Every day, Sochi Alay spends several hours at Cuba’s Confucius Institute in Havana helping students understand the complexity of Chinese calligraphy and pronunciation.     1     42-year-old Chinese language professor has been living in the surroundings of the city’s Chinatown and working at the Confucius Institute for more than seven years. As a Chinese descendant, he has a special     2     (connect) with China and Chinese culture which     3     (date) back to childhood. Among the     4     (memory) of growing up, attending activities organized by the Chinese community in the Cuban capital remains vivid.

With a deep love for China, young Alay     5     (choose) to go to Sun Yat-sen University in China’s Guangdong Province     6     (study) Chinese language and literature. Besides the Chinese language, Alay has also found Chinese martial arts a platform for     7     (spread) knowledge about Chinese traditions and customs among Cubans.

As a Chinese language professor, Alay has witnessed a growing passion among Cubans for learning Chinese. The study of Chinese language and culture has been     8     the rise in Cuba thanks to the work of social organizations and institutions such as the Confucius Institute,     9     has seen thousands of students graduate since     10     (it) founding in 2009.

Xinjiang is now in a harvest season. Last week, CCTV teams traveled to Xinjiang     1     (record) these joyous events from different angles using photography, live broadcasts in multiple languages and interviews.

Xinjiang is rich in natural resources, which benefit from     2     (it) unique climatic conditions. The enough sunlight and large temperature differences between day and night make the region     3     ideal place to grow crops.

Xinjiang offers a wide     4    (various) of fruits, and many say Aksu Prefecture (城镇) has the best apples in the region. Aksu has witnessed rapid development in apple industry. Today, its apples are highly sought-after at home and abroad. If apples are not unique enough, sea buckthorn (沙棘枣) can     5     (definite) be called a name card of Xinjiang fruit. It contains plenty of vitamin C, even     6    (high) than kiwifruit. Farmers in northern Xinjiang are now harvesting the small yellow fruit,     7     sweet taste makes them ideal for making juice. China’s output of sea buckthorn fruit accounts for 90 percent of the world’s total.

    8     the largest cotton-growing area in the country, Xinjiang recorded 5.16 million tons of cotton output in 2020. Modern agricultural machinery     9     (adopt) in cotton picking in recent years,     10     (boost) the development of the industry and benefiting local farmers.

The city of Zibo has fought its way out of the fierce competition among Chinese     1     (city) to win tourists for its outdoor barbecues. In March, the government announced a barbecue festival would     2     (hold) around the May Day holiday. A seven-hectare “barbecue square” was set up,     3     can accommodate over 10,000 people at once.

Since March, the city has taken the Internet by storm.     4     various types of meat making a sound on stoves, and people gathering together outdoors, the barbecue stalls (摊) created a good atmosphere of hospitality and generosity,     5     (appeal) to tourists around the whole country.

According to data by the commercial bureau, since March the Zibo barbecue stores     6     (accommodate) an average of 130,000 visitors every day, and the daily turnover has seen a 35-percent year-on-year increase.

The success of Zibo has been     7     (wide) discussed among analysts. Zibo used to be     8     industrial city rich in oil, coal and iron ore. However, as the resources were exhausted, the city has been seeking transformation in recent years, shutting down high energy-consuming industries while promoting green development including tourism.

As the Zibo barbecues became a hit, the government has seized the opportunity     9     (promote) a whole package of barbecue-branded tourist merchandise, increasing the city’s     10     (finance) success.

Yuan Tian, who wears a traditional Lao dress is preparing tea in the food and agricultural products section of the fifth China International Import Expo. As head of the exhibit booth and general manager of the company, Yuan knows too well     1     popular the Lao-produced tea is.

Eight years ago, several Chinese businessmen traveling the Bolaven Plateau of Laos found     2     their surprise that aging tea trees were being cut down by local villagers. Feeling it a great pity, they offered     3     (purchase) the treasures. The company established a factory there, taking tea leaves collected from the wild tea trees to the     4     (globe) market. Its business there then expanded to the     5     (grow) of tea trees as the natural conditions in Laos were especially suitable for cultivating tea trees.

With the launch of the China-Laos Railway, transportation costs have dropped significantly for the tea company,     6     has sold three to five tons of tea to China per year since 2019, Yuan said. So far, the company has been awarded     7     official document of origin in Laos. “At last year’s CIIE, many Chinese     8     (buy) came to our booth and the sales     9     (boost) greatly, and this year we have customers who committed     10     (they) to our brand,” Yuan said.