Xinhua pictures of the year 2023: aerial photo
This aerial photo taken on April 6, 2023 shows the snow scenery of Guanegou national forest park at Dangchang County in Longnan City, northwest China’s Gansu Province. (Photo by Liu Hui/Xinhua)
This aerial photo taken on March 30, 2023 shows the excavation area of the Dasongshan tomb site in Gui’an New Area of southwest China’s Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
This areial photo taken on March 26, 2023 shows the basketball court at Taipan Village in Taijiang County, southwest China’s Guizhou Province. The finals of the Guizhou « Gorgeous Countryside » Basketball League, dubbed by Chinese netizens as « CunBA », with ‘Cun’ meaning village in Chinese, were held here. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
This aerial photo taken on April 13, 2023 shows the Fuxing (top) and Lane Xang electric multiple unit (EMU) trains at the Mohan railway station of the China-Laos Railway in southwest China’s Yunnan Province. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)
This aerial photo taken on Jan. 16, 2023 shows a cross-desert expressway linking Altay Prefecture and Urumqi, the capital city of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China. (Xinhua/Hu Huhu)
This aerial panoramic photo taken on Feb. 2, 2023 shows the Dafaqu grand bridge along Renhuai-Zunyi expressway in southwest China’s Guizhou Province. The 1,427-meter-long bridge, with a main span of 410 meters, is one of the key projects along the Renhuai-Zunyi expressway. (Xinhua/Ou Dongqu)
This aerial photo taken on Feb. 12, 2023 shows tourists visiting an ice maze at a scenic spot during Hohhot ice and snow festival in Hohhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (Photo by Wang Zheng/Xinhua)
This aerial photo taken on Jan. 27, 2023 shows a scene of ice jam at the Luokou section of the Yellow River in Jinan, east China’s Shandong Province. (Xinhua/Zhu Zheng)
This aerial photo taken on Feb. 1, 2023 shows a view of frozen tidal creeks in the wetland of Liaohe River estuary in Panjin, northeast China’s Liaoning Province. (Xinhua/Yang Qing)
This aerial photo taken on March 2, 2023 shows bulldozers working to build high-standard farmlands in Pucheng County, southeast China’s Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
This aerial photo taken on March 13, 2023 shows tea-picking workers harvesting Longjing tea leaves at a tea garden in Longjing Village of Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
This aerial photo taken on April 19, 2023 shows the main stadium for the opening ceremony of the 31st FISU Summer World University Games and the main cauldron at Dong’an Lake Sports Park in Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
This aerial photo taken on Feb. 23, 2023 shows wind turbines in Zigui County of Yichang, central China’s Hubei Province. (Photo by Zheng Jiayu/Xinhua)
This aerial photo taken on April 28, 2023 shows a skateboarding park on the roof of a shopping mall in north China’s Tianjin. (Xinhua/Sun Fanyue)
This aerial photo taken on March 29, 2023 shows a farming machine at work in a cotton field in Yuli County, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hao Zhao)
This aerial photo taken on Feb. 9, 2023 shows the construction site of Guole 3C well in Tarim Basin of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The drilling of the well was completed on March 9, 2023 at a depth of 9,363 meters, making it the deepest horizontal well in Asia. (Xinhua/Li Xiang)
This aerial photo taken on June 6, 2023 shows China’s first domestically-built large cruise ship « Adora Magic City » in east China’s Shanghai. China’s first domestically-built large cruise ship completed its undocking in Shanghai on June 6, 2023, marking its complete transition into the dock mooring debugging stage. (Xinhua/Ding Ting)
This aerial photo taken on June 2, 2023 shows the Xiong’an Railway Station in Xiong’an New Area, north China’s Hebei Province. (Xinhua/Zhu Xudong)
This aerial photo taken on Nov. 15, 2023 shows the Yuejin 3-3XC Well of China Petrochemical Corporation (Sinopec) in Tarim Basin of northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. China’s petrochemical giant Sinopec has completed a 9,432-meter-deep oil and gas well in Xinjiang, setting a new record for the deepest onshore directional well in Asia, the company said on Nov. 15, 2023. The extensively difficult and challenging drilling operation has also set a new Asian record for horizontal displacement in ultra-deep drilling. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
This aerial photo taken on June 14, 2023 shows the construction site of the underground neutrino observatory in Jiangmen, south China’s Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
This aerial photo taken on Nov. 12, 2023 shows brides and grooms attending their group wedding at the Zhanqiao bridge scenic spot in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province. (Photo by Wang Haibin/Xinhua)
This aerial photo taken on May 13, 2023 shows buffalos crossing the Jialing River in Peng’an County, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. (Photo by Zhou Xiujian/Xinhua)
This aerial photo taken on June 8, 2023 shows the scenery of the Qairhan salt lake in Golmud, northwest China’s Qinghai Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Hongxiang)
This aerial photo taken on June 30, 2023 shows the construction site of the Hangzhou-Ningbo expressway over the Jintang grand bridge in east China’s Zhejiang Province. (Photo by Yao Feng/Xinhua)
This aerial photo taken on Oct. 8, 2023 shows boats sailing at a section of the Xiling Gorge along the Yangtze River in Zigui County, central China’s Hubei Province. (Photo by Zheng Jiayu/Xinhua)
