Xingkai Lake National Nature Reserve in Jixi in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province, on the border with Russia, is seeing a surge of migratory birds as migration peaks.

A shipment of 124 LiuGong excavators and related parts recently left Beibu Gulf Port in southern China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region aboard the Jupiter, sailing directly to Jakarta, Indonesia, and setting a record for the most construction machinery units exported on a single vessel from the port.

China has expressed strong dissatisfaction and serious concern over the arbitrary and excessive law enforcement actions by British police after receiving multiple reports of Chinese nationals being detained and questioned for prolonged periods by British border enforcement officers, and of their mobile phones and other electronic devices being seized, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said at a regular press conference on Tuesday.

"The local Tibetan people named this pine tree 'Red Army Umbrella,' hoping it will remain evergreen and guard the heroic spirits." Ma Hua, a red culture education instructor, recounted that her grandfather witnessed Red Army soldiers sacrifice their lives while crossing Jiajin Mountain in Southwest China's Sichuan and later told the story to the local Tibetan people.

From a robust tourism market and rising foreign trade to the benefits of free trade port policies, a series of key figures offers a snapshot of the island province's economic momentum and growing openness to the world.