Yearender: Xinhua top 10 China news events in 2019

Aerial photo taken on June 25, 2019 shows the terminal building of the Beijing Daxing International Airport. 5. MAJOR PROJECTS SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED Beijing Daxing International Airport opened to flights on Sept. 25, which is expected to realize a passenger throughput of over 100 million a year. China's first domestically-built aircraft carrier, the Shandong, was delivered to the People's Liberation Army Navy on Dec. 17. New achievements have also been made in other major projects this year: 5G licenses for commercial use were granted; The Chang'e-4 probe made the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon; The Long March-5, carrying the Shijian-20 technological experiment satellite, was successfully launched; The length of China's railroad lines in service has exceeded 139,000 km, including 35,000 km high-speed rail, ranking first in the world. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)