located at about 130 nautical miles from the coast of the Yellow Sea of China, is the first fully submersible deep-sea fish farming equipment built by China. About 15,000 Atlantic salmons in the net cage of the fully submersible deep-sea fish farming equipment were fished during the period from May 22 to June 9, which marks China's first successful harvest of self-bred deep-sea Atlantic salmons. TO GO WITH "China Focus: China harvests first batch of self-bred deep-sea Atlantic salmons" (Photo by Yu Fangping/Xinhua)