Passengers pose for photos with the bullet train crew at the Mudanjiang Railway Station in Mudanjiang, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 25, 2018.
Passengers queue to get aboard on the bullet train at the Mudanjiang Railway Station in Mudanjiang, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 25, 2018.
A high-speed railway line officially went into operation on Tuesday, linking cities of Harbin and Mudanjiang in China's northernmost province of Heilongjiang, where the temperatures dip as low as minus 40 degrees Celsius. (Xinhua/Zhang Chunxiang)
The first bullet train of the Harbin-Mudanjiang high-speed rail line leaves Harbin Railway Station in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Dec. 25, 2018.
Stewards celebrate the official operation of the Jinan-Qingdao high speed railway in Jinan East Railway Station, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 26, 2018. The Jinan-Qingdao high speed railway which started operation on Wednesday will shorten the travel time between the two cities from 140 minutes to 100 minutes. (Xinhua/Guo Xulei)
Students make dough figurines at a primary school in Zaozhuang City, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 27, 2018. Students learn to create dough figurines under the guidance of folk artist to celebrate the coming new year. (all photos by..Xinhua/Sun Zhongzhe)
Folk artist Wang Xin (2nd L) teaches students to make dough figurines at a primary school in Zaozhuang City, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 27, 2018
A teacher shows children the way to make dough figurines at a kindergarten in Yuezhuang Town of Zibo City, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 27, 2018.
A kid shows cartoon figurines at a kindergarten in Yuezhuang Town of Zibo City, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 27, 2018. Children learn to make cartoon figurines by dough and plasticine under the guidance of teachers to celebrate the coming new year. (Xinhua/Zhao Dongshan)
Cultural relics, including bronze wares and silver ingots, retrieved by police are on display at an exhibition at the National Museum of China in Beijing, Dec. 26, 2018.
The exhibition displays 750 precious artifacts retrieved during police efforts in recent years fighting crime involving stolen cultural treasures, which hail from Neolithic times through to the Qing Dynasty. (Photos: China News Service/Du Yang)
Located 210km to the southeast of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang, Yabuli is famous for having the largest ski resort in China - Yabuli International Ski Resort. The resort features the largest ski jumping facilities in the country, and it hosted the 1996 Winter Asian Games, the 2008 National Winter Games and the 2009 Winter Universiade. Winter sports lovers can't miss this paradise![China.org.cn/VCG]
An employee demonstrates a facial recognition payment equipment dubbed "Dragonfly" at a bakery shop in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 27, 2018. The e-commerce giant Alibaba launched a new facial recognition payment equipment dubbed "Dragonfly". A series of bakery shops are expected to use Dragonfly in payment in the next six months. (Xinhua/Zhang Chenlin)
Children watch traditional folklore performances at a kindergarten in Beibei District of southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, Dec. 27, 2018. (Xinhua/Qin Tingfu)
Primary school students perform to celebrate the upcoming New Year's Day at a school in Heifei, capital city of east China's Anhui Province, on Dec. 28, 2018. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)
Photo shows a view of the Qarhan Salt Lake in Golmud in northwest China's Qinghai province, Aug.18, 2018. Abundant in mineral resources, Qarhan Salt Lake is a production base of potash fertilizer in China. In 2018, photographers used their lens to capture the beauty of China in four seasons and throughout the country. (Photo/Xinhua)
Photo taken on Aug. 29, 2018 shows the terraced fields surrounded by mountains in Simeng township of Donglan county in Hechi in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
Workers are seen at the construction site of the comprehensive underground pipe gallery for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Yanqing District of Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 28, 2018.
With a total length of 7.5 kilometers, the pipe gallery will provide water and power supply and telecommunication service for the Olympic Games. (Xinhua/Xing Guangli)
