Italian designer Alessio Caggiano, attracted by China's entrepreneurial climate, brought his family to Taiyuan, capital of North China's Shanxi province, in 2014 and launched his fashion business in the city.
A lake reveals a spectacular view of its colorful surface. With the temperatures staying high in summer, different colors started to appear on the surface of a salt lake in Yuncheng city, northern China's Shanxi province.
Air-conditioner workers in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, are called "Spidermen" as they install or repair air-conditioners on high-rise buildings when the weather turns hot.
Protective film covers large areas of a cornfield in Wuzhai county, North China's Shanxi province, creating an aerial view that looks like a free-form modern painting.
TAIYUAN - In September, the Pingyao International Photography Festival will celebrate its 18th anniversary in the ancient walled city of Pingyao in northern China.
The northern province of Shanxi has many ancient architectural wonders. It is home to more than 53,000 registered cultural heritage sites, with 452 of them under national-level key protection - almost 10 percent of the total number in China.