Shoppers visit a retail district in Beijing on Thursday, April 15, 2021. China’s economic growth surged to 18.3% over a year earlier in the first quarter of this year as factory and consumer activity recovered from the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A worker installs new traffic lights at a junction in Beijing on Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Shoppers visit a mall in Beijing on Friday, April 9, 2021. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A woman walks her dog in a retail district in Beijing on Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A child poses for photos near a movie advertisement along a retail street in Beijing on Friday, April 9, 2021. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A visitor walks in front of the advertisement on the Electronica China Expo in Shanghai, China, 16 April 2021. Founded in 2002, electronica China is now one of the leading platforms for innovative electronics manufacturing and it's held from 14-16 of April 2021, with over 1,300 exhibitors worldwide. (Photo by Alex Plavevski/EPA/EFE)





People visit a park as sandstorm hits the city on April 15, 2021 in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China. (Photo by Liu Wenhua/China News Service via Getty Images)





The new Zhongshuge bookshop has bamboo shelves and a mirrored ceiling in Chengdu, China on April 15, 2021. (Photo by Sipa Asia/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Aerial photo shows workers removing sand along Linhe-Ceke railway in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, April 14, 2021. With a total length of 768 kilometers, the Linhe-Ceke railway is one of the important junctions connecting Mongolia and China. Two passenger trains and nearly 40 freight trains run on it every day. In order to control the sand damage, eleven sand control stations have been set up along the Linhe-Ceke railway that traverses more than 400 kilometers of desert. The railway sand control workers are stationed here all year round to prevent the accumulation of quicksand on the railway lines and ensure the smooth railway transportation. (Photo by Xinhua News Agency/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





A visitor poses for pictures with a board featuring Stanley Prison during an open day to mark the National Security Education Day at the Staff Training Institute of Correctional Services Department in Hong Kong, China on April 15, 2021. (Photo by Lam Yik/Reuters)





Children play behind a member of the Railway Response Team at a model of a Mass Transit Railway (MTR) station during an open day to mark National Security Education Day, at Hong Kong Police College, in Hong Kong, China, April 15, 2021. (Photo by Tyrone Siu/Reuters)





Students attend a flag raising ceremony during the National Security Education Day at a secondary school, in Hong Kong, Thursday, April 15, 2021. Beijing's top official in Hong Kong on Thursday warned foreign forces not to interfere with the “bottom line” of national security in Hong Kong, threatening retaliation even amid ongoing tensions between China and Western powers. (Photo by Kin Cheung/AP Photo)





Aerial view of local people performing cheongsam show to celebrate the Sanyuesan Festival on April 14, 2021 in Wuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China. The Sanyuesan Festival falls on the third day of the third lunar month. (Photo by He Huawen/VCG via Getty Images)





Hong Kong Police officers march in the Chinese-style for the first time in public during an open day to celebrate National Security Education Day at the Hong Kong Police College in Hong Kong, China, 15 April 2021. The former British colony is celebrating its first National Security Education Day after implementation of the Hong Kong National Security Law in June 2020. (Photo by Jerome Favre/EPA/EFE)





In this picture taken on January 11, 2021, young gymnasts stretch their legs at the Li Xiaoshuang Gymnastics School in Xiantao, Hubei province. This summer's delayed Tokyo Olympics, which are now due to start on July 23, 2021, will be the defining moment for Chinese gymnasts who have trained relentlessly since as young as age four in the pursuit of gold. (Photo by Nicolas Asfouri/AFP Photo)





In this picture taken on January 11, 2021, young gymnasts train at the Li Xiaoshuang Gymnastics School in Xiantao, Hubei province. (Photo by Nicolas Asfouri/AFP Photo)





In this picture taken on January 11, 2021, young gymnasts eat dinner in the canteen at the Li Xiaoshuang Gymnastics School in Xiantao, Hubei province. (Photo by Nicolas Asfouri/AFP Photo)





In this picture taken on January 12, 2021, a young gymnast trains at the Li Xiaoshuang Gymnastics School in Xiantao, Hubei province. (Photo by Nicolas Asfouri/AFP Photo)





In this picture taken on January 12, 2021, young gymnasts train at the Li Xiaoshuang Gymnastics School in Xiantao, Hubei province. (Photo by Nicolas Asfouri/AFP Photo)





In this picture taken on January 11, 2021, young gymnast Du Xiyun trains at the Li Xiaoshuang Gymnastics School in Xiantao, Hubei province. (Photo by Nicolas Asfouri/AFP Photo)