Xinhua Silk Road: Pot-and-pan instruments keep five elderly farmers' musical dream alive in E China
BEIJING, Sept. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- When pots and pans were made into musical instruments, a rural band consisting of five farmers aged 70 and beyond enriched the spiritual life of villagers in Mengyin County, Linyi City, east China's Shandong...
Xinhua Silk Road: 9th Shenyang Open Regatta breathes new life into "rowing capital" in NE China
BEIJING, Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- After eight years of branding, the Shenyang Open Regatta, a yearly rowing event held on the Hunhe River in the capital of Liaoning Province in northeast China, was under the spotlight again recently. On...
Xinhua Silk Road: China opens major river-to-sea canal, creating trade shortcut to Southeast Asia
BEIJING, Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- China opened the Pinglu Canal on Wednesday, giving its landlocked southwest a shortcut to the coast and overseas markets, particularly those in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the country's...
Xinhua Silk Road: Two indices on rowing and hutong revitalization in Shenyang launched
BEIJING, Sept. 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Two indices reports on development of rowing sport and hutong revitalization in Shenyang, the capital city of northeast China's Liaoning Province, have been officially launched by Xinhua Indices Institute. The...
Xinhua Silk Road: Weihai's green-skinned figs fuel 2.1-billion-yuan industry
BEIJING, Sept. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A green-skinned fig grown in Weihai, east China's Shandong Province, has transformed from an ordinary fruit selling for just 4 to 6 yuan per kilogram into a premium product priced at up to over 10 yuan each....
Xinhua Silk Road: City marathon in NE China's Shenyang draws running-lovers from home and abroad
BEIJING, Sept. 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The Shengjing Bank Shenyang Marathon 2026 kicked off on Sunday morning, attracting around 22,000 running enthusiasts from home and abroad to the increasingly international event in Shenyang, capital of Liaoning...
Xinhua Silk Road: New aquaculture hard clam strain developed in Rizhao, addressing bottlenecks in shellfish seedling production
BEIJING, Sept. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A new high-quality aquaculture strain of hard-shell clam, dubbed "Yuhai No.1", has been successfully developed by Yuhai Hongqi Ocean Engineering Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Rizhao Agricultural Development Group,...
Xinhua Silk Road: Hunan-Africa symbiosis, mutual endeavor -- the Hunan model for China-Africa economic and trade cooperation
BEIJING, Sept. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Lying neither along the border nor by the sea, how does inland Hunan forge an open corridor linking itself to Africa? Explore how the Hunan model promotes China-Africa economic and trade cooperation. Original...
Xinhua Silk Road: Seven marine test "labs" put in place in offshore waters near Yuanyao port in Weihai, E China
BEIJING, Aug. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- In waters north of Yuanyao fishery port in east China's Weihai City, a recent round of drone marine testings by a local marine equipment institute pooled firsthand data for references to its product R&D....
Xinhua Silk Road: Culture ignites vitality, high-quality development in E. China's Quanzhou
BEIJING, Aug. 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- In Quanzhou, a city famed as the maritime emporium during the Song and Yuan dynasties, cultural diversity and fruitful preservation and inheritance have paved the way for vibrant and high-quality urban...