A worker walks by illuminated snake shaped lanterns on display with others at Wang Yongxun's workshop factory in Weifang in eastern China's Shandong province on December 10, 2024. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Ida Jia, 29, holds a plush doll of LinaBell, a pink fox character from the Disney series “Duffy and Friends”, during a parade at Shanghai Disneyland, in Shanghai, China on December 23, 2024. (Photo by Tingshu Wang/Reuters)





A visitor wears a hat with Duffy design, a bear character from the Disney series “Duffy and Friends”, at Shanghai Disneyland, in Shanghai, China on December 24, 2024. (Photo by Tingshu Wang/Reuters)





This photo taken on December 29, 2024 shows a serpent-shaped light installation in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province, to mark the coming Lunar New Year of the Snake which falls on January 29, 2025. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





This photo taken on December 29, 2024 shows people from the Miao ethnic group attending a cultural new year celebration as part of the Lu Sheng (traditional wind instrument) festival in Congjiang county, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, in southwestern China's Guizhou province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Tourists enjoy ice cycling at the 7th Harbin Songhua River Ice and Snow Carnival on December 30, 2024 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province of China. The 7th Harbin Songhua River Ice and Snow Carnival started trial opening on December 30. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Child performers wait backstage before a countdown celebration event on New Year's Eve, at Shougang Park in Beijing, China, on December 31, 2024. (Photo by Florence Lo/Reuters)





Performers take part in a countdown celebration event for New Year's Eve, at Shougang Park in Beijing, China, on December 31, 2024. (Photo by Florence Lo/Reuters)





Tourists watch the sunrise in the desert at the Mingsha Mountain and Crescent Spring scenic spot on New Year's Day on January 1, 2025 in Dunhuang, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province of China. (Photo by Zhang Xiaoliang/VCG via Getty Images)





An aerial drone photo taken on January 1, 2025 shows a winter swimming enthusiast swimming in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. People across China enjoy themselves in various activities, celebrating the first day of 2025. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





The sun rises from behind buildings in Pudong's Lujiazui Financial District in Shanghai, China, on Thursday, January 2, 2025. China’s gross domestic product is expected to expand around 5% for the full year of 2024, President Xi Jinping said, signaling the world’s second-largest economy is on track to meet its official target. (Phoot by Qilai Shen/Bloomberg)





People are seen at the waiting area of a newly-built luxury toilet at a shopping mall in Nanjing, in east China's Jiangsu province on January 2, 2025. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





This photo taken on January 2, 2025 shows an ice-sculpted replica of China's first domestically-built Liaoning aircraft carrier in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





People take an escalator amid an installation of drums in Beijing on January 3, 2025. (Photo by Jade Gao/AFP Photo)





A folk artist shakes iron nets with hot charcoals to create sparks during Huohu (fire pot) performance at a China-Chic fireworks show on January 4, 2025 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province of China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)





This photo shows an aerial of people visiting the Harbin Ice and Snow World during the 26th Ice Festival in Harbin, in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province on January 5, 2025. (Photo by Jade Gao/AFP Photo)





A visitor slides down blocks of ice, during the opening ceremony of the Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin in China's Heilongjiang province, Sunday, January 5, 2025. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A visitor poses for pictures at the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, Heilongjiang province, China on January 5, 2025. (Photo by Xiaoyu Yin/Reuters)





Visitors take souvenir pictures with the ice structures during the Harbin Ice and Snow World in Harbin, China's Heilongjiang province on Monday, January 6, 2025. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Yu Xiaofeng leaps as she jumps into a pool carved from ice on the frozen Songhua river in Harbin in northeastern China's Heilongjiang province, Tuesday, January 7, 2025. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)