This year's fest will take on a carnival theme to bring a splash of color to Beijing. There'll be music from some of the city's best live performers, including The Hungers, The Mac Daddies and several DJs, as well as carnival games, magic shows and dancers.
Those who have not experienced traditional Chinese medicine might question its effectiveness or safety, let alone its ability to treat a modern plague like COVID-19. But more people in the United States are looking to this 1,000-year-old Eastern practice to counter the novel coronavirus.
This year's festival was held from Saturday to Monday. In addition to the parade, there were cultural performances, exhibitions and sales of local food and agricultural products, cultural works contests, livestreams and forums.
This year's theme is Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World.
Thomas Lumpkin, a US researcher who has worked with the CAAS for more than 40 years, said more emphasis on tackling climate change would be welcome.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the signing of the China-Japan Treaty of Peace and Friendship. The two sides agreed to take the opportunity to strengthen exchanges at all levels and in various fields, including culture, local government, media and youth, and step up mutually beneficial cooperation.
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Those counties saw a 177 percent growth in new FAIR Plan (Fair Access to Insurance Requirements) policies, compared with only a 4 percent increase for the five counties with the lowest risk.
This year, the bureau will treat 300,000 female poplar and willow trees in Beijing. Last year, around 400,000 such trees were treated to reduce the annoying catkins.
Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, spoke highly of China's preparations for the Beijing Winter Games during the PyeongChang Olympics.
This was 5 percentage points higher than Guangzhou's average industrial growth rate during the same period.