Celebrations held across China to mark Seniors’ Day
A dance team of senior citizens rehearse at a park in Shijiazhuang, north China’s Hebei Province, Oct. 10, 2024. A series of celebration activities were held across the country to mark the country’s Seniors’ Day, which falls on Oct. 11 this year. (Photo by Liang Zidong/Xinhua)
Volunteers perform folk dance for local seniors in Zunhua, north China’s Hebei Province, Oct. 10, 2024. A series of celebration activities were held across the country to mark the country’s Seniors’ Day, which falls on Oct. 11 this year. (Photo by Liu Mancang/Xinhua)
A volunteer gives free haircut to an elderly woman in Qintaigeng Village of Binzhou City, east China’s Shandong Province, Oct. 10, 2024. A series of celebration activities were held across the country to mark the country’s Seniors’ Day, which falls on Oct. 11 this year. (Photo by Chu Baorui/Xinhua)
Volunteers make dumplings with local residents in Qingtuo Town of Linyi City, east China’s Shandong Province, Oct. 10, 2024. A series of celebration activities were held across the country to mark the country’s Seniors’ Day, which falls on Oct. 11 this year. (Photo by Wang Yanbing/Xinhua)
An elderly woman (L) tries on new clothes in Daguozhuang Village of Zaozhuang City, east China’s Shandong Province, Oct. 10, 2024. A series of celebration activities were held across the country to mark the country’s Seniors’ Day, which falls on Oct. 11 this year. (Photo by Sun Zhongzhe/Xinhua)
Pupils talk with local seniors at a primary school in the Binhai New Area of north China’s Tianjin, Oct. 10, 2024. A series of celebration activities were held across the country to mark the country’s Seniors’ Day, which falls on Oct. 11 this year. (Photo by Du Penghui/Xinhua)
A photographer takes a picture for an elderly couple celebrating their golden wedding anniversary in Rongcheng, east China’s Shandong Province, Oct. 10, 2024. A series of celebration activities were held across the country to mark the country’s Seniors’ Day, which falls on Oct. 11 this year. (Photo by Li Xinjun/Xinhua)
A folk artist performs donkey dance for local seniors in Liaocheng, east China’s Shandong Province, Oct. 10, 2024. A series of celebration activities were held across the country to mark the country’s Seniors’ Day, which falls on Oct. 11 this year. (Photo by Zhang Zhenxiang/Xinhua)
A police officer shares information on how to prevent telecom and internet fraud with local elderly residents at a park in Xinghua City, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Oct. 10, 2024. A series of celebration activities were held across the country to mark the country’s Seniors’ Day, which falls on Oct. 11 this year. (Photo by Zhou Shegen/Xinhua)
A volunteer gives free haircut to an elderly man in Yangzhou, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Oct. 10, 2024. A series of celebration activities were held across the country to mark the country’s Seniors’ Day, which falls on Oct. 11 this year. (Photo by Meng Delong/Xinhua)
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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.…
