Hi, here is what you may want to know about China in the past 24 hours.
HEFEI -- Chinese researchers have found a fossilized nest containing a new type of dinosaur egg, according to Anhui Geological Museum on Friday.
The new egg species, Umbellaoolithus xiuningensis, was named after Xiuning county in China's eastern Anhui Province, where it was discovered. They can be distinguished from all other known dinosaur eggs, so researchers have classed them as a new dinosaur egg family.
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BEIRUT -- Head of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Michael Beary on Thursday hailed China's significant contribution to global peace and security, particularly to the UNIFIL.
He made the remarks during the inauguration ceremony of a newly refurbished UN hospital which is operated by UNIFIL's Chinese medical team.
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CHANGSHA -- China's first domestically produced electric locomotive began operating in Serbia, the Chinese manufacturer, CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive, announced late Thursday.
The locomotive will serve the busiest freight transport route on the Balkan Peninsula.
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CHENGDU -- China's Tongwei Group saw its promotional video themed by "Tongwei -- for a better life" screened on New York Times Square's "China Screen" on Wednesday.
Over the past 35 years, Tongwei has developed into a leading enterprise in the industries of agriculture and PV new energy with annual sales of nearly 60 billion yuan. Tongwei's brand value has hit 45.062 billion yuan this year.
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BEIJING -- A leading U.S. expert on China studies said the ongoing 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) marks a "new historic starting point," believing it will exert influence on China and the world for decades to come.
"Xi Jinping set out an audacious, grand vision for China's future development, which, without doubt, is the highlight of the political report," said Robert Lawrence Kuhn, chairman of the Kuhn Foundation, commenting on the report Xi delivered to the 19th CPC National Congress on Wednesday.
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SHANGHAI -- The number of visits from China to Abu Dhabi reached 242,000 from January to August, making China the largest source of tourists in the city, Abu Dhabi's tourism department said Thursday.
Saif Saeed Ghobash, director of Abu Dhabi's Department of Culture and Tourism, said that in the first eight months the number of visits by Chinese tourists to Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, increased by 68 percent year on year.
