Guangdong companies look for skilled workers in neighboring provinces Airport employees count migrant workers at Wuliangye Airport in Yibin, Sichuan province, on Jan 29. A total of 94 migrant workers flew to Zhongshan, Guangdong province, to return to work following the Spring Festival holiday. (ZHUANG GE'ER / FOR CHINA DAILY) Vehicles are busy transporting raw […]
Tourists pose for photos at Liaohe ancient street in Yingkou, northeast China's Liaoning province, Feb 3, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – Sunday marks the Lantern Festival, the final day of the traditional Chinese New Year celebrations, which are about family reunions. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, […]
In this file photo taken on July 11, 2019, a cross-straits ferry is moored in Pingtan, Fujian province, China. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY) During the past Spring Festival holiday, 775 passengers have taken the ferry between the coastal areas of East China's Fujian province and the outlying islands of Kinmen and Matsu of Taiwan, […]
Tourists visit the Qilou ancient street during the Spring Festival holiday in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Jan 27, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING/SHANGHAI– Major cities in China witnessed strong rebounds in tourist arrivals during the Spring Festival holiday as pent-up demand was unleashed after China optimized COVID response measures.Official data revealed by the municipal […]
People tour Jiuzhou ancient town in Qiandongnan Miao and Dong autonomous prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 26, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – About 308 million domestic trips were made in China during this year's Spring Festival holiday, up 23.1 percent year-on-year, said the country's Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Domestic tourism revenue generated […]
Tourists take photos while visiting the Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, on Jan 23, 2023. During the Spring Festival holiday, the famous historic site attracted a large number of visitors. (ZHANG TIANZHU / FOR CHINA DAILY) Chinese New Year spree shows shoppers' big role in bolstering growth, say experts Chinese consumers splurged during the […]
People visit Sanfangqixiang (Three Lanes and Seven Alleys), a historic neighborhood in Fuzhou, East China's Fujian province, Jan 22, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – China saw a 73-percent year-on-year increase in passenger trips made Wednesday, the fifth day of the seven-day Spring Festival holiday, the Ministry of Transport said Thursday. The passenger trips topped […]
In this photo dated Jan 7, 2023, tourists enjoy skiing at a ski resort in Beiji Village in Mohe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Ice-snow tourism is becoming a "tradition" in China for Chinese New Year. (PHOTO / XINHUA) TAIYUAN – Having spent the first day of the Spring Festival holiday at home, He Rui rushed […]
Moviegoers enter a cinema in Shanghai on Jan 22, 2023. (CHEN YUYU / FOR CHINA DAILY) With box office receipts soaring during Spring Festival, long-anticipated prosperity has returned to Chinese cinemas,ushering in an inspiring start for the Year of the Rabbit. As of Wednesday, the country has grossed a total of 5 billion yuan ($737 […]
Locals perform a dragon dance during a molten iron firework show to celebrate Spring Festival in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, on Jan 24, 2023. (HU YUANJIA / FOR CHINA DAILY) The ongoing Spring Festival holiday has blown a trumpet for the nation's tourism recovery, which is witnessing a robust rebound,thanks to optimized COVID-19 control measures. Southwest […]
President Xi Jinping always sent his festive greetings to people throughout China ahead of Spring Festival, the most important holiday on the Chinese calendar. Check out the highlights of his words.
People buy festive decorations ahead of the Spring Festival in Jianhe County of Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 18, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BEIJING – Heated competition for Spring Festival visitors has resumed at Chinese scenic spots, shopping malls and cinemas, following the end of a three-year lull caused […]
Travelers enter a terminal at Beijing Capital International Airport to take flights on Dec 29, 2022 as some restrictions for travel were eased. (CUI JUN / FOR CHINA DAILY) BEIJING — Following the downgrading of China's management of COVID-19, people across the country are merrily celebrating the Spring Festival, one of the most important traditional […]
BEIJING – Starting from Saturday, the Lunar New Year's Eve or "Chuxi" in Chinese, hundreds of millions of people are celebrating the Spring Festival in China, the grandest holiday for the Chinese. Festivities, which were curtailed by the COVID-19 epidemic, are back in full force after a downgrade in China's COVID-19 management strategy earlier this […]
BEIJING – Tears of joy flooded Li Ji's eyes when her flight finally landed in Beijing, wrapping up her three-day trek home from Omaha, the United States. Li, a pediatrician working in the state of Nebraska, has been away from home for eight years. While the COVID-19 pandemic made traveling home difficult over the past […]
Moviegoers check in at a cinema in Beijing on Jan 12, 2023. (PHOTO / CHINA DAILY) At the beginning of the first Spring Festival holiday since China adjusted its pandemic prevention policy, the once sluggish movie market is expected to make a strong recovery with a cluster of highly anticipated blockbusters,some insiders are saying. As […]
President Xi Jinping, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, greets military units on Wednesday while inspecting the combat readiness of armed forces via video link from Beijing, ahead of Spring Festival. (LI GANG / XINHUA) President Xi Jinping extended Spring Festival […]
President holds video meetings with ordinary people across the nation President Xi Jinping, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, greets people from all walks of life across the country on Wednesday while meeting with them via video link from Beijing. (XIE […]
Gift packages are offered last week to workers who chose to stay on their jobs during Spring Festival in Huzhou, Zhejiang province, instead of returning home. (TAN YUNFENG / FOR CHINA DAILY) Many local governments across the country are encouraging workers not to return to their hometowns for Spring Festival so that factories can continue […]
A performer walks to board train No. 5640 at Guiyang Railway Station in Guiyang, southwest China's Guizhou province, Jan 10, 2023. (YANG WENBIN / XINHUA) BEIJING – As the unleashed pent-up travel demand has brought back a Spring Festival travel rush unseen for three years, China's transport sectors are making all-out efforts to ensure smooth […]
