The Chinese side will handle the U.S. request to send a team of government officials to China and their visa applications in accordance with international customary practices, relevant regulations and the principle of reciprocity.

This year, the machine-picking rate of cotton reached 87.9 percent in Xinjiang, and the cotton production sector has created jobs for some 600,000 local residents, the statement said.

The data for the reports was collected from global scientific literature databases including the Science Citation Index, Scopus and Ei Compendex.

The mid-term results of a comprehensive scientific survey of biodiversity in Wuyanling National Nature Reserve were released on Thursday. The scientific expedition was launched in June 2020 and will end in May 2023. Up to now, three new species of plants have been discovered.

It can generate about 4.7 billion kWh of electricity annually, which is enough to power about 2 million households in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by about 4 million tons per year.

A light show with drones is staged at Nianhua Bay in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu province, Dec. 22, 2021.

According to the China Manned Space Agency, the spacewalk helped to improve the astronauts' skill at cooperating with each other and ground control, and built experience that will benefit future spacewalks.

Topping the yearly chart is the patriotic Chinese blockbuster "The Battle at Lake Changjin" which has earned nearly 5.77 billion yuan since Sept. 30.

Premier Li Keqiang stressed efforts to safeguard the supply of means of agricultural production, stabilize prices and ensure a bumper summer harvest in an executive meeting of the State Council.

In fact, Xinjiang's actions to protect people's labor rights and interests have proved to be good practices suitable for less-developed ethnic regions, said Mehfulat Kanji, a professor at Xinjiang Normal University.