In the rugged mountains of Uzbekistan's Zarafshan region, harsh winters once meant enduring blackouts and the daily struggle of life without reliable electricity. 

As 2024 comes to an end, the accelerating evolution of profound global changes unseen in a century has become increasingly evident. From the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis to the Palestine-Israel conflict, from the sudden fall of Syria’s Assad administration to the impeachment of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, the intertwining characteristics of global changes and chaos have stood out more sharply, with issues of security disorder, developmental imbalances, and governance failures growing more prominent. Humanity once again stands at a crossroads.

The concept of "Hehe" in Chinese culture, with the first "He" embodying harmony, peace and balance and the second representing convergence, unity and cooperation, is central to both the individual and collective mind-set in China.

In the heart of Rift Valley, located about 10 kilometers from Nakuru county in west Kenya, the country's first geothermal power plant built with 100 percent Chinese technologies, the 35-megawatt (MW) Sosian geothermal power plant, has been running for more than a year.  

Aircraft carriers are important strategic platforms for China as a major power to defend its national sovereignty, security, territorial integrity and development interests while contributing to peace and stability to the region and the world. In 2024, all three aircraft carriers of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy made tremendous achievements, as they took confident strides toward blue waters.

During the 75th International Astronautical Congress (IAC) held in October 2024 in Milan, Italy, a remarkable exhibit of "extraterrestrial material" caught the eyes of international attendees - a grayish, seemingly unattractive piece of dirt, yet it marked the first global display of the first sample collected from the far side of the moon.