Chinese actress Gong Li has been named president of the jury for the main award at the 17th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF), the festival's commission announced on Monday.
Snowstorms are forecast to continue affecting millions who are returning to work after family reunions during the Spring Festival holiday.
More than 8 million train trips are expected to be made on Thursday, the final day of the week-long Spring Festival holiday, as millions return to work from family reunions, according to the China Railway Corporation (CRC) on Thursday.
A total of 94.79 million trips were made on trains between Jan. 16 and the eve of the Chinese Spring Festival, up 14.4 percent compared to the corresponding period last year, data from railway authorities showed on Friday.
Sun Shuwen reached his hometown in northwest China's Gansu Province on Thursday, a day before the Chinese Lunar New Year, after a 29-hour car journey from the southern city of Shenzhen.
Leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the state extended Spring Festival greetings to their predecessors as the festival draws near.
The China Railway Corporation said on Sunday that an average of 7.43 million train tickets have been sold a day since fares went on sale for the upcoming Spring Festival travel rush, with this figure up 20.3 percent year on year.
Jane Campion, New Zealand director, producer and scriptwriter, is to head the Jury of the 67th Festival de Cannes in 2014, the organisers announced Tuesday.
The most glamorous part of the 25th Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) is the star-filled, black-tie Awards Gala held at the Convention Center at Palm Springs, California Saturday evening attended by more than 2000 people.
The Chinese government on Wednesday unveiled holiday arrangements for 2014 after it sought opinions from the public through polls on major websites.
An insurance company has launched an internet-based insurance product that offers compensation if customers are not able to see the moon during the coming Mid-Autumn Festival due to weather conditions.
The Shoton Festival, which ended Monday in Lhasa, capital of Tibet, featured multiple displays of Tibetan culture, including opera performances and exhibitions of painted scrolls and Tibetan calligraphy.
This year's Shoton Festival in Lhasa, regional capital of Tibet, attracted a record-high 1.38 million tourists from home and abroad, government sources revealed Tuesday.
The Edinburgh International Festival opened Friday evening and a production of Shakespeare by a Chinese theater group grabbed audience's attention.
The traditional Shoton Festival has kicked off in Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
Conducted by Zubin Mehta, and played by the Vienna Philharmonic in cooperation with violinist Pinchas Zukerman, Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3 was presented on Sunday, marking the climax of the Salzburg Festival 2013.
The 2013 AOPA (Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association of China, AOPA-China) Aviation Festival will start on Saturday in Hexigten Banner of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
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