China week in pictures | June 4-10, 2022

𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘸𝘴, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘢...

𝟭. June 9 – High school graduates celebrate the ending of #Goakao, China’s national entrance exam for universities in #Changsha, #Hunan province. The annual exam saw a record 11.93 million candidates all over China participating this year.

𝟮. June 4 – Floods in Xiangxi Tujia-Miao autonomous prefecture’s Luxi County, #Hunan province. Ten people have died and three are missing due to heavy downpours and flooding since end of May and the floods have affected the housing and lives of 1.8 million people in the region.

𝟯. June 8 – A one million kilowatts solar energy project under construction in Gonghe county of Hainan Tibetan autonomous prefecture’s Gonghe County in #Qinghai province.

𝟰. June 5 – A mother is hanging a traditional small blessing board for her child to pray for good results at the Gaokao, the national university entrance exam at the Confucius Temple in #Nanjing, capital of #Jiangsu province.

𝟱. June 7 – Lingdingyang Bridge under construction as part of the 24km #Shenzhen-#Zhongshan pearl river delta link in the Greater Bay Area. The eight-lane bridge road is scheduled to open for traffic in 2024 and will cut commuting time between the two cities from two hours to 30 minutes.

𝟲. June 8 – Corals in the waters of Fenjiezhou Island, #Hainan province. June 8 marked World Oceans Day. Fenjiezhou environment authorities, together with oceanic and fishery researchers have been managing a program of protecting, growing and transplanting corals since 2004.

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