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BEIJING, Dec. 26, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 26, 2025, the 22.13-kilometer Tianshan Shengli Tunnel, the world's longest highway tunnel, officially opened to traffic today, making traveling ...

The Tianshan wapiti or Tianshan maral are seen at Ba'erluke Mountain, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The species native to Tianshan Mountains is under second class animal ...

A man nearly 70 years old stands at the foot of west China's Tianshan Mountains. For almost two decades, this adventurer has wandered around Mt. Tomur, capturing on film its snowy peaks and the area's ...

Xinjiang Tianshan, comprising four components - Tomur, Kalajun-Kuerdening, Bayinbukuke and Bogda, is part of the Tianshan Mountain system of Central Asia, one of the largest mountain ranges in the ...

Spectacular landscape of fluffy clouds floating over Tianshan Mountains after a rainfall in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, Oct. 25, 2023. Photo:China News Service Spectacular ...

Herdsmen compete during a horse race held every Saturday at a village deep in Tianshan mountains in Tekes county, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Jan 24, 2016. Herdsmen of Kazak ...

China on Monday bored through the world’s longest tunnel measuring 22.1 kilometers (13.7 miles) in western province of Xinjiang, state media reported on Monday. The expressway Tianshan Shengli Tunnel ...

China is embarking on an ambitious project to construct the world's longest highway tunnel, a monumental feat that will traverse the sprawling Tianshan mountain range and significantly enhance ...

Scientists from Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, China Academy of Sciences (CAS), have a meal at Urumqi River source Glacier No.1 in Tianshan Mountains, northwest China's Xinjiang ...

This study is led by Dr. Sha Yingying, Dr. Shi Zhengguo, and their colleagues from the State Key Laboratory of Loess Science at the Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences. The ...

Li Zhongqin, head of Tianshan Mountains Glacier Observation Station, China Academy of Sciences (CAS), explains the movement of Urumqi River source Glacier No.1 in Tianshan Mountains, northwest China's ...