A skier competes in the preliminary round of the Big Air World Cup in Beijing on Nov 29, 2024. With qualification ranking points for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics up for grabs, Beijing's Shougang Industrial Park has drawn a cast of international stars, including China's Olympic champion Su Yiming, to battle for podium finishes in the three-day freeski and snowboard event. WEI XIAOHAO/CHINA DAILY

Visitors interact with a robot guide dog at the Care & Rehabilitation Expo China 2024 in Beijing on Nov 29, 2024. CHEN XIAOGEN/FOR CHINA DAILY

People from various ethnic groups including Miao, Dong and Yao are dressed in festive attire during a parade in celebration of the Dong New Year in Liping county, Guizhou province, on Dec 1, 2024. The Dong New Year usually takes place at the beginning of the eleventh month in the Chinese lunar calendar, and was listed as a national intangible heritage in 2011. LUO JINGLAI/FOR CHINA DAILY

Visitors watch wild swans at a lakeside scenic area in Yuncheng, Shanxi province, on Dec 2, 2024. The birds recently migrated to the area for the winter, attracting an increasing number of residents and tourists. [Photo provided to CHINA DAILY]

Visitors view digitally displayed cultural relics at the Second My Museum Story Achievement Exhibition held at the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) Deshou Palace Ruins Museum in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, on Dec 3, 2024. DONG XUMING/FOR CHINA DAILY

An aerial drone photo taken on Dec 4, 2024 shows a view of the Lotus Bridge connecting South China's Macao and Hengqin of Zhuhai city in South China's Guangdong province. In 2021, the Chinese central authorities decided to build the Guangdong-Macao in-depth cooperation zone in Hengqin, Zhuhai city, making the island an important new growth point for Macao's economy. [Photo/Xinhua]

An aerial drone photo shows a view of "golden peak" on the Wudang Mountain in Shiyan city in Central China's Hubei province, Nov 29, 2024. [Photo/Xinhua]

An aerial drone photo taken on Nov 30, 2024 shows people working at a salt field in Quanzhou, Southeast China's Fujian province. [Photo/Xinhua]