President Xi Jinping on Monday voiced the hope that Hong Kong and Macao will further develop themselves by embracing the nation's cause of reform and opening-up.

A series of events were held from November 6 to 8 in Nyingchi district, Tibet, as the region welcomes its “earliest”New Year, the Gongbo New Year.

Water began to be discharged on Monday from a lake that had formed behind a landslide on the border of Sichuan province and the Tibet autonomous region.