A villager displays a steamed bun during a celebration for the seventh Chinese farmers' harvest festival in Beizhai village, Shaoyuan township, Jiyuan city, central China's Henan Province, Sept. 22, 2024.

A special conference marking the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Hungary was held here on Friday. The event, organized by the Chinese Embassy in Hungary and the Hungarian-Chinese Friendship Association, featured high-level speakers, including Hungarian and Chinese officials.

China's urbanization rate, which measures the ratio of permanent urban residents relative to the total population, rose by 55.52 percentage points from the end of 1949 to 66.16 percent by the end of 2023, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday.

Despite being sandwiched between the summer vacation and the upcoming National Day holiday, the Mid-Autumn Festival has seen a surge in travel bookings, surpassing previous three-day breaks this year, according to reports from various online travel platforms.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday encouraged personnel in China's space industry to continue to work hard and accelerate progress in space endeavors.