2021-02-11 Partially-prepared and ready-to-eat meals are gaining popularity as most Chinese plan to stay put during the Spring Festival, a holiday traditionally centered around family gatherings, to reduce the movement of people and curb the spread of the epidemic.
2020-02-19 China's railway passenger trips during the Spring Festival travel rush this year declined 48.3 percent year on year amid the novel coronavirus outbreak, official data showed Wednesday.
2020-02-17 There will be no peak period during this year's 40-day Spring Festival travel rush, which will end on Tuesday, due to the ongoing novel coronavirus, the Ministry of Transport said over the weekend.
2020-02-12 Many projects have resumed construction as of Monday in Xiongan New Area, North China's Hebei province, marking an end to the Spring Festival holiday that was extended due to the novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP), local media reported.
2020-02-10 People attend the Chinese Lunar New Year parade in Manhattan's Chinatown of New York City, the United States, Feb. 9, 2020.
2020-02-03 China has pledged to ensure safe travels for people returning to work after the Spring Festival holidays amid the novel conoravirus outbreak, authorities said.
2020-01-31 China's Ministry of Transport Thursday required efforts to guarantee the smooth flow of traffic during the Spring Festival travel rush.
2020-01-25 On the Chinese New Year Eve, a traditional time for family reunion across China, many people chose to fulfill their duty on the posts.
2020-01-25 Best wishes and greetings to the Chinese people have been flowing in around the advent of the Spring Festival on Saturday, along with calls for closer cooperation with the Asian country.
2020-01-25 A group of children sing at the opening ceremony of Dublin Chinese New Year Festival in Dublin, Ireland, Jan. 23, 2020. Dublin Chinese New Year Festival, an annual event organized by Dublin City Council, opened on Thursday night.
2020-01-25 Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Zhao Kezhi on Friday stressed efforts to ensure security during the Spring Festival holiday.
2020-01-25 The Tokyo Tower is lit in red for the Chinese Lunar New Year in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 24, 2020. The Tokyo Tower was lit up in red on Friday to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Rat which falls on Jan. 25 this year.
2020-01-25 China will embrace its Lunar New Year Saturday, a new start for the nation to race against time to reach the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation.
2020-01-23 People ski at a ski resort in Tacheng, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Jan. 22, 2020.
2020-01-23 Britain's Royal Mint has marked the start of the new Lunar cycle in 2020 with the first sign of the calendar, the Rat, to celebrate its diverse multi-cultural society, and lend a unique British angle to an ancient custom.
2020-01-23 A special bell-ringing ceremony was held Wednesday afternoon at the Nasdaq to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year.
2020-01-23 China's Spring Festival falls on Jan. 25 this year.
2020-01-23 Writing new year blessings and couplets to welcome the Chinese Lunar New Year. See how people around the world celebrate the most important festival in China.
2020-01-23 The fifth rehearsal of CCTV's 2020 Spring Festival Gala was held on Wednesday, amusing the attendees with buzzwords and jokes.
2020-01-23 Giving or receiving red envelopes, or hongbao, is an important part of the traditional festival.
2020-01-23 The Chinese Lunar Year of the Rat begins on Jan. 25, 2020.
2020-01-23 It all started months ago when the Canadian fishermen booked tickets for their lobsters to fly to China, and when the largest dairy producer in South Korea started utilizing its full capacity to meet the potential need of their customers during the Spring Festival, particularly those in China.
2020-01-23 China's rapidly expanding high-speed railway network, especially its growing number of lines to landlocked areas that provide most of the country's migrant workers, is making travel easier during the world's largest annual human migration.
2020-01-23 The Chinese Embassy in Kuwait held an event on Wednesday evening to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year, also known as Spring Festival in China.
2020-01-23 Chinese President Xi Jinping and French President Emmanuel Macron exchanged greetings in a phone conversation on Wednesday ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year.
2020-01-22 Braised pork and dried eel are the main ingredients of a traditional dish served on Spring Festival for many Shanghai residents.
2020-01-22 Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, also known as "reunion dinner" and believed to be the most important meal of the year for Chinese, is becoming more and more healthy.
2020-01-22 The upcoming Spring Festival is traditionally the best time for family reunion, but not for Lin Cheng and his son, who are tickets inspectors.
2020-01-22 President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders have visited former senior leaders to extend festive greetings ahead of the Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year.
2020-01-22 People select flowers and festive decorations at a market to greet the Spring Festival at the Victoria Park in Hong Kong, south China, Jan. 21, 2020.
2020-01-22 The world's oldest captive giant panda Xinxing and her four "great-grandchildren" celebrated the upcoming Spring Festival at a zoo in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality Tuesday.
