Minister Wu Xi (second from right in second row) of the Chinese embassy in Washington poses with students at the Teachers' Day reception held at the embassy on Friday for some 400 Chinese teachers from more than 50 schools in the Greater Washington area. The students were winners of a three-round Chinese culture contests held in the Greater Washington area since the end of 2013. Teachers' Day in China falls on September 10 each year. [Chen Weihua/China Daily]