A team consisting of 10 youths from Taiwan volunteered to popularize Beijing Winter Olympics, which opened on Friday night and will conclude on Feb. 20.

Antiphonal singing is a traditional custom for local people of the Dong ethnic group in Guizhou. It is commonly organized during the Lunar Chinese New Year and the slack season in farming.

China's ace short-track speed skater Ren Ziwei clinched his first individual Olympic gold medal in the men's 1,000m in one minute and 26.768 seconds at the Beijing 2022 here on Monday. It was China's second gold at the 2022 Games after their victory in the 2,000m mixed team relay of short-track speed skating.

Despite China's huge population, limited agricultural land and scarcity of water, in recent decades the nation has achieved significant agricultural productivity growth through land reform, technological innovation, market reforms and public investment in rural infrastructure.

In the message sent on Sunday, Xi said Queen Elizabeth II has long cared about and supported China-Britain friendship, and is a witness to and promoter of the development of bilateral ties.

In the Olympic Villages, athletes and staff members have scrambled to post pictures and videos with Bing Dwen Dwen and buy soft toys and souvenirs.

China's box office revenues exceeded 6 billion yuan during the week-long Spring Festival holiday ending Sunday, the China Film Administration announced Monday.

In order to ensure the volunteers are physically healthy, the organizers of the big event provide nucleic tests every morning, plus healthy and fresh meals three times a day.

Female athletes account for about 45 percent of the total athletes participating in the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, more than those of any previous Winter Olympics, said the International Olympic Committee (IOC) .