For the past five years, education expenditure each year has accounted for more than 20 percent of the province's total annual fiscal expenditure.

Encouraged by the development, an EU business leader believed it demonstrated the importance of keeping the momentum going.

Entertainment equipment like mahjong machines and instant foods such as self-heating hotpot are among the best-selling items for the Chinese New Year.

To make up for the loss of family gatherings, holiday parties, and get-togethers, many have chosen to send gift parcels or make purchases online for their families and friends far away, pushing up logistics demand.

The port handled more than 1.17 billion tonnes of cargo in 2020, up over 4 percent year on year and ranking first in the world for a 12th straight year.

The spacecraft will perform several more orbital adjustments to enter a parking orbit, said the China National Space Administration.

Around 30 ambassadors to China and senior diplomats visited the Zhangjiakou competition zone of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games in Hebei province on Sunday.

Earlier last week, the international team concluded their month-long research in Wuhan and presented their initial findings at a press conference in China, ruling out the hypothesis that the virus escaped from a laboratory.

Aerial photo taken on Feb. 15, 2021 shows cloud scenery at Wuyi Mountain scenic spot, southeast China's Fujian Province.

People visit the Old North Market during the Lunar New Year holiday in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Feb. 14, 2021.