Chinese consumers spent 462 billion yuan (67.3 billion U.S. dollars) during the Lunar New Year holiday, home and abroad, surging 48.1 percent year on year, data from the country's biggest payment card issuer showed Friday.
The week-long Spring Festival holiday witnessed 408 millon passenger trips in China, up 2.1 percent year on year, data from the Ministry of Transport (MOT) showed Friday.
The Grand Chinese New Year Concert made its debut at the National Philharmonic Concert here on Friday night to celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Rooster.
The year of rooster started with a resonant crow for China with impressive economic performances.
China's railways will be tested Thursday, when passenger flows peak at the end of the Spring Festival holiday.
China's tourism industry raked in 423.3 billion yuan (61.7 billion U.S. dollars) in revenue during the Lunar New Year holiday, as more affluent people become increasingly keen to travel.
Major parks in Beijing received a record high of 460,000 tourists Tuesday, the fourth day of the Chinese New Year, according to authorities.
Nearly 7.66 million railway passenger trips were made in China Monday, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year holiday, a 9.1 percent increase on last year, official data showed Tuesday.
The Chinese New Year was in the spotlight of this weekend's events at the impressive, newly-founded Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) here, as Greeks celebrated the Year of the Rooster with joy.
Happy Chinese New Year 2017 -- the lunar Year of the Rooster. The New Year holiday season begins on Jan. 27 and will last for 15 days. Wondering how Chinese spend the holiday? The following customs and taboos may give you some clues.
Think twice if you believe Chinese New Year is only celebrated in China or Chinatowns worldwide. From London to New York, with colorful parades, fireworks and red lanterns, people across the globe are now joining the Chinese in celebrating the arrival of the Year of Rooster.
The second Chinese New Year Parade was held on Saturday afternoon in the Belgian capital of Brussels.
Thousands of people filled the courtyard of the Smithsonian American Art Museum Saturday for a Chinese Lunar New Year celebration, which featured dragon dances and other traditional Chinese folk artforms.
Since arriving in Beijing to study in 2014, every Chinese New Year Sabaa Ali El-Tayeb has bought a stuffed toy animal.
Spring Festival is the most important festival in China, and while the event centers around time spent with the family, this is not the case for everyone.
President Xi Jinping, on behalf of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the State Council, extended Spring Festival greetings to all Chinese Thursday at a reception in Beijing.
The 2017 Happy Chinese New Year celebrations kicked off in Benin's political capital Porto-Novo on Sunday, featuring a grand parade and performances.
Senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Liu Yunshan on Wednesday inspected the rehearsal for the Spring Festival TV gala.
President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders have visited their predecessors with seasons greetings ahead of the Spring Festival.
