People hold up cut-outs of the numbers 2025 to welcome the arrival of the New Year on Jan 1, 2025, at Lianyungang, Jiangsu province. [Photo by Si Wei/for chinadaily.com.cn]
Tourists welcome the first ray of sunshine on New Year's Day on Jan 1, 2025 in Rongcheng, Shandong province. [Photo by Li Xinjun/for chinadaily.com.cn]
Folk artists perform a lion dance to celebrate the New Year on Jan 1, 2025, in Liaocheng, Shandong province. [Photo by Zhang Zhenxiang/for chinadaily.com.cn]
Swimmers celebrate the New Year in Lianyungang, Jiangsu province. [Photo by Wang Chun/for chinadaily.com.cn]
A giant panda enjoys food in an artificial snow and ice environment with bamboo leaves forming the numbers 2025 on Jan 1, 2025. [Photo by Chen Shichuan/for chinadaily.com.cn]
Crowds welcome the New Year on the evening of Dec 31, 2024, in Huangshan, Anhui province. [Photo by Shi Yalei/for chinadaily.com.cn]
A cross-year fireworks show is staged in Fuqing, Fujian province on the evening of Dec 31, 2024. [Photo by Xie Guiming/for chinadaily.com.cn]
A cross-year show by thousands of drones is performed on the evening of Dec 31, 2024, in Nanjing, Jiangsu province. [Photo by Fang Dongxu/for chinadaily.com.cn]
People welcome the New Year during an evening gala in Chongqing, on Dec 31, 2024. [Photo by Qiu Hongbin/for chinadaily.com.cn]
