Sun Yang wins the Best Male Athlete award and the Most Popular Male Athlete honor at the 2017 Laureus China Top 10 Athletes Awards held in Beijing, Dec 20, 2017. [Photo/VCG]
Hui Ruoqi wins the Most Popular Female Athlete award at the 2017 Laureus China Top 10 Athletes Awards held in Beijing, Dec 20, 2017. [Photo/VCG]
Sui Wenjing and Han Cong win the Best Group award at the 2017 Laureus China Top 10 Athletes Awards held in Beijing, Dec 20, 2017. [Photo/VCG]
Zhang Haichao showcases one of his works to a customer in Changchun, Northeast China's Jilin province, Dec 13, 2017. [Photo/IC]
A fashion designer, fascinated by traditional Chinese costumes, has turned tailor-made qipao, women's one-piece dresses also known as cheongsam, into a lucrative business in Changchun, Northeast China's Jilin province.
Zhang Haichao, a member of the post-1980 generation, graduated from Shanghai's Donghua University with a major in fashion design and has been making traditional Chinese costumes, including qipao, for over 8 years.
Customers shop in a store in Hong Kong, south China, Dec. 21, 2017. Stores in Hong Kong offer discount to attract customers as Christmas and New Year draw near. (Xinhua/Li Peng)
Photo taken on Dec. 20, 2017 shows the exterior scene of the Chongqingxi Railway Station in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality. The first phase of the Chongqingxi Railway Station will be put into operation at the beginning of next year, together with the express rail line connecting Chongqing to Guiyang, the provincial capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Liu Chan)
Workers make artificial flowers in a workshop at Qianzhuang Village of Guanzhuang Township in Longde County, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Dec. 20, 2017. Located in the remotest mountainous region of Ningxia, Qianzhuang Village used to be one of the most underdeveloped areas in whole China. Local authorities tried very hard to eliminate poverty. With the help of a company from coastal developed areas, a factory making artificial flowers was built here in July of this year. The products were mainly exported to European and Middle East countries. Aged villagers, especially housewives worked at the company right in the neighborhood. One could make an extra earning of more than 300 U.S. dollars here, in the meanwhile, the housewife could also attend the family due to the flexible time of work. (Xinhua/Li Ran)
Chinese actress Yang Mi arrives on the red carpet for the 2017 Cosmopolitan Beauty Awards Ceremony in Shanghai, China, Dec 18, 2017. [Photo/IC]
Chinese actress Tang Yan arrives on the red carpet for the 2017 Cosmopolitan Beauty Awards Ceremony in Shanghai, China, Dec 18, 2017. [Photo/IC]
Chinese actress Lin Yun arrives on the red carpet for the 2017 Cosmopolitan Beauty Awards Ceremony in Shanghai, China, Dec 18, 2017. [Photo/IC]
Chinese actress Li Bingbing attends the 2017 Cosmopolitan Beauty Awards Ceremony in Shanghai, China, Dec 18, 2017. [Photo/IC]
A motorcyclist braves the icy conditions as first snowfall of the season hits Dalian, Liaoning province, on Dec 17. [Photo/IC]
Visitors walk inside a structure built with over 1000,000 mosaics in a shopping mall in Shanghai, Dec 18, 2017. [Photo/VCG]
Firefighters battle a warehouse blaze in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, Dec 19, 2017. [Photo/VCG]
A panda strikes a pose at Shenyang Forest Zoo in Shenyang, Liaoning province, Dec 16, 2017. [Photo/IC]
A man dives into icy water in a park in Shenyang, Liaoning province, Dec 18, 2017. [Photo/VCG]
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Students and their teacher make dumplings together to celebrate the upcoming Winter Solstice festival at Mingde Elementary School in Guangping County in Handan City, north China's Hebei Province, Dec. 20, 2017. Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, falls on Dec. 22 this year. In Chinese culture, it marks the beginning of deep winter and a break from farming in traditional agricultural society. It is also a time for family gatherings. (Xinhua/Cheng Xuehu)
Visitors view exhibits at an exhibition about the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) in the Nanjing Museum in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, Dec. 21, 2017. A total of 279 collections from the Palace Museum in Beijing were displayed at the exhibition. (Xinhua/Sun Can)
Children listen to the skills of egg carving at a primary school in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Dec. 21, 2017. The school invited local inheritors of intangible culture heritages, helping students learn more about traditional folk arts. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)
Children listen to the skills of clay sculpture at a primary school in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Dec. 21, 2017. The school invited local inheritors of intangible culture heritages, helping students learn more about traditional folk arts. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)
Children watch the works of sugar arts at a primary school in Hefei, east China's Anhui Province, Dec. 21, 2017. The school invited local inheritors of intangible culture heritages, helping students learn more about traditional folk arts. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)
A new subway train is seen at CRRC Qingdao Sifang Company in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 21, 2017. The subway train, possessing the highest international standard for fire safety, came off the assembly line in Qingdao on Thursday. The train was developed for downtown lines in Hong Kong, south China. (Xinhua/Zhang Jingang)
A foreign student learns to make dumplings to celebrate the upcoming Winter Solstice festival at an Arts and Science College under Shanxi Normal University in Linfen, northwest China's Shanxi Province, Dec. 20, 2017. Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, falls on Dec. 22 this year. In Chinese culture, it marks the beginning of deep winter and a break from farming in traditional agricultural society. It is also a time for family gatherings. (Xinhua/Yan Ruipeng)