9月24日，寧夏吳忠市一家早茶店廚師將做好的小吃遞到窗口。在位于黃河之濱的寧夏吳忠市，八寶茶、拉面、牛肉、各式小吃和面點完美融合，逐漸形成以早茶為特色的餐飲文化。吳忠早茶集早茶消費、休閑旅游、商務交流、社交娛樂于一體，成為拉動當地經濟發展的重點產業之一。吳忠市的早茶店從2000年的幾十家發展到2024年的793家，直接從業人員達2萬多人。今年國慶假期，第五屆吳忠早茶美食文化節將在這座“早茶文化地標城市”舉行，邀請各地游客共享美食嘉年華。[新華社記者 馮開華 攝]

A chef puts dishes of snacks at the counter of a morning tea restaurant in Wuzhong City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 24, 2025. Blending tea, noodles, beef, snacks and pastry, morning tea is a characteristic culinary culture in Wuzhong City by the Yellow River. As an important local industry, the number of morning tea restaurants here has grown from dozens in 2000 to 793 in 2024, with more than 20,000 employees. The 5th edition of a morning tea festival will be held here during this year's National Day holiday. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)