A woman walks her dogs during a sandstorm in Beijing, Monday, March 15, 2021. The sandstorm brought a tinted haze to Beijing's skies and sent air quality indices soaring on Monday. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A cyclist and motorists move past office buildings amid a sandstorm during the morning rush hour in the central business district in Beijing, Monday, March 15, 2021. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Residents make their way through a sandstorm in Beijing, Monday, March 15, 2021. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A woman in bridal gown adjusts herself during a wedding photoshoot near the Forbidden City, as the city is hit by sandstorm, in Beijing, China on March 15, 2021. (Photo by Tingshu Wang/Reuters)





An electric worker at 346.5 meters above the 500 kV Xingdou Line 63 Yangtze River Crossing Tower carries out a live replacement of a cable damping cable clip in Taizhou, Jiangsu province on March 10, 2021. (Photo by Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)





A dog runs in the water as a treatment to cure its walking problems at a pet hospital in Shenyang, in northeastern China's Liaoning province on March 11, 2021. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





A dog receives laser therapy to supplement acupuncture treatment at a pet hospital in Shenyang, in northeastern China's Liaoning province on March 11, 2021. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





China successfully launched a Long March-7 carrier rocket into remote 2 from the Wenchang Space Launch Site in Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province, March 12, 2021, at 1:51 am. The carrier rocket, developed from the Long March 7 carrier rocket, is designed to launch satellites in geosynchronous orbit with a carrying capacity of no less than 7 tons. The Jianjin-9 satellite will be used for in-orbit verification tests of new technologies such as space environment monitoring. (Photo by Costfoto/Barcroft Media via Getty Images)





A villager arranges air-dried handmade noodles at Wangteng Village of Xinhe County, north China's Hebei Province, March 10, 2021. Xinhe County has a long history of making handmade dried noodles. In recent years, Xinhe County has promoted handmade dried noodles through various ways and encouraged villagers to make noodles so as to raise their income. (Photo by Chine Nouvelle/SIPA Press/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Pro-China staff members collect resident's signature at a stall to support a proposal to draft changes of election rules for Hong Kong on a downtown street in Hong Kong, Friday, March 12, 2021. A Chinese official hit back Friday at U.S. criticism of planned election law changes in Hong Kong, noting the chaos surrounding the recent American presidential election. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)





Chinese President Xi Jinping is seen on a big screen during a live broadcast of the closing session of the National People's Congress in Beijing on Thursday, March 11, 2021. China's ceremonial legislature on Thursday endorsed the Communist Party's latest move to tighten control over Hong Kong by reducing the role of its public in picking the territory's leaders. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Attendants serve tea before the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China on March 10, 2021. (Photo by Carlos Garcia Rawlins/Reuters)





A Chinese paramilitary policeman stands watch on Tiananmen Square near the Great Hall of the People where the closing session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) is held in Beijing on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Security personnel march before the second plenary session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 8, 2021. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)





People look at polar bears inside an enclosure at a newly-opened hotel, which allows guests views of the animals – listed as a vulnerable species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) – from rooms on the premises in Harbin, northeastern China's Heilongjiang province, on March 12, 2021. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Polar bears are seen at an enclosure inside a hotel at a newly-opened polarland-themed park in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang province in this handout picture provided by Harbin Polarpark on March 13, 2021. (Photo by Harbin Polarpark/Handout via Reuters)





Passengers wearing face masks ride the subway in Beijing on March 3, 2021. (Photo by Noel Celis/AFP Photo)





Aerial view of students practicing Tai Chi at a primary school on March 10, 2021 in Handan, Hebei Province of China. (Photo by Hao Qunying/VCG via Getty Images)





A volunteer releases a rescued raptor into the wild in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, March 14, 2021. Raptors rescued by Shenyang birds of prey rescue center were released into the wild in Shenyang on Sunday. These birds have all fully recovered from injury or starvation under the effort of the center. (Photo by Yang Qing/Xinhua News/Profimedia)





A girl holds a blossom in her mouth while posing for photos under cherry blossom trees at Wuhan University on March 11, 2021 in Wuhan, China. Tourists come to view cherry blossoms at the university during the spring. Wuhan University, first founded in 1893, is widely known as one of the most beautiful universities in China. Last year Wuhan University did not receive guests due to the pandemic lockdown. Currently the limit is 10,000 tourists a day. With no recorded cases of community transmission since May 2020, life for residents is gradually returning to normal. (Photo by Getty Images/China Stringer Network)