Hundreds of green bicycles are prepared as 960 of them await riders for the new year gala at the Temple of Heaven Park on December 29, 2011 in Beijing, China. Annual New Year countdown ceremony will be held at the park on December 31. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)

Lighting test for the new year gala at the Temple of Heaven Park on December 29, 2011 in Beijing, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)

Lights are decorated for greeting the upcoming New Year 2012 at the Bund on December 30, 2011 in Shanghai, China. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images)