A cold front brought snowfall on Sunday night across Weining Yi-Hui-Miao Autonomous County in southwest China's Guizhou Province, triggering overnight clearance operations and temporary traffic controls on several expressway sections covered by the heavy snow.
In response, traffic police and transport authorities enforced temporary traffic restrictions on some road sections to ensure safety, deploying traffic cones and warning signs at the entrance to the Weining North toll station.
"As of 2:00 on Monday, we have dispatched seven teams totaling over 20 personnel to conduct road condition inspections. In light of freezing and snow accumulation, we initiated ice-removal operations in time to resume traffic as quickly as possible," said Zhao Xiankun, an enforcement officer with the local transport department.
All temporary traffic controls were lifted by 12:30 on Monday after multiple rounds of snow removal and road inspections, and snowfall had stopped.
Snow prompts overnight expressway clearing in southwest China’s Guizhou
The International Forum on Mutual Learning among Civilizations 2026 opened in China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) on Monday, bringing together nearly 300 participants from more than 20 countries and regions to discuss how civilizations learn from one another, with topics ranging from the ancient Silk Road to the role of AI in cultural exchange.
Themed "Mutual Learning among Civilizations, Inheritance and Development", the two-day forum has gathered government officials, international organization representatives and scholars for nearly 40 talks and discussions on three topics: "Cross-disciplinary Cultural Dialogue," "Cultural Connections between China and the Portuguese-speaking Countries," and "The Glory of Civilizations in the AI Era".
Opening the forum, Macao SAR Chief Executive Sam Hou Fai noted that Macao is an important node on the Maritime Silk Road and a place where different cultures have coexisted harmoniously for more than 400 years.
He said Macao will further implement the Global Civilization Initiative proposed by President Xi Jinping and give full play to its strategic positioning as a vital window for exchange and mutual learning between Chinese and Western civilizations.
Li Guoqiang, a member of the Academic Committee of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and director of the Research Center for Macao History at the Chinese Academy of History, said since Macao's return to the motherland, the practice of "one country, two systems" has not only created a great miracle of economic prosperity, social stability and improved livelihoods, but also preserved the SAR's cultural diversity.
Seven internationally renowned experts and scholars from the fields of history, jurisprudence, finance, sociology, the history of state relations, and journalism and communication also shared their research insights on cultural inheritance and exchange in their keynote speeches.
Tuesday's sessions will delve into the Maritime Silk Road and the past and future of China-Portuguese-speaking countries cultural exchanges, as well as AI and human values.
Forum in Macao explores cultural exchange from Silk Road to AI era
Forum in Macao explores cultural exchange from Silk Road to AI era
