Tourists visit the thousand-year-old Huantan Village in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China on August 9, 2023. At present, Huantan Village retains the most complete ancient building group in Xiaoshan District of Hangzhou. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Local residents ride a scooter on a flooded street in the aftermath of flooding from heavy rains in Zhuozhou city, in northern China’s Hebei province on August 9, 2023. China's capital has been hit by record downpours in recent weeks, damaging infrastructure and deluging swaths of the city's suburbs and surrounding areas. In Hebei province, which neighbours Beijing, 15 were reported to have died and 22 were missing. (Photo by Jade Gao/AFP Photo)





A local resident cleans up his house in the aftermath of flooding from heavy rains in Zhuozhou city, in northern China's Hebei province on August 9, 2023. China's capital has been hit by record downpours in recent weeks, damaging infrastructure and deluging swaths of the city's suburbs and surrounding areas. In Hebei province, which neighbours Beijing, 15 were reported to have died and 22 were missing. (Photo by Jade Gao/AFP Photo)





A photovoltaic power station is seen on a barren mountain in Zhangjiakou, Hebei province, China on August 9, 2023. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Tourists view a winding road in Qinglong county, Qiandinan Buyi and Miao autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou province on August 9, 2023. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Giant panda toys hang from the facade of a hotel on August 10, 2023 in Yantai, Shandong Province of China. (Photo by Tang Ke/VCG via Getty Images)





A man rides a tricycle loaded with bicycles on a street in Beijing on August 11, 2023. (Photo by Jade Gao/AFP Photo)





Residents share an umbrella as it starts to rain in Beijing, Friday, August 11, 2023. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescue workers gather at the aftermath of a mudslide in Weiziping village of Luanzhen township on the outskirts of Chang'an district, Xi'an of northwestern China's Shaanxi Province on Saturday August 12, 2023. The mudslide caused by torrential rains killed at least two people on the outskirts of Xi'an in western China, an official news agency said Saturday, while some trains in the northeast were canceled as a powerful storm lashed the region. (Photo by Zhang BinXinhua via AP Photo)





This photo taken on August 12, 2023 shows people cooling off at a water park in Nanjing, in China's eastern Jiangsu province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Aerial view of people circling around bonfires to celebrate the Torch Festival on Axilixi Prairie on August 12, 2023 in Bijie, Guizhou Province of China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)





Aerial photo of the sculpture “Son of the Earth” on the Gobi Beach in Guazhou, Jiuquan, Gansu province, China, August 13, 2023. The main body is a giant baby lying on the ground and sleeping peacefully. The material is coarse red sandstone. The main body of the sculpture is 15 meters long, 4.3 meters high and 9 meters wide. (Photo by VCG/Future Publishing via Getty Images)





Workers produce a digital intelligent teaching board at a factory in Lianyungang in China's eastern Jiangsu province on August 15, 2023. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A boy looks at books in a store in Beijing on August 15, 2023. (Photo by Pedro Pardo/AFP Photo)





The 2023 Tanmen Sea Catching festival kicks off in Qionghai, Hainan province, China on August 15, 2023. (Photo by Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A robot face capable of mimicking human like expressions is displayed near robotic arms at the annual World Robot Conference at the Beijing Etrong International Exhibition and Convention Center in Beijing, Wednesday, August 16, 2023. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Aerial view of fishing boats setting sail from Zhapo National Port as the summer fishing ban ended in the South China Sea on August 16, 2023 in Yangjiang, Guangdong Province of China. (Photo by Liang Wendong/VCG via Getty Images)





Visitors look at robots perform on stage during the annual World Robot Conference at the Etrong International Exhibition and Convention Center on the outskirts of Beijing, Thursday, August 17, 2023. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Visitors watch a robot dog Cyberdog developed by Xiaomi at the Beijing World Robot Conference (WRC) 2023 in Beijing, China on August 17, 2023. (Photo by Tingshu Wang/Reuters)





A visitor uses a phone in front of humanoid robots developed by EXRobots at the Beijing World Robot Conference (WRC) 2023 in Beijing, China on August 17, 2023. (Photo by Tingshu Wang/Reuters)