Ethnic Dong men play the Sheng, a traditional Chinese music instrument, as they march with Dong women along a road during a Kam Grand Choir gathering in Tongguan village of Liping county, Southwest China's Guizhou province Oct 17, 2011. According to the local government, Tongguan village is the birthplace of the Kam Grand Choir, which is a traditional polyphonic choral performance of the Dong ethnic group. The villagers in Tongguan keep a routine for choir practise, dressed in their traditional costumes, whenever they are free from farming. Practice usually occurs twice a week during the day, and almost every evening. [Photo/Agencies]

Labourers set up lights on a framework of an under construction bridge in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province Oct 17, 2011. China's economy may have grown by 9.3 percent in the third quarter from a year earlier and consumer inflation will gradually fall to 4.6 percent in December, according to a Tsinghua University report whose results were published on Oct 17. [Photo/Agencies]