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Editor's note: In a series of reports, China Daily explores the pursuit of high-quality development nationwide.

An architect in Zhejiang province wanted to breathe new life into his almost deserted hometown - Hengshanwu village. This desire is what led him to decide to turn his village into a homestay resort.

As numerous large-scale infrastructure projects involved in the Belt and Road Initiative make progress, an increasing number of smaller-scale projects led by leading companies that focus on niche markets are joining forces with major State-owned enterprises to venture overseas.

In Hainan, China's southernmost province, Lin Ho-chou, a farmer from Taiwan, is busy tending to his fruit plantation: his wax apple crop is ripening and the fruit will soon be sold in supermarkets nationwide and by vendors on the streets.

With June being National Pride Month, here are our novel and poetry picks from LGBTQIA+ authors about gender-diverse experiences.

Flying Apsaras, dragon patterns, auspicious elements… the latest collection from Chinese fashion house CHENEY CHAN lit up Mingshashan, Dunhuang in Northwest Chinas Gansu Province, with Chinese style and the countrys rich cultural heritage.

The China-Maldives Ophthalmology Center, built by the renowned Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center of Sun Yat-sen University, has won widespread praise from Maldivian citizens after years of operation in the Asian nation, a popular vacation destination.

Jiang Qiulian, the mother of a Chinese female student killed in Japan in 2016, said in an online video that she has received the compensation of 696,000 yuan ($98,341.2) from her daughter's former roommate and is connecting with organizations to donate the money.

The latest news on authors and books from around the region.

Once, the low-lying land around Wangshiying in Ningjin county, Shandong province, held back the village's development because of its low agricultural yields, but now that it is being used to raise fish — in this case loaches — it has helped the village emerge from poverty.