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Visitors watch a robot playing football at the 2026 World Manufacturing Convention (WMC) in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Sept. 21, 2026. The ongoing 2026 WMC showcases wide-ranging applications of robots.

People watch a new energy vehicle during the 2026 World New Energy Vehicle Congress in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Sept. 22, 2026. The 2026 World New Energy Vehicle Congress (WNEVC) opened here on Tuesday.

On Sept. 10, inside his home in Springfield, Missouri, 95-year-old David Victor Plymire carefully opened Imprints, a cherished photo album. One image, captured in 1942, depicted a sweeping vista of Dangar Ancient Town in Huangyuan county, northwest China's Qinghai province, with six children standing on a hillside.

It is now harvest season for goji berries in the Qaidam Basin, northwest China's Qinghai Province. As far as the eye can see, vast stretches of goji berry fields form a sea of red stretching toward the foot of the Kunlun Mountains, with ruby-like goji berries hanging from the branches.

An exhibition bringing together Chinese intangible cultural heritage and contemporary design opened at Somerset House in London on Wednesday, featuring nearly 150 works and sets of works by more than 70 Chinese and international artists. Titled "Reviving Craft: Reflection of the Mind," the exhibition is part of the 2026 London Design Festival and runs until Sept. 27.