Various departments prepare for the upcoming new semester across China
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Teachers decorate a blackboard at a middle school in Xinle, north China’s Hebei Province, Aug. 29, 2026. Various departments across the country are getting ready for the upcoming new semester. (Photo by Jia Minjie/Xinhua)
Students clean a classroom at a primary school in Gaomi, east China’s Shandong Province, Aug. 28, 2026. Various departments across the country are getting ready for the upcoming new semester. (Photo by Li Haitao/Xinhua)
Teachers decorate a classroom at a kindergarten in Qinyang City of central China’s Henan Province, Aug. 28, 2026. Various departments across the country are getting ready for the upcoming new semester. (Photo by Yang Fan/Xinhua)
A staff member arranges desks and chairs at a primary school in Zhalantun City of north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 29, 2026. Various departments across the country are getting ready for the upcoming new semester. (Xinhua/Bei He)
Staff members clean the stairs at a primary school in Zhalantun City of north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Aug. 29, 2026. Various departments across the country are getting ready for the upcoming new semester. (Xinhua/Bei He)
A teacher decorates a classroom at a primary school in Taizhou, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Aug. 28, 2026. Various departments across the country are getting ready for the upcoming new semester. (Photo by Zhou Shegen/Xinhua)
Teachers check the textbooks for the upcoming new semester at a primary school in Jiyuan, central China’s Henan Province, Aug. 28, 2026. Various departments across the country are getting ready for the upcoming new semester.
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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.…
It’s always nice to see schools getting ready – the small changes make a big difference for students returning.