New Year on the Frontlines: Three firs bear witness to 56 years of devotion

Mist shrouds Baishanzu National Park in Lishui, East China's Zhejiang Province, as a fine drizzle falls. "In weather like this, I have to check on those fir trees in person ...

New Year on the Frontlines: China's Gen Z who train robots

Inside the Guangxi Embodied Intelligence Data Collection and Testing Center at the Liuzhou Robot Industrial Park in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, blue indicator lights flashed beneath the forehead of a ...

New Year on the Frontlines: 'The Great Wall behind us is in great shape'

Liu Hongyan, following in the footsteps of her uncle Mei Jingtian, became a Great Wall protector. Monitoring dangerous conditions, clearing stone steps, picking up litter, and discouraging uncivilized behavior are ...

New Year on the Frontlines: Farmers turn 'snow into gold' at ski resort

Editor's Note: This year marks the 105th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the opening year of the 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30). A ...

New Year on the Frontlines: Young guys plant coral on the seafloor

The Spring Festival's sunshine scatters across the sea surface, sparkling on the blue waves. The sight of coral being planted on the seabed is no less a beautiful scene, just ...

New Year on the Frontlines: Community canteen hosts reunion banquet, bringing neighbors closer together

In the column "New Year on the Frontlines," reporters from the People's Daily traveled to the grassroots to witness the vitality of a vast nation, see its mountains and rivers ...

New Year on the Frontlines: A group of 'inspectors' safeguarding Huangshan Mountain cableway

From a novice to an experienced expert, maintenance worker Wang Xiaoli has safeguarded this “road” in the clouds in Huangshan Mountain day after day with his colleagues. This year, Wang ...

New Year on the Frontlines: 'Frost flower couple' guards the border

In Luoguhe Village, Mohe in Heilongjiang Province, the wind is bitingly cold. Just as dawn broke, the People's Daily reporter followed Shen Xin and her husband Shi Xianqiang on a ...

New Year on the Frontlines: Veteran farmer Chen grows mushrooms with new tech

As the Chinese New Year arrives, Chen Guohua is busier than ever. The first thing he does every day when he steps out is to check on his mushrooms. "Demand ...

New Year on the Frontlines: The transformation of Zhonggeng Village

Twelve years later, the People' Daily reporter returned to Zhonggeng Village, which had merged with four neighboring villages and was now known as Shihai Village, and found the changes striking. ...

New Year on the Frontlines: Qianjiang produces crayfish year-round

On the eve of the Spring Festival, Ecological Crayfish City in Qianjiang, Central China's Hubei Province, is buzzing with activity.

New Year on the Frontlines: A "sentinel in the clouds" atop Huashan Mountain

"There has been only one path up Huashan Mountain since ancient times." Built at an altitude of 2,064.9 meters on the West Peak, the Huashan Meteorological Station is the only ...

New Year on the Frontlines: Post-2000 generation workers stack 'building blocks' near the Taiwan Straits

In the Xiamen-Kinmen waters off the coast of China's Fujian Province, along the western edge of the Taiwan Straits, the sound of crashing waves mingles with the distant rumble of ...

New Year on the Frontlines: 'Slow train' links mountain villagers to a convenient and sweeter life

On the afternoon of February 11, train No. 6437 was already filled with a festive atmosphere. Train conductor Cui Daqing held a stack of red papers with “Fu” character, offering ...

New Year on the Frontlines: Three warm hours on a cold night

At 4 am outside the Jianheyuan community in Chang'an district, Shijiazhuang in North China's Hebei Province, the wind stung like needles against the skin. The sign of a small restaurant ...

New Year on the Frontlines: 'Guardians of Mt. Qomolangma' embrace Spring Festival with warm hearts, high-altitude vigilance

As the Spring Festival approaches, there are no decorative lanterns and colored streamers at the Gangga border defense company, located at the foot of Mount Qomolangma in Xigaze, Southwest China's ...