The Fifth China (Ningxia) International Wine Culture and Tourism Expo opened on Monday in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
The four-day event has attracted over 1,100 domestic and international guests, featuring 14 activities such as a winery and wine exhibition, an innovation competition, and an art biennial.
Ningxia boasts a unique terroir for making high-end wine, thanks to its prolonged sunshine and a cool, dry climate aiding the cultivation of grapes.
After four decades of development, Ningxia has become China's largest wine-producing region.
By the end of 2024, Ningxia had more than 40,000 hectares of wine grape plantations, which accounted for nearly 40 percent of the total nationwide, and an annual wine output of 140 million bottles. Its wines are exported to over 40 countries and regions.
Fifth China (Ningxia) International Wine Culture and Tourism Expo opens
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) said on Saturday that its forces destroyed multiple U.S. military aircraft in the past 15 days, as an Iranian senior security official dismissed America's threats to strike the Pickaxe Mountain the same day.
Hossein Mohebbi, spokesman for the IRGC, said that from July 6 to 22, the U.S. suffered from heavy losses in the Middle East, including 11 fighter aircraft and helicopters on the ground, 17 reconnaissance and operational drones, one F-15 fighter jet inside the shelter, one P-8 plane, one C-17 transport plane and eight refueling planes.
The Fars news agency on Saturday also released satellite image showing the destruction of a U.S. ammunition depot in Jordan and an damaged Amazon data center facility in Bahrain.
Meanwhile, in response to President Donald Trump's threat on Tuesday that the United States was prepared to strike Iran's Pickaxe Mountain "very soon" and "very heavily", an Iranian senior security official said any attacks against the underground, nuclear-linked facility are doomed to fail due to its extremely strong fortifications.
The official claimed Pickaxe Mountain, located in Iran's Isfahan Province, is empty, which would leave any strikes with no benefit in real life.
Iran says destroying multiple US military aircraft in past 15 days
