People watch a drone light show staged in celebration of China’s National Day in Nan’an District of southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, Oct. 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)
As China’s National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival holidays converge, the nation’s cultural activities, bustling transport networks and innovative consumption scenes are painting a vivid picture of economic resilience and growth potential.
An aerial photo taken on Oct. 6, 2025 shows performers in traditional costumes during a parade in Ningbo, east China’s Zhejiang Province. (Photo by Zheng Kaixia/Xinhua)A tourist learns to draw mural patterns at a Dunhuang culture experience center in Dunhuang, northwest China’s Gansu Province, Oct. 4, 2025. (Photo by Zhang Xiaoliang/Xinhua)A child plays with a drum in Tengzhou, east China’s Shandong Province, Oct. 6, 2025. (Photo by Li Zhijun/Xinhua)Tourists enjoy performance at an ocean park in north China’s Tianjin, Oct. 4, 2025. (Photo by Du Penghui/Xinhua)Children play with cats at a cat cafe in Xingtai, north China’s Hebei Province, Oct. 4, 2025. (Photo by Zhang Chi/Xinhua)Tourists visit Hongyadong scenic area in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality, Oct. 3, 2025. (Photo by Guo Xu/Xinhua)This photo taken with a mobile phone on Oct. 1, 2025 shows people visiting the Dashilan shopping area in Beijing, capital of China. (Xinhua/Chen Yehua)Tourists watch a string puppetry show in Jinhua City, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Oct. 1, 2025. (Photo by Shi Kuanbing/Xinhua)A chef prepares dishes for tourists during a culinary competition at a morning-tea food culture festival in Wuzhong City, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Oct. 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)Visitors view cars displayed at an automobile consumption promotion event held in Changsha, central China’s Hunan Province, Oct. 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Ding Chunyu)Tourists visit the International Grand Bazaar in Urumqi, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on Oct. 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Xu Hongyan)Tourists buy handicrafts at a historical and cultural block of Xuyi County, east China’s Jiangsu Province, on Oct. 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)
Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance,
a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went
back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016,
working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
