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People shop for snacks at the 2025 Yinchuan Lunar New Year's shopping festival in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Jan. 12, 2025. The festival featuring fresh foods, various snacks, and new year decorations will last until Jan. 26, attracting many citizens to buy goods for the upcoming Spring Festival. (All photos by Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)


Visitors enjoy snacks at the 2025 Yinchuan Lunar New Year's shopping festival in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Jan. 12, 2025.



A customer selects sweets at the 2025 Yinchuan Lunar New Year's shopping festival in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Jan. 12, 2025.



A child tries snacks at the 2025 Yinchuan Lunar New Year's shopping festival in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Jan. 12, 2025.



A customer buys cured meat at the 2025 Yinchuan Lunar New Year's shopping festival in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Jan. 12, 2025.



People visit the 2025 Yinchuan Lunar New Year's shopping festival in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Jan. 12, 2025.

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Li Jie sews women's hats of the Yi and Miao ethnic groups. (Photo/Yang Jiayan)

Li Jie, a skilled embroiderer from southwest China's Yunnan Province, infuses intangible cultural heritage items such as traditional embroidery and silver ornaments with modern fashion elements, creating ethnic costumes that captivate consumers and breathe new life into traditional clothing.



Li Jie cuts out a clothing design pattern. (Photo/Yang Jiayan)



Li Jie shows an ethnic costume made by her to a customer in her store in Fuheng township, Yangbi Yi Autonomous County, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province, on Dec. 20, 2024. (Photo/Yang Jiayan)



Models show costumes made by Li Jie on Dec. 5, 2024. (Photo/Yang Jiayan)



Li Jie examines a newly finished costume in front of the mirror. (Photo/Yang Jiayan)



Li Jie designs clothing. (Photo/Yang Jiayan)



Photo shows costumes of the Yi ethnic group made by Li Jie. (Photo/Yang Jiayan) (Web editor: Hongyu, Liang Jun)

During the Global Mayors Dialogue held in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Southeast Asian mayors experience some Chinese New Year traditions and local culture on Jan 15, 2025. [Photos provided to chinadaily.com.cn]



Mayors from seven Southeast Asian countries, including Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia, gathered in Nanning, the capital of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, for the Global Mayors Dialogue from Wednesday to Saturday.

The dialogue has focused on exploring new models, content and pathways for friendly exchanges and cooperation between Chinese and foreign cities, aiming to foster a closer China-ASEAN community with a shared future.





On Wednesday evening, the delegation visited Sanjie Liangxiang, a historical district in Nanning, to experience some Chinese New Year customs. They enjoyed folk art exhibitions, observed demonstrations of intangible cultural heritage and watched local opera performances.

Two cruise ships, the MSC Bellissima and Royal Caribbean's Spectrum of the Seas, returned to the Shanghai Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal on Thursday, kicking off China's homeport operations for 2025. [All Photos provided to chinadaily.com.cn]



Two cruise ships, the MSC Bellissima and Royal Caribbean's Spectrum of the Seas, returned to the Shanghai Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal on Thursday, with over 9,000 domestic and foreign tourists arriving in Shanghai through the port.





Over 1,000 South Korean tourists arrived in Shanghai on the MSC Bellissima, marking the largest single-entry group from South Korea since China's visa-free policy announcement in November 2024. Baoshan district government hosted a ceremony featuring traditional cultural performances and exhibits of intangible cultural heritage to welcome the tourists.

Competitors work on an ice sculptures during the first edition of Heilongjiang Ice Carving Vocational Skills Competition at the Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 15, 2025. The competition kicked off on Wednesday, attracting more than 50 skilled professionals from 18 teams. (All photos Xinhua/Zhang Tao)

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Young violinists perform at the Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 12, 2025.

This winter, Harbin is drawing tourists with its stunning winter landscape, fueling a significant boom in its ice and snow tourism industry. (All Photos Xinhua/Zhang Tao)






Tourists pose for photos at the Happy Island, an outdoor ice and snow amusement park in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 15, 2025.



An aerial drone photo shows tourists having fun at the Happy Island, an outdoor ice and snow amusement park in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 15, 2025.



Tourists pose for photos at an architecture art square in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 13, 2025.



Tourists have fun at the Central Street in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 13, 2025.





These photos show tourists having fun around a giant snowman in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 15, 2025.

Tourists view the lanterns on a lantern show in Zigong, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 15, 2025. The 31st Zigong International Dinosaur Lantern Show, which will kick off on Jan. 17 this year, light up the lights for trial display in Zigong Wednesday.









