Brown giant panda "Qizai" eats bamboo shoots as he lies in his air-conditioned house in Beijing on June 19. / CFP

Lang Ping's Chinese Volleyball team wraps up a straight-set victory against Poland to claim their sixth victory at the women's Volleyball Nations League on June 18. /CFP

More than one billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered across China, according the National Health Commission (NHC) on June 19. /CFP

China's 618 shopping spree this year boosts the recovery of domestic consumption that had been hit by COVID-19, generating billions of Chinese yuan in spending during the one-month festival on June 18. /CFP

Xu Yuanchong, China's most renowned master translator, dies in Beijing at the age of 100 according to Peking University on June 17. /CFP

China hails the successful launch of its Shenzhou-12 manned spaceship, and calls for peaceful use of space with the international community on June 17. /CFP

All 12 units of China's Wudongde Hydropower Station, the world's seventh-largest, goes into operation on June 16. /CFP