BEIJING, Sept. 9 (Xinhua) -- The world in the past 24 hours. A selection of the best daily press photos from Xinhua.
Photo taken on Sept. 8, 2021 shows a view of the 21st China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province. The 21st CIFIT launched on Wednesday in Xiamen City. Covering more than 100,000 square meters and with strict anti-epidemic measures in place, the four-day event will attract more than 50,000 business people and over 5,000 companies from nearly 100 countries and regions both online and offline. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
A visitor views In-Vehicle Space Suit during an exhibition on BRICS New Industrial Revolution held in Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 8, 2021. An exhibition on BRICS New Industrial Revolution kicked off in Xiamen, a port city in southeast China's Fujian Province on Wednesday. The exhibition covers an area of 10,000 square meters. BRICS is the acronym for an emerging-market bloc that groups Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. (Xinhua/Lin Shanchuan)
Researchers pose for a group photo at the International Research Center of Big Data for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 8, 2021. The International Research Center of Big Data for SDGs was inaugurated in Beijing on Sept. 6 to support the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. (Xinhua/Jin Liwang)
Workers operate at the construction site for a transaction center in Qianhai, Shenzhen City, south China's Guangdong Province, on Sept. 8, 2021. China's central authorities have issued a new plan for further developing a cooperation zone for the southern metropolis of Shenzhen and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). According to the plan, the reform and opening up of the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone will be comprehensively deepened. The plan, issued by the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council, was made public on Monday. The general plan to establish the cooperation zone was approved by the State Council in 2010. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)
Peacekeepers participate in an international peacekeeping drill at a combined-arms tactical training base of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) in central China's Henan Province, Sept. 8, 2021. China started holding an international peacekeeping drill code-named "Shared Destiny-2021" on Sept. 6. Drills of battlefield reconnaissance, security guarding and patrol, armed escort, protection of civilians, response to violent and terrorist attacks, construction of temporary operation base, battlefield first aid, and pandemic control are expected to be conducted. (Xinhua/Liu Fang)
A teacher takes care of after-class children for his colleagues to support them in Jiapai Village of Jinjiang City, southeast China's Fujian Province, Sept. 8, 2021. (Xinhua/Song Weiwei)
Aerial photo taken on Sept. 8, 2021 shows local breeders catching shrimps at a breeding base in Qiaolou Village of Zhili Township, east China's Zhejiang Province. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
Damages are seen after an earthquake in Acapulco, state of Guerrero, Mexico, on Sept. 8, 2021. At least one person was killed after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit the southern Mexican coastal city of Acapulco in Guerrero state on Tuesday night, officials said. Tremors were felt hundreds of kilometers away in the Mexican capital as buildings rocked and swayed in Mexico City (Photo by Jesus Espinosa/Xinhua)
Photo taken on Sept. 6, 2021 shows the giant panda Hua Zuiba and her newborn panda cub in Zoo Aquarium in Madrid, Spain. Two giant panda cubs born in the Madrid Zoo Aquarium on Monday were doing fine and in good health, according to the zoo authorities on Tuesday. It is still too early to confirm the sexes of the baby pandas, said the zoo, expecting for help from two specialists from China's Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. (Zoo Aquarium de Madrid/Handout via Xinhua)