2020-01-22 Four panda cubs named Shuangshuang, Chongchong and Xixi, Qingqing, together with the 37-year-old giant panda Xinxing, posed for a Chinese New Year greeting at the Chongqing Zoo.
2020-01-22 The Chinese Lunar Year of the Rat begins on Jan. 25, 2020.
2020-01-22 The Spring Festival is the biggest occasion for family reunion across China, but for the family of 6-year-old Zhang Anzhe, reunion opportunities are rare.
2020-01-22 With the Year of the Rat just around the corner, a growing number of young people are inviting their parents to the cities where they work for family reunions, a new trend during the annual travel rush.
2020-01-22 This year, it is bringing a taste of Spring Festival to the Big Apple, with lion dances, martial arts demonstrations and traditional Chinese dancing in partnership with the New York Chinese Cultural Center.Lion dance performances, which appear to be especially popular among all the events staged in the US, are a favorite with both children and adults, Marden added.
2020-01-21 An exhibition displaying traditional folk art surrounding the Chinese New Year opened in the National Library of China in Beijing on Jan 21.
2020-01-21 The week-long Spring Festival holiday is expected to witness 450 million domestic trips made by Chinese tourists, compared with 415 million over the same period in 2019.
2020-01-21 Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Monday extended Chinese New Year greetings to all Chinese people home and broad.
2020-01-21 Sydney is getting ready to welcome the Year of the Rat with the largest Lunar New Year extravaganza outside Asia.
2020-01-21 An old style passenger train 7524 from Yinhcuan to Rujigou is seen traveling at a slow speed of 60kmh in Helan Mountain area, Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region, January 20, 2020.
2020-01-21 Citizens shop for the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year in south China's Macao, Jan. 20, 2020.
2020-01-21 The Yuyuan Garden Lantern Festival illuminated Yuyuan Garden in celebration of the upcoming Year of the Rat, with Disney stars Mickey and Minnie making their debut at the show with tens of thousands of visitors from around the world.
2020-01-21 Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Monday visited the Kunming international convention and exhibition center in southwest China's Yunnan Province.
2020-01-20 An exhibition on auspicious Spring Festival symbols has opened at the National Museum of China.
2020-01-20 With the Chinese New Year just days away, light installations across the country are adding to the festive atmosphere.
2020-01-20 Touching moments of family reunion before Spring Festival at Chongqing West Railway Station in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.
2020-01-20 Photos show lanterns being illuminated to greet the coming Spring Festival in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong province.
2020-01-20 As the Chinese New Year is getting closer, the world is getting into the mood of the Spring Festival celebration.
2020-01-20 Xi visited Yunnan Province Sunday on an inspection tour ahead of Chinese New Year.
2020-01-20 French postal service company La Poste issued two Year of Rat stamps in a ceremony here on Saturday to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year.
2020-01-20 The 2020 Chinese New Year Concert is to be staged at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa Sunday night.
2020-01-19 The large banquet, nicknamed "A Thousand Meter-Long Banquet", has more than 800 tables lining along the street.
2020-01-19 Photo taken on January 18, 2020 shows lanterns during a lantern fair held at Huaqing Palace in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
2020-01-19 Canada Post unveiled the Year of the Rat stamps and collectibles in celebration of the upcoming Chinese Lunar Year of the Rat on Jan.16, 2020.
2020-01-19 People watch dragon and lion dance celebrating the coming Spring Festival at the Langzhong ancient town in Nanchong, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Jan. 18, 2020.
2020-01-19 The 2020 Spring Festival web gala, produced by the China Media Group, met audiences on Friday evening via TV, mobile apps and online platforms.
2020-01-19 Overseas Chinese in Kuwait on Saturday celebrated the upcoming Chinese New Year in the capital Kuwait City.
2020-01-17 China Eastern Airlines has introduced an RFID bag tracking service for passengers at Nanjing Lukou International Airport in Jiangsu Province.
2020-01-17 Robots are employed to check the bottom of bullet trains during the Spring Festival travel rush in Shanghai Hongqiao Maintenance Center.
2020-01-16 East China's Shandong Province has banned or restricted fireworks and firecrackers in all its 16 cities, as the Lunar New Year is approaching, the provincial public security department said.
2020-01-16 Aerial photo taken on Jan. 14, 2020 shows the lamp display in Gucheng Village of Jiantan Town, Zhangye City, northwest China's Gansu Province.
2020-01-16 People select goods at a shopping fair held to greet the upcoming Spring Festival at Hunan Province Exhibition Hall in Changsha, capital of central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 15, 2020.
2020-01-16 A robot "doctor" is being used for the first time to maintenance bullet trains at the service sector of the Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station as traditional Chinese New Year approaches.
2020-01-16 The government's rural revitalization efforts have improved the living standards of the villagers. Migrant farmers who used to work in cities have flowed back to find new opportunities and start businesses in their hometowns.
