People gather to celebrate the New Year at Jiefangbei, a business area in southwest China's Chongqing, Dec. 31, 2024. People across China spent the last day of the year 2024 in all sorts of memorable ways. (Xinhua/Wang Quanchao)

　　Children in traditional attire participate in an event welcoming the New Year at a primary school in Tancheng County of Linyi 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 Zhang Chunlei/Xinhua)

　　Friends and relatives celebrate the 124th birthday of a senior woman at Chaishici Village of Nanbu County, Nanchong City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Dec. 31, 2024. People across China spent the last day of the year 2024 in all sorts of memorable ways. (Photo by Li Xiangyu/Xinhua)