In pics: development and progress of China in 2018

Aerial photo taken on July 18, 2018 shows the scenery of the Sayram Lake in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The living and working scenes of Chinese people in the past year have created a series of amazing views, some of which formed geometric figures. Those photos tell the development and progress of the country in 2018. (Xinhua/Xu Congjun)