2020-01-16 As the traditional Chinese New Year draws near, people are flocking to the Dihua Street market in Taipei to stock up on Spring Festival supplies.
2020-01-16 Villagers began preparing steaming green rice balls, making rice cakes and brewing rice wine for upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year.
2020-01-16 A big-shell-shaped igloo has attracted many tourists in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province.
2020-01-15 Package processor for express deliveries, truck driver and tallyman were among the most wanted professions in the fourth quarter in 2019 driven by the consumption boom before the Spring Festival, official data showed.
2020-01-15 Volunteer performers from Peng'an County perform dragon and lion dance for villagers at Wadian Village, Nanchong City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, ahead of the traditional Spring Festival.
2020-01-15 People in Canada make special purchases for the upcoming Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Jan. 25 this year.
2020-01-15 The visually impaired passenger surnamed Jin would take a bullet train with his guide dog Xiaoqi on Tuesday at Zhengzhoudong Railway Station.
2020-01-15 Family consumers prefer a lot of fresh food, especially imported and high-end fruits.
2020-01-15 China's Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Zhengzhou have been chosen as performance sub-venues of the Spring Festival Gala, according to the organizer on Tuesday.
2020-01-15 The city of Paphos on the far western shores of the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus celebrated on Tuesday the upcoming Chinese New Year.
2020-01-15 The Chinese Embassy in Ottawa held a show of traditional Chinese culture and art on Tuesday, attracting about 100 people from diplomatic corps and representatives of culture and education fields in Canada.
2020-01-15 Cao Zhenrong, a professional lantern craftsman shows mini-sized lantern he made for the upcoming the Year of the Rat in Nanjing, East China’s Jiangsu province, January 14, 2020
2020-01-15 An art teacher in North China's Shanxi Province is turning heavy pieces of broken machinery into busts of China's 12 zodiac animals for the upcoming Chinese New Year, which falls on January 25 this year.
2020-01-15 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday gathered with leaders from non-Communist parties and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce (ACFIC), as well as personages without party affiliation ahead of the Spring Festival.
2020-01-15 Chicago in U.S. Midwest will celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year citywide from Jan. 24 to Feb. 9 with cultural performances, colorful parades and special events to usher in the Year of the Rat.
2020-01-15 Nowadays, imported goods are no longer exclusive to residents in first-and second-tier cities, owing to the rise in the disposable income of people in third-to fifth-tier cities, along with convenient and efficient e-commerce channels.
2020-01-14 During the Spring Festival travel rush, Lanzhou Railway Station and Lanzhou West Railway Station roll out a special voluntary service named "Steward of The Journey".
2020-01-14 China's fast-expanding high-speed railway network is helping Wu Aiping, a 50-year-old worker in east China's Anhui Province, reunite with his family sooner than ever.
2020-01-14 The reverse rush is estimated to keep increasing during the 2020 Spring Festival travel rush, according to a report released by the China Academy of Transportation Sciences.
2020-01-14 In the past, the position of train drivers was dominated by men, when the job was sort of labor-intensive. But now with the help of technology, the job requires less strength but more expertise, which embraces more female train drivers.
2020-01-14 Issued by the U.S. Postal Service at the Monterey Park Lunar New Year Festival 2020, the stamp features a rat mask that calls to mind the elaborately decorated masks used in the dragon dance, a hallmark of Lunar New Year parades.
2020-01-14 The United Nations Postal Administration (UNPA) has issued a special-event stamp sheet to celebrate the Chinese Lunar New Year.
2020-01-14 In recent years, China has seen more "reverse travel", with many elderly people going to the cities where their adult children live, and it wants to encourage the trend.
2020-01-13 The Palace Museum is inviting the public to enjoy a New Year's Eve dinner at the venue, which is stirring up excitement in culture lovers across the nation.
2020-01-13 Millions of Chinese are travelling smarter, faster, more efficiently and more comfortably than ever before after one of the world's largest human migrations got underway last Friday.
2020-01-13 Chinese authorities have expressed their regards to the national ethical role models before the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year.
2020-01-13 A group of young train crew employees from the Hefei section of China Railway Shanghai Group Co., Ltd. made their debut during the Spring Festival travel rush recently.
2020-01-10 China, the world's most populated country, on Friday ushered in its largest annual migration, 15 days ahead of the Spring Festival, or the Lunar New Year.
2020-01-10 More than 6.7 million passengers are expected to be transported via two major airports in southern China's island province of Hainan during the Spring Festival travel rush which starts on Friday.
2020-01-10 Maintenance employees check high-speed train for the upcoming Spring Festival travel rush across China.
2020-01-10 China, the world's most populated country, on Friday ushered in its largest annual migration, 15 days ahead of the Spring Festival, or the Lunar New Year.