This aerial photo taken on May 27, 2023 shows the deep sea net cages for breeding golden pomfrets in Xilian Township of Xuwen County, Zhanjiang City, south China’s Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Liu Dawei)
This aerial photo taken on June 8, 2023 shows the installation site of immersed tube E23 of Shenzhen-Zhongshan highway underwater tunnel in south China’s Guangdong Province. The tunnel was completed construction on June 11, 2023. (Xinhua)
This aerial photo taken on June 8, 2023 shows local residence of Tengtou Village, Ningbo City, east China’s Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Huang Zongzhi)
This aerial photo taken on May 23, 2023 shows a view of night light supplement in a seedling greenhouse in Kaiyang County of Guiyang, southwest China’s Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
This aerial photo taken on June 13, 2023 shows people doing exercise at a mini-stadium inside a building in Jianye District of Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu Province. (Xinhua/Li Bo)
This aerial photo taken on April 29, 2023 shows tourists enjoying themselves at a camping site in Qianxi City, southwest China’s Guizhou Province. (Photo by Fan Hui/Xinhua)
This aerial photo taken on May 23, 2023 shows a view of Mount Qomolangma seen at an altitude of 8,400 meters in southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
This aerial photo taken on Sept. 17, 2023 shows a traditional village surrounded by forests and tea gardens of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er, southwest China’s Yunnan Province. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er, southwest China’s Yunnan Province, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sept. 17, 2023. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)
This aerial photo taken on Aug. 31, 2023 shows a bullet train running on the Yinpohe bridge of the Guiyang-Nanning high-speed railway in Dushan County, southwest China’s Guizhou Province. The 482-kilometer Guiyang-Nanning high-speed railway, linking Guiyang, capital of southwest China’s Guizhou Province, and Nanning, capital of south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, launched its full-scale services on Aug. 31. (Xinhua/Liu Xu)
This aerial photo taken on July 6, 2023 shows snow mountains in the Altun Mountains National Nature Reserve in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)
This aerial photo taken on Aug. 7, 2023 shows a view of Kunming Dianchi International Convention and Exhibition Center, the venue for the seventh China-South Asia Expo in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan Province. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)
This aerial photo taken on Aug. 21, 2023 shows farmers harvesting gorgon fruit at Shenyu Village of Taizhou City, east China’s Jiangsu Province. (Photo by Tang Dehong/Xinhua)
This aerial photo taken on Aug. 29, 2023 shows a view of Laoniuwan, situated at the confluence of the Great Wall and the Yellow River, as seen from Pianguan County in north China’s Shanxi Province. (Xinhua/Liu Jinhai)
This aerial photo taken on Sept. 16, 2023 shows fish foraging at a modern fishery farm which combines fish farming and solar power generation in Heiyanzi Town of Tangshan City, north China’s Hebei Province. (Xinhua/Yang Shiyao)
This aerial photo taken on Feb. 9, 2023 shows a night fair in Nan’an District in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. Chongqing has launched a variety of activities at nighttime to boost night economy since the beginning of 2023. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)
This aerial panorama photo taken on Sept. 6, 2023 shows a view of the Lingang new area of the China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone in east China’s Shanghai. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)
This aerial photo taken on July 7, 2023 shows vehicles at a ro-ro dock of Tianjin Port in north China’s Tianjin. (Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo)
This aerial photo taken on Sept. 7, 2023 shows the scenery of a desert scenic spot in Makit County of Kashgar, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Li An)
This aerial photo taken on June 30, 2023 shows soldiers from northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region patrolling on the Karakorum Plateau. (Photo by Zhou Kaiwei/Xinhua)
This aerial photo taken on April 22, 2023 shows a view of the Daocheng Solar Radio Telescope in Daocheng County, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. The Daocheng Solar Radio Telescope, a solar telescope array in southwest China, passed key testing on Sept. 27, 2023, marking the official completion of the world’s largest synthesis aperture radio telescope, according to the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)
This aerial photo shows sparks pouring down as folk artists spray burning iron chips to shower sparks-like fireworks in Luanping County, north China’s Hebei Province, July 5, 2023. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)
This aerial photo taken on Sept. 14, 2023 shows wild yaks at the Altun Mountains National Nature Reserve in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. (Xinhua/Hao Zhao)
This aerial photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023 shows a test train running on the Meizhou Bay cross-sea bridge along the Fuzhou-Xiamen-Zhangzhou high-speed railway in southeast China’s Fujian Province. China’s first cross-sea high-speed railway with a designed speed reaching 350 km/h started operation on Sept. 28, 2023. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)
This aerial photo shows the construction site of the world’s first 16-megawatt offshore wind turbine in Fuzhou, southeast China’s Fujian Province, June 28, 2023. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
