Mechanical engineers check an airplane at Urumqi Diwopu International Airport in Urumqi, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 21, 2020. Staff members of China Southern Airlines have fully prepared to offer maintenance service to airplanes, an effort to ensure flight safety during the Spring Festival travel rush. (Xinhua/Ding Lei)
Medical staff swear in as members of "assault team" in the fight against the novel coronavirus-related pneumonia at Union Hospital affiliated to Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 22, 2020. (Xinhua/Cheng Min)
Staff members of Toudaoguai hydrologic station walk on the frozen surface of the Yellow River in Tuoketuo County, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Jan. 20, 2020. Although the Yellow River has entered its frozen period, hydrological workers here still stuck to their posts. They usually start their work before daybreak in the temperature of minus 20 degrees Celsius. (Xinhua/Bei He)
A Japanese white-eye is seen at the Minjiang River estuary wetlands in Changle District of Fuzhou City, southeast China's Fujian Provicne, Jan. 19, 2020. The estuarine wetlands boast rich biodiversity. Every year, large numbers of wild birds would stop off the wetlands during migration, and some would winter and breed here. (Xinhua/Wei Peiquan)
Yang Meng turns around to remind her husband Dai Chong to drink more water at the T3A Terminal of Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in southwest China's Chongqing, Jan. 22, 2020. The year of 2020 marks the 10th Spring Festival travel rush for the couple Dai Chong and Yang Meng who during this period can only see each other for ten minutes every day. Both of them are working for the ground service at the Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport, with one as a check-in counter clerk and the other a service clerk. Busy with serving the passengers, the couple only have a ten-minute brief encounter at noon every day when they fetch their working meals. (Xinhua/Liu Chan)
The photo taken on January 23, 2020 shows a subway station which is temporarily shut down in Wuhan, Central China’s Hubei province. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Chang)
The local government of Wuhan, the center of the coronavirus, announced that all public transportation in the city-local buses, long-distanced buses, subway and ferry-will be temporarily closed starting at 10am on Thursday. All flights and trains scheduled to depart from Wuhan also will be temporarily canceled to reduce the risk of spreading the new virus, the government said.Residents in Wuhan were suggested not to leave the city if there is no particular reason, according to the announcement.
The New York-based Nasdaq stock exchange marked the Chinese Lunar New Year on Wednesday with a special bell ringing ceremony to kick off the day's trading.(Photo: China News Service/Liao Pan)
Dragon dancers perform during a celebration to greet the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year at the Chinatown in Manila, the Philippines, Jan. 22, 2020. The Chinese Lunar Year of the Rat begins on Jan. 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
Children dressed in traditional Chinese opera costumes play with guinea pigs during a celebration to greet the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year at the Chinatown in Manila, the Philippines, Jan. 22, 2020. The Chinese Lunar Year of the Rat begins on Jan. 25, 2020. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)
A child selects knick knacks of Chinese Lunar New Year at Pancoran market in Jakarta, Indonesia, Jan. 22, 2020. Ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, many people in Indonesia are purchasing new year decorations for their home. (Xinhua/Veri Sanovri)
Students eat dumplings made by themselves in Hainan University in Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, Jan. 22, 2020. Some 60 international students on Wednesday attended the cultural event to greet the Chinese Lunar New Year. (Xinhua/Guo Cheng)
A cook shows the fish-shaped steamed buns at a food plant in Huanghua City of north China's Hebei Province, Jan. 10, 2020. It is a tradition for people in Huanghua to make steamed buns ahead of the Spring Festival. The dough food has been listed as one of the intangible cultural heritages of Hebei in 2009. (Xinhua/Mu Yu)
People select goods at a shopping fair held to greet the upcoming Spring Festival at Hunan Province Exhibition Hall in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 15, 2020. (Xinhua/Chen Zeguo)
Photo shows sugar figures at a Spring Festival market themed on intangible cultural heritages held at Baihuazhou historical and cultural block in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 19, 2020. (Xinhua/Wang Kai)
A villager makes Red ciba, a traditional food made of sticky rice especially for the Spring Festival (Chinese Lunar New Year), in Baiguo Village in Yuping Dong Autonomous County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Jan. 9, 2020. China's Spring Festival falls on Jan. 25 this year. (Xinhua/Yang Ying)
A worker sterilizes the square in front of Hankou Railway Station in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, on Jan 23, 2020. [Photo by Zhou Guoqiang/chinadaily.com.cn]
From 10 am Thursday all public transportation, including city buses, subways, ferries and long-distance coaches have been suspended, and outbound channels at airports and railway stations have also been closed until further notice.
Two armed policemen stand at the gate of Hankou Railway Station in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, on Jan 23, 2020. [Photo by Zhou Guoqiang/chinadaily.com.cn]
A medical worker tests temperatures of people in vehicles at Fuhe Toll Gate on a highway linking to Wuhan Tianhe International Airport. [Photo by Yuan Zheng/chinadaily.com.cn]
Train attendant Liu Yilu serves drinks for passengers on C8214, the high-speed train heading from Zhongwei South to Yinchuan, Jan 22, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
Train attendant Liu Yilu fills in the inspection card for sanitation on C8214, the high-speed train heading from Zhongwei South to Yinchuan, Jan 22, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
Train attendant Zhao Xuezi helps a passenger in a wheelchair on C8214, the high-speed train heading from Zhongwei South to Yinchuan, Jan 22, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
Zhou Xianhua cleans the train after C8214 arrived at Zhongwei South Station, Jan 22, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua]
This year marks the first Spring Festival travel season for the Yinchuan-Zhongwei high-speed railway. During the peak time for Chinese Lunar New Year transportation, train attendants strengthen the management of on-board service to ensure a safe trip for passengers.
People select flowers and festive decorations at a market to greet the Spring Festival at the Victoria Park in Hong Kong, south China, Jan. 21, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Gang)
A customer poses for a selfie at a flower market to greet the Spring Festival at the Victoria Park in Hong Kong, south China, Jan. 21, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Gang)
The world's oldest captive giant panda Xinxing and her four "great-grandchildren" celebrated the upcoming Spring Festival at a zoo in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality Tuesday. The 37-year-old celebrity "granny panda," her age equivalent to more than 100 human years, was treated with carrots, apples, bamboo shoots and leaves in the panda house decorated with lanterns and streamers. The food was carried to the dining area by the four panda cubs in baskets on their back as gifts for their "great-grandmother" to mark the occasion of their first meeting. (Photo: China News Service/ Chen Chao)