Visitors are attracted to products of foodstuff manufacturers displayed at a foodstuff vocational skills contest (western-style pasta) and food products exhibition in Shanghai, east China, Dec. 20, 2019. The event brought on-site making of western-style pasta, exhibition of specialty food listed as intangible cultural heritage, and products of foodstuff manufacturers to celebrate the incoming new year of 2020. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)
A contestant works on a cake during a foodstuff vocational skills contest (western-style pasta) and food products exhibition in Shanghai, east China, Dec. 20, 2019.
Carrier rocket Long March-5 Y3 is seen at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province, Dec. 21, 2019. The third Long March-5 rocket, China's largest carrier rocket, was vertically transported to the launching area at the Wenchang Space Launch Center in south China's Hainan Province on Saturday. It is planned to be launched at the end of December, according to the China National Space Administration.
It took about two hours to vertically transport the large rocket to the launching area of the center Saturday morning. Space engineers will conduct a final examination and tests on the rocket before the launch.
The upcoming flight of the Long March-5 rocket is regarded as a highlight of China's space sector this year, as the large rocket is the key to China's future space missions.
If the flight is successful, the carrier rocket will be tasked with launching China's first Mars probe and sending the Chang'e-5 lunar probe to the moon to bring lunar samples back to Earth. In addition, a modified version of the rocket, Long March-5B, will be used to construct China's space station.(Photo by Zhang Gaoxiang/Xinhua)
Combo photo taken on Dec. 19, 2019 shows China's polar icebreaker Xuelong 2 (up), or Snow Dragon 2, and penguins (bottom) on a floating ice near Xuelong 2 in the Southern Ocean. China's first domestically made polar icebreaker Xuelong 2 came across many polar animals in the Southern Ocean on Thursday during its maiden voyage for the country's 36th Antarctic expedition. (Xinhua/Liu Shiping)
Team members of China's 36th Antarctic expedition pose for photos with sea sediment samples after they collected the samples in the Cosmonauts Sea on Dec. 17, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Shiping)
Train conductors welcome passengers with hada, a traditional ceremonial scarf, next to G2412 high-speed train bound for Beijing North Railway Station, at Hohhot East Railway Station in Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Dec. 20, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhu Wenzhe)
Visitors are seen in front of the main snow sculpture at the exhibition area of the 32nd Harbin Sun Island International Snow Sculpture Art Exposition in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 20, 2019. (Photo by Zhang Tao/Xinhua)
Xu Mengtao of China celebrates after winning the final of Women's Aerials at FIS Freestyle Ski Aerial World Cup in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, Dec. 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Luo Yuan)
Gold Medalist Qi Guangpu (C) of China, Silver Medalist Jia Zongyang (L) of China and Bronze Medalist Noe Roth of Switzerland pose on the awarding ceremony after the final of Men's Aerials at FIS Freestyle Ski Aerial World Cup in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province, Dec. 21, 2019. (Xinhua/Luo Yuan)
Children learn to make Jiaozi, a traditional Chinese dumpling, to the seniors who live alone during an event to celebrate the upcoming winter solstice at a community in Hefei City, east China's Anhui Province, Dec. 20, 2019. As the Winter Solstice or Dongzhi is drawing near, a celebrating event was held here to bring the children, seniors who live alone, and other residents of the community together to experience warmth of the neighborhood. Lots of Chinese people still observe the old tradition of having Jiaozi for dinner on the Winter Solstice. (Xinhua/Cao Li)
Children serve just-cooked Jiaozi, a traditional Chinese dumpling, to the seniors who live alone during an event to celebrate the upcoming winter solstice at a community in Hefei City, east China's Anhui Province, Dec. 20, 2019.(Xinhua/Cao Li)
Li Shulan (L), a community volunteer, cuts hair for a local resident during an activity to celebrate the upcoming Dongzhi, the traditional Chinese Winter Solstice festival, at Liuyingmen community of Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 20, 2019. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
A community volunteer boils dumplings for the elderly during an activity to celebrate the upcoming Dongzhi, the traditional Chinese Winter Solstice festival, at a community of Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 20, 2019. (Xinhua/Li Xin)
Migrant workers taste just-cooked dumplings served by a volunteer to celebrate the upcoming Winter Solstice or Dongzhi at the construction site of Anhui section of Anqing-Jiujiang railway, east China's Anhui Province, Dec. 21, 2019. Lots of Chinese people still observe the old tradition of having dumplings for dinner on the Winter Solstice. (Xinhua/Cao Li)