A huge light screen of 2,000 square meters appeared in the MIXC, creating a Christmas atmosphere in Luohu District, Shenzhen City, south China's Guangdong Province on December 12, 2022. (Photo by Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Girls from the Miao ethnic group dress up in ethnic costumes to celebrate the traditional Lusheng Festival on December 12, 2022 in Congjiang County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province of China. (Photo by Mo Xiaoshu/VCG via Getty Images)





People take photos of a Christmas tree in Hong Kong, China, 12 December 2022. The tree and decorations, set in the West Kowloon Cultural District and Victoria Harbour, are part of the Hong Kong WinterFest Christmas Town 2022. (Photo by Jerome Favre/EPA/EFE)





Soldiers wearing face masks and goggles march past masked passengers waiting at a railway station in Beijing, Tuesday, December 13, 2022. Some Chinese universities say they will allow students to finish the semester from home in hopes of reducing the potential of a bigger COVID-19 outbreak during the January Lunar New Year travel rush. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A masked worker on a ladder cleans a dusty lantern outside a steamboat restaurant at the Wangfujing shopping district in Beijing, Wednesday, December 14, 2022. China's National Health Commission scaled down its daily COVID-19 report starting Wednesday in response to a sharp decline in PCR testing since the government eased anti-virus measures and daily cases hit record highs. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A resident has his COVID-19 throat swabbed at a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Wednesday, December 14, 2022. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





A masked man walks by a resident who registers to get his COVID-19 throat swab near barricades laying around a coronavirus testing site in Beijing, Wednesday, December 14, 2022. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Residents wearing masks walk near the forbidden city in Beijing, Wednesday, December 14, 2022. China's National Health Commission scaled down its daily COVID-19 report starting Wednesday in response to a sharp decline in PCR testing since the government eased antivirus measures after daily cases hit record highs. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





A woman wearing a face mask looks at her laptop on a street, as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks continue in Shanghai, China on December 14, 2022. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





People wear protective gear outside a hospital in Beijing, Thursday, December 15, 2022. China said Wednesday that it would stop reporting asymptomatic COVID-19 cases since they've become impossible to track with mass testing no longer required, another step in the country's departure from some of the world's strictest antivirus policies. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





This photo taken on December 15, 2022 shows a worker producing stuffed toys at a factory in Lianyungang, in China's eastern Jiangsu province. (Photo by AFP Photo/China Stringer Network)





Workers load body bags into a truck at a funeral complex in Beijing, Friday, December 16, 2022. Deaths linked to COVID are beginning to appear in China, even as those deaths are not reflected in the official tally. Relatives of people who died in Beijing said their loved ones had tested positive for the coronavirus before their deaths, while employees at shops in one funeral complex said there has been a noticeable uptick in traffic in the past few days. (Photo by Dake Kang/AP Photo)





Family members collect the cremated remains of their loved one bundled with red cloth outside a crematorium in Beijing, Saturday, December 17, 2022. Deaths linked to the coronavirus are appearing in Beijing after weeks of China reporting no fatalities, even as the country is seeing a surge of cases. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Family members in protective gear collect the cremated remains of their loved one bundled with yellow cloth at a crematorium in Beijing, Saturday, December 17, 2022. (Photo by Ng Han Guan/AP Photo)





Workers in protective suits transfer a body in a casket at a funeral home, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Beijing, China on December 17, 2022. (Photo by Alessandro Diviggiano/Reuters)





The Harbin Ice-Snow World, a renowned seasonal theme park, in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, 17 December 2022. (Photo by Zheng Tao/Xinhua News Agency/EPA)





A woman in a protective suit walks past a shop, as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks continue in Shanghai, China on December 19, 2022. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





Medical staff moves a patient into a fever clinic at a hospital, as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreaks continue in Shanghai, China on December 19, 2022. (Photo by Aly Song/Reuters)





A couple seek information about the vaccine with a security guard at an entrance gate to a vaccination site in Beijing, Tuesday, December 20, 2022. China continues to adapt to an easing of strict virus containment regulations. (Photo by Andy Wong/AP Photo)





Staff members work on a gigantic snow sculpture for the upcoming 35th Taiyangdao Island (Sun Island) International Snow Sculpture Expo in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China, 18 December 2022. (Photo by Wang Song/EPA/EFE)