A child eats bread while waiting for a train at the South Train Station in Beijing, China, Friday, January 14, 2022. The number of babies born in China continued to shrink last year in a decade-long trend, official data showed Monday, as a declining workforce adds pressure to the ruling Communist Party's ambitions to boost national wealth and global influence. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





In this January 13, 2022 photo released by Xinhua News Agency, a woman and a child perform exercise on a rooftop at a residential area in Xi'an in northwestern China's Shaanxi Province. The Chinese city of Xi'an has gradually begun lifting restrictions after over three weeks of lockdown as authorities sought to stamp out a local outbreak before the Beijing Winter Olympic Games are due to start. (Photo by Tao Ming/Xinhua via AP Photo)





In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, residents wearing face masks to protect from the coronavirus shop for groceries at a supermarket in Qujiang New District of Xi'an in northwestern China's Shaanxi Province on January 15, 2022. (Photo by Tao Ming/Xinhua via AP Photo)





Penguins carrying backpacks meet tourists at Harbin Polar Park on January 15, 2022 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province of China. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)





People wearing face masks walk by a gestured tiger statue, a Chinese zodiac which marks the year 2022, on display at the Central Business District in Beijing, Monday, January 17, 2022. China’s economy expanded by 8.1% in 2021 but Beijing faces pressure to shore up activity after an abrupt slump in the second half as the ruling Communist Party forced its vast real estate industry to cut surging debt. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Workers wearing face masks to help protect from the coronavirus set up a decoration for the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, Sunday, January 16, 2022. Beijing has reported its first local omicron infection, according to state media, weeks before the Winter Olympic Games are due to start. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A man gets a swab for the COVID-19 test to meet traveling requirements at a mobile coronavirus testing facility outside a commercial office buildings in Beijing, Sunday, January 16, 2022. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Workers wearing face masks install snowflake-shaped lights near the Central Business District in Beijing, Monday, January 17, 2022. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A general view the Birds Nest stadium, the venue for opening and closing ceremonies for the 2022 Winter Olympics at Beijing Olympic Tower on January 16, 2022 in Beijing, China. The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics are set to open February 4th. (Photo by Lintao Zhang/Getty Images)





A woman receives a throat swab test at a street booth as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues in Beijing, China, January 17, 2022. (Photo by Thomas Peter/Reuters)





Aerial photo taken on January 16, 2022 shows bullet trains in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province. The Spring Festival travel rush, China's largest annual travel rush, will last from Jan. 17 to Feb. 25 this year. During the 40-day travel season, also known as chunyun, many Chinese people will travel to meet their families for the Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, which will fall on Feb. 1, 2022. (Photo by Fang Dongxu/Xinhua News Agency)





A woman shows her swab and test kit to a health worker before receiving a nucleic acid test for COVID-19 at a private testing site on January 17, 2022 in Beijing, China. While China has mostly contained the spread of COVID-19 during the pandemic, and even though cases remain relatively low, recent outbreaks of the virus including the emergence of the highly contagious Omicron variant have prompted the government to lockdown nearly 20 million people in various major cities and to reinforce stricter health measures. Mask mandates, mass testing, immunization boosters, quarantines, some travel restrictions and bans and lockdowns have become the norm as China continues to maintain its zero-COVID policy. China's capital city Beijing, has been put on high alert as it prepares to host the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics which open next month. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)





People wearing face masks, walk past decorations on a bridge to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Hong Kong, Tuesday, January 18, 2022. Hong Kong police arrested two former flight attendants for allegedly leaving their homes when they should have been in isolation for possible coronavirus infections, which were later confirmed. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)





Workers and residents stand near a nuclei test station in Beijing, China, Tuesday, January 18, 2022. The first reported case of the omicron variant has prompted stepped-up measures in Beijing, just weeks before it hosts the Winter Olympic Games. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A child plays with a red scarf near a decoration for the Beijing Winter Olympics on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, Tuesday, January 18, 2022. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Folk artists perform intangible culture heritage items during a celebration at a park in Chengshan Town to welcome Chinese new year, on Janaury 18, 2022 in Rongcheng, Shandong Province of China. (Photo by Yang Zhili/VCG via Getty Images)





Officers in protective suits leave a closed pet shop in Mong Kok district after a hamster cull was ordered to curb the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Hong Kong, China on January 19, 2022. (Photo by Lam Yik/Reuters)





Women wearing face masks printed with a slogan for Beijing Winter Olympics Games take a selfie with a decoration for the Winter Olympics Games on Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Thursday, January 20, 2022. With just over two weeks before the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, residents of the Chinese capital say they're disappointed at not being able to attend events because of coronavirus restrictions that have seen parts of the city placed under lockdown. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A group of workers prepare to sweep the snow along a street in Beijing on January 20, 2022. (Photo by Wang Zhao/AFP Photo)





A person enters a shop decorated with lanterns as the Drum Tower is lit at dusk, ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China on January 20, 2022. (Photo by Tingshu Wang/Reuters)