A member of security personnel stands on duty on an empty train platform inside a station on the Subway Line Number 1 on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China, February 7, 2016. According to local media, traffic in Beijing has seen a rare relief from its usual heavy pressure after 15 million people have left the city, heading for family reunions in their hometowns on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year of Monkey. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





Two people walk along a road as a car drives past on the eve of Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China, February 7, 2016. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





A passenger sits in an otherwise empty No. 43 bus travelling along Jianguomen Outer Street on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China, February 7, 2016. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





A tourist girl pulls on her buggy at the Tiananmen Square on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China, February 7, 2016. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





Vehicles drive on the Jianguomen Outer Street through Beijing's central business district on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China, February 7, 2016. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





A tourist family walks on a crosswalk in front of the Great Hall of the People on the eve of Chinese Lunar New Year in Beijing, China, February 7, 2016. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





A restaurant is closed for the Spring Festival holiday in Beijing's central business district on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China, February 7, 2016. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





A woman stands beside the Jianguomen Outer Street on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China, February 7, 2016. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





A pedestrian walks out of an underground passage on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China, February 7, 2016. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





A cleaner prepares to set up a roadblock at a crossing in Beijing's central business district on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China, February 7, 2016. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





A passenger walks inside a station of the Subway Line Number 1 on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China, February 7, 2016. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





A passenger walks out of a station of the Subway Line Number 1 on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China, February 7, 2016. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





A woman drives a motorbike past office buildings in Beijing's central business district on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China, February 7, 2016. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





Vehicles drive on the Guomao Bridge through Beijing's central business district on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China, February 7, 2016. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





A pedestrian walks through an underground passage on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China, February 7, 2016. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





Vehicles drive on the Guomao Bridge through Beijing's central business district on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China, February 7, 2016. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





A man walks inside the Parkview Green shopping center on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China, February 7, 2016. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)





A woman walks inside the Peking Union Medical College Hospital on the eve of the Chinese Lunar New Year, in Beijing, China, February 7, 2016. (Photo by Jason Lee/Reuters)