The National Yellow River Wetland Nature Reserve in Luoyang City's Mengjin District, central China's Henan Province, welcomed its first batch of overwintering black storks, a national first-class protected wild animal, on Friday.
Footage recorded by local researchers captured multiple black storks wandering through wetlands in groups, strolling leisurely in black, metallic plumage.
The group numbered 21 birds and arrived earlier than in previous years, when they typically reached the area in mid-to-late November.
Black storks arrive early at Henan’s Yellow River wetland for wintering
The China International Intelligent Communication Forum 2026 was held in Wuxi City, east China's Jiangsu Province on Monday, under the theme of "New Ecosystem, New Opportunities, New Future".
Co-hosted by China Media Group (CMG) and the Jiangsu provincial government, the forum brought together political figures, experts, scholars and media professionals to discuss topics including intelligent communication, media transformation, sci-tech innovation, industrial development, mutual learning among civilizations and international cooperation.
"I think the idea of combining media with science and communication is a really good idea. And I found the meeting very interesting. I learned things. I think communication is essential. Communication gives us cultural intelligence, and gives us the ability to learn from other people," said Michael Levitt, Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences released the China Cities' International Intelligent Communication Capacity Development Report 2026 at the opening ceremony, which also launched the Wuxi Initiative of the China International Intelligent Communication Forum.
This year's forum built a platform for exchanges and cooperation among enterprises in fields such as artificial intelligence and digital film and television, and promoted the alignment of industry resources.
"For our park, in the process of extending and strengthening the industrial chain, the forum has brought us many good enterprises across the entire production chain," said Yao Jingfei, head of the Wuxi National Digital Film Industrial Park.
China International Intelligent Communication Forum held in Jiangsu