This year's lantern show is arranged with twelve groups of super-large light sets, seven groups of large light sets and more than 200 groups of small and medium-sized light sets to attract visitors. (All Photos by Lan Zitao/Tang Mingrun/Xinhua)

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Passengers ride the world's first carbon fiber subway train in Qingdao, Shandong province, on Jan 10, 2025. The train, dubbed CETROVO 1.0, offers advantages such as being lighter and more energy-efficient, compared with conventional trains. ZHANG JINGANG/FOR CHINA DAILY



Company members dressed in traditional costumes distribute recruitment materials to a job seeker on Jan 10, 2025 at a career fair in Luoyang, Henan province. Hundreds of employers offered a wide range of job opportunities and services such as employment and entrepreneurship policies, startup loans, and legal aid for labor relations. ZHANG GUANGHUI/FOR CHINA DAILY



A teacher demonstrates a science experiment to children at a youth center in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, on Jan 14, 2025. DING GENHOU/FOR CHINA DAILY



Young violinists from the Harbin Schoenfeld Children's Arts Society perform in a musical flash mob at Harbin Snow and Ice World in Heilongjiang province on Jan 12, 2025. The event was held to promote the upcoming 9th Asian Winter Games, which will be held from Feb 7 to 14 in Harbin. ZHANG TAO/XINHUA



Visitors enjoy the colorful atmosphere during the trial run of the 31st International Dinosaur Lantern Festival in Zigong, Sichuan province, on Jan 13, 2025. The Zigong lantern-making technique gained global attention last month for playing a key role in the successful inscription of the Chinese Spring Festival on the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list. HUANG ZHENGHUA/FOR CHINA DAILY



Shoppers browse at a Miniso store featuring merchandise from the hit video game Black Myth: Wukong in Beijing on Jan 15, 2025. In addition to five licensed Miniso stores, the official flagship store for the game opened online on the shopping platform Tmall on Wednesday. YI HAIFEI/CHINA NEWS SERVICE



Passengers, some of whom are displaying the Chinese character fu, which means happiness and luck, wait in line to board trains at Beijing West Railway Station on Jan 14, 2025, the first day of China's 40-day Spring Festival travel rush. Nine billion interregional trips are expected during this year's travel rush. ZOU HONG/CHINA DAILY



People prepare a giant hotpot in a pot with a 4-meter diameter at an ice and snow hotpot festival at a Hunhe riverside market in Shenyang, Liaoning province, on Jan 12, 2025. Visitors enjoyed a unique winter experience, playing in the snow and savoring delicious hotpot dishes. ZHANG WENKUI/FOR CHINA DAILY

A live streamer promotes traditional Chinese knot ornaments on Thursday in Honghua town, Tancheng county of Linyi city, Shandong province. [Photo by Zhang Chunlei/For chinadaily.com.cn]

Villagers are busy making traditional Chinese knot ornaments in Honghua town, Tancheng county of Linyi city, Shandong province, to meet the high demand during the upcoming Chinese New Year market.

Over 40 million Chinese knot ornaments are produced and shipped from this town to domestic and international markets annually.



Villagers package traditional Chinese knot ornaments on Thursday in Honghua town, Tancheng county of Linyi city, Shandong province. [Photo by Zhang Chunlei/For chinadaily.com.cn]







Villagers make traditional Chinese knot ornaments on Thursday in Honghua town, Tancheng county of Linyi city, Shandong province. [Photos by Zhang Chunlei/For chinadaily.com.cn]







Traditional Chinese knot ornaments made in Honghua town, Tancheng county of Linyi city, Shandong province. [Photos by Zhang Chunlei/For chinadaily.com.cn]

Contestants prepare for a competition at the 2024 World Robot Contest Finals in Zhengzhou, Henan province, on Jan 16, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua/VCG]

The 2024 World Robot Contest Finals kicked off on Thursday in Zhengzhou, Henan province.

The event consists of two major competitions, Brain-Computer Interface or BCI Brain-controlled Robot Competition and Youth Robot Design Competition.

Running from Jan 16 to 21, the event covers more than 20 major events, 50 minor events and 100 competition groups, providing a broad competitive stage for robot enthusiasts around the world.





Contestants operate robotic vehicles during the 2024 World Robot Contest Finals in Zhengzhou, Henan province, on Jan 16, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]



Contestants are competing at the 2024 World Robot Contest Finals in Zhengzhou, Henan province, on Jan 16, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]


Contestants compete during a drone competition at the 2024 World Robot Contest Finals in Zhengzhou, Henan province, on Jan 16, 2025. [Photo/VCG]