2020-01-10 Shanghai, where around one-third of families resort to regular domestic service, has taken a range of steps to secure a sufficient supply of nannies, especially those caring for seniors and newborns, for the upcoming Spring Festival.
2020-01-10 To celebrate the Year of the Rat, Shanghai Disney Resort said Thursday it would hold a series of special events from Jan. 13 to Feb. 9.
2020-01-10 All high-speed railway stations will allow passengers to use electronic tickets as part of the effort to streamline boarding procedures and improve service amid robust traffic during the upcoming Spring Festival travel rush.
2020-01-10 Despite media reports that the Ukrainian passenger plane that crashed near Iranian capital of Tehran was shot down by Iranian missiles, Iran insisted it was caused by "technical failure."
2020-01-10 The new airport in Beijing will welcome its first travelling peak during the coming annual Spring Festival rush starting from Friday.
2020-01-09 An activity held in Xi'an of Shaanxi Province gives gourmets a tasty bite from a special selection of well-known restaurants for the coming Spring Festival.
2020-01-09 Chinese transportation system will carry a total of some three billion passengers during the Spring Festival travel period starting from Friday, according to the country's development and transport authorities.
2020-01-09 The Ministry of Public Security on Wednesday issued an early warning to raise awareness of road safety during the Spring Festival travel rush that begins Friday.
2020-01-09 Rail authorities in the Yangtze River Delta region are offering discount tickets for return bullet trains with few passengers during the chunyun, or Spring Festival travel rush.
2020-01-09 China has taken a range of steps to secure a sufficient pork supply for the coming Spring Festival feasts-supporting hog production, slaughtering more pigs and releasing more reserves of frozen meat to replenish the market.
2020-01-08 In Shenyang city of Liaoning Province, an otherworldly land of shimmering ice and brilliant colors has attracted crowds of citizens and tourists on its opening day.
2020-01-08 China's railway public security authorities have launched a campaign to ensure security during the travel rush for the upcoming Spring Festival, which falls on Jan. 25 this year.
2020-01-08 The Chongqing section of China Railway Chengdu Group Co., Ltd recently organized maintenance checks on CR200J trains, a new member of China's Fuxing bullet trains, to prepare for the upcoming Spring Festival travel rush.
2020-01-07 More than 20 newly overhauled bullet trains have lined up at the service sector of Shenyang North Railway Station Liaoning Province ahead of China's upcoming travel rush.
2020-01-07 Hong Kong Post will issue a set of special stamps themed on the Year of the Rat and the associated philatelic products on Jan. 11.
2020-01-07 The supply of pork will increase significantly for Spring Festival, Xinhua News Agency quoted a Ministry of Commerce official as saying.
2020-01-07 Young stewardesses take part in an etiquette and emergency response skill training for the Spring Festival travel rush in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 6, 2020.
2020-01-06 Citizens queue to buy stamps of the Year of Rat in Macao, south China, on Jan. 5, 2020. The stamps marking the forthcoming Year of Rat on the lunar Chinese calendar were issued on Sunday in Macao.
2020-01-02 Chinese people start their preparations for the Spring Festival more than 20 days ahead. The 12th lunar month in Chinese is called la yue, so the eighth day of this lunar month is la yue chu ba, or laba. The day is also known as the Laba Rice Porridge Festival.
2019-12-31 As Spring Festival approaches, a special robot calligrapher at Science and Technology Museum in Gansu Province, northwest China, draws a crowd with his merry couplets.
2019-12-30 An exhibition of Chinese New Year prints kicked off on Dec. 27 and will run till Mar 1 at the Shanghai History Museum in celebration of the New Year and the upcoming Spring Festival.
2019-12-29 A talk show, in which experts and celebrities discuss how the Spring Festival was celebrated in the Forbidden City, will be aired on Jan. 1, 2020.
2019-12-27 Travelers will benefit from new services during this year's Spring Festival travel rush.
2019-12-26 The primary school on Wednesday carried out an event to welcome the new year by integrating handicrafts with traditional virtues.
2019-12-26 Chinese short video platform Kuaishou announced on Wednesday it will give $143 million in cash gifts during the 2020 Spring Festival Gala in an exclusive partnership deal with China Media Group.
2019-12-26 China's Ministry of Public Security on Wednesday unveiled measures to guarantee safe and smooth transport during the upcoming travel rush for the Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year.
2019-12-26 China's Spring Festival travel rush-the world's biggest annual human migration-will soon kick off and is set to be bigger than ever, with about 3 billion trips expected to be made, according to the country's top economic planner.
2019-12-26 China's Ministry of Public Security on Wednesday unveiled measures to guarantee safe and smooth transport during the upcoming travel rush for the Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year.
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