People enjoy dinner at a restaurant in Gaomi City, east China's Shandong Province, Dec. 31, 2024. People across China spent the last day of the year 2024 in all sorts of memorable ways. (Photo by Li Haitao/Xinhua)

　　A tourist poses for photos at a newly opened commercial complex in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Dec. 31, 2024. People across China spent the last day of the year 2024 in all sorts of memorable ways. (Xinhua/Shao Rui)

　　A vendor holding balloons printed with blessing words for the New Year walks at the Qilou old street in Haikou, south China's Hainan Province, Dec. 31, 2024. People across China spent the last day of the year 2024 in all sorts of memorable ways. (Xinhua/Zhang Liyun)

　　A tourist poses for photos at sunset in the Huangshan Mountain scenic area in east China's Anhui Province, Dec. 31, 2024. People across China spent the last day of the year 2024 in all sorts of memorable ways. (Xinhua/Huang Bohan)

　　A child hangs a New Year wish card in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Dec. 31, 2024. People across China spent the last day of the year 2024 in all sorts of memorable ways. (Xinhua/Mao Zhu)