Across America

Two officers from Beijing promote the city's tourism attractions at the World Tourism Cities Federation's Los Angeles Fragrant Hills Tourism Summit 2017. Chang Jun / China Daily

China's Deputy Consul General in Houston Liu Hongmei (right) presents a blanket to a victim of Hurricane Harvey on Sept 16. The consulate donated 300 blankets to help out those affected by the storm. May Zhou / China Daily

Chinese bike-share company Mobike launches its dockless bikes in Washington, its first appearance in the US, on Wednesday. Bike borrowers use an app to unlock a bike and go for a ride. Yuan Yuan / For China Daily

Chinese bike-share company Mobike launches its dockless bikes in Washington, its first appearance in the US, on Wednesday. Bike borrowers use an app to unlock a bike and go for a ride. Yuan Yuan / For China Daily

US-China Public Affairs Association and Chinese Community Relations Committee hold an event centered on the New York Police and Chinese community in Manhattan on Tuesday. New York Police Commissioner James P. O'Neill (center) made a keynote speech. The organizers donated $10,000 to New York City Police Foundation. Zhang Qiyue, China's consul general in New York, also attended the event. Provided To China Daily

A Chinese woman takes a selfie with 86-year-old Dr Ken Cooper, who is known as the father of aerobics, on Friday in Dallas. Cooper gave a lecture promising to save the country with the world's largest population from obesity and diabetes and bring it to good health by 2030, through lifestyle changes. In cooperation with Wilson Zhu (third from left), chairman of InQBrands, Cooper opened the Cooper Aerobics Health and Wellness Center last April in Nanjing. More than 300 million Chinese are considered obese, and a third of the nation's youth are seriously overweight. Liu Jingshen / For China Daily

Florence Fang (center), curator of the World War II Pacific Memorial Hall, speaks at a press conference marking the second anniversary of the hall's establishment on Monday in San Matoe, California. The first Overseas China World War II Pacific Memorial Hall opened on Aug 15, 2015. Zhizhi Cen / China Daily

A participant to the 2017 Create @Alibaba Cloud Startup Contest makes a presentation to the judges panel. Co-organized by Hanhai Investment and Alibaba Cloud, the competition held on Sept 16 in Sunnyvale selected 13 teams to make a final pitch. Chang Jun / China Daily