People view coffee products displayed at the 2025 China (Pu'er) International Coffee Expo and Pu'er Tea Expo & Trade Fair in Pu'er, Southwest China's Yunnan province, Dec 5, 2025. The three-day dual-expo event kicked off in Pu'er on Dec 5, attracting over 100 enterprises from home and abroad. [Photo/Xinhua]

A robot dressed in traditional Li ethnic brocade attire turns heads on Dec 6, 2025 at the opening ceremony of the 2025 Hainan Free Trade Port — ASEAN Intangible Cultural Heritage Week in Haikou, Hainan province. LUO YUNFEI/CHINA NEWS SERVICE

Visitors take in the view from an observation platform at Dongtai Huanghai National Forest Park in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, on Dec 7, 2025, as the park's expansive dawn redwood grove reaches its peak viewing season. JI HAIXIN/FOR CHINA DAILY

A boy from the Miao ethnic group plays lusheng, a reed-pipe wind instrument, during the annual Lusheng Festival in Basha Miao village located in the mountainous area south of Congjiang county, Guizhou province, Dec 8, 2025. LIANG HUIBO/FOR CHINA DAILY

Tourists pose for photos with a gigantic snowman, which was officially unveiled at the Sun Island scenic spot in Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Dec 9, 2025. The Mr Snowman sculpture stands 23.8 meters tall and is made with 5,000 cubic meters of snow. LIU YANG/FOR CHINA DAILY

Workers plant winter-hardy aquatic vegetables on an ecological floating island in Qiandao Lake, Chun'an county, Zhejiang province, on Dec 10, 2025. The floating islands, equipped with waterpurifying plants, have been deployed in key areas to help protect and improve the lake water quality. YANG BO/FOR CHINA DAILY

Residents take photos with ginkgo trees wrapped in colorful yarn at the Chengdu High-Tech Zone, Sichuan province, on Dec 6, 2025. These "Hug Trees" were decorated by residents and students, and have quickly gone viral on social media. XIANG YU/FOR CHINA DAILY

Citizens enjoy themselves at a park in Yiwu, East China's Zhejiang province, Dec 7, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]

Calligraphers display their handwritten versions of the Chinese character "shi", which can mean both "trend" and "momentum", as it is voted the 2025 word of the year across the Taiwan Strait during an event in Taipei on Dec 9, 2025. The word received 1.28 million votes in an online poll that drew 15.82 million votes, according to the event's organizers. ZHU HE/CHINA NEWS SERVICE

Participants blow out candles during a birthday celebration held for athletes of China's 12th National Games for Persons with Disabilities and the 9th National Special Olympic Games in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong province, Dec 10, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]