July 21， 2021： In the Gulf of Guinea， the southwestern seasonal monsoon blows toward North Africa while gathering humidity and moisture. Chinese astronaut Tang Hongbo shot this photo from his bedroom on China’s space station after returning from routine training. courtesy of China Manned Space

September 17， 2021： Astronauts Nie Haisheng （center）， Liu Boming （right）， and Tang Hongbo wave after landing in a reentry capsule of the Shenzhou XII mission in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. by Yang Ying/China Astronaut Research and Training Center

Astronauts Nie Haisheng， Liu Boming and Tang Hongbo were the first inhabitants of China’s permanent space station named Tiangong， or Heavenly Palace. They lived in the gigantic station for 90 days.

The three-month Shenzhou XII mission， the nation’s seventh manned space mission， is part of the Tiangong program， which aims to build a three-component station in low-Earth orbit before the end of 2022.

The next manned spaceflight， Shenzhou XIII， is scheduled for launch in October from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center. Another three astronauts will venture to the Tiangong station to work for six months.

September 3， 2021： A participant tries VR glasses during the 2021 China International Fair for Trade in Services （CIFTIS） in Shougang Industrial Park in Beijing.

With the theme “Towards Digital Future and Service Driven Development，” this year’s CIFTIS attracted more than 12，000 enterprises from 153 countries and regions. During the six-day event， a total of 1，672 projects were signed. by Duan Wei/China Pictorial

September 2， 2021： An archaeologist works at the No.8 sacrificial pit of the Sanxingdui Ruins site in southwestern China’s Sichuan Province.

More than 500 relics have been discovered in recent months at the legendary Sanxingdui Ruins site， dazzling archaeologists with their historical value as well as creativity and ingenuity.

The relics， discovered in the six new sacrificial pits of the ruins， include golden masks， jade and ivory artifacts， and bronze wares that were exquisitely built and uniquely shaped. The new finds bring the total number of items discovered at Sanxingdui to nearly 2，000 after the excavation of No.3 to No.8 sacrificial pits began in October last year. Xinhua