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Premier stresses gathering wisdom to improve govt work Xinhua 16 Feb

BEIJING -- Premier Li Keqiang on Monday urged efforts to "gather wisdom from all sides" to improve the government's work, and specified measures to bolster China's industrial economy and service sectors.

While chairing a State Council executive meeting, Li was briefed on the handling of suggestions from deputies to the National People's Congress (NPC) and proposals from members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in 2021.

Last year, offices and departments under the State Council handled 8,666 suggestions from NPC deputies and 5,718 proposals submitted by CPPCC members, accounting for 96.4 percent and 93.4 percent of the total numbers of suggestions and proposals respectively, according to the meeting.

The meeting pointed out that relevant departments adopted more than 4,300 pieces of advice and subsequently introduced over 1,600 policy measures.

With this year's "two sessions" taking place soon, the meeting urged efforts to collect suggestions and proposals from NPC deputies and CPPCC members

via various means, including hotlines and network messages, and respond to them to help improve the government's decision-making process and policy implementation.

The industrial and service sectors have played a key supporting role in sustaining the country's economic development and stabilizing employment, the meeting noted.

As the industrial economy is not yet fully recovered and some service sectors face difficulties due to COVID-19, a slew of measures will be rolled out swiftly to provide stronger support, according to the meeting.

Specifically, the country will step up income tax reductions and exemptions in the industrial and service sectors, prolong tax deferrals for small, medium and micro-sized manufacturing firms, and expand the scope of tax and fee cuts.

Financial services for enterprises should be improved, with the central bank providing incentive funds for expanding inclusive loans to small businesses, the meeting said, calling for an increase in mid- and long-term loans to manufacturers and a reduction in the financing costs of businesses.

The meeting also stressed efforts to shore up weak links in the industrial and supply chains of the manufacturing sector, speed up the construction of new infrastructure and ensure the adoption of carbon -cutting technologies within key sectors.

Regarding the catering, retail,

tourism and transport sectors, which have faced particular difficulties, the country will increase support for them in the form of tax reductions and deferred premium payments.

While anchoring market expectations amid a complicated domestic and external environment, the country should stabilize the prices of bulk commodities, ensure food and energy security, and increase the coal supply to safeguard power usage in both production and daily life, the meeting stressed.

China to launch bigger tax cuts in 2022, says finance minister

China's tax and fee cuts will be larger in 2022 than last year's 1.1 trillion yuan ($173.5 billion) in reductions. Expenditure will support key areas including technology, environment protection, people's livelihoods, major regional strategy and modern agriculture, Finance Minister Liu Kun said on Tuesday.

Small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs) will be one of the major beneficiaries of the tax cuts. In 2021, all domestic value-added tax and corporate income tax for manufacturing SMEs were deferred. The central government also allocated 3 billion yuan in awards and subsidies to support financing for SMEs, said Yu Weiping, vice finance minister.

Meanwhile, general transfer payments to local governments will be greatly increased this year, and lean towards areas facing difficulties and underdeveloped areas, Liu said.Liu said local governments will continue to issue special bonds. In January, local governments issued 484.4 billion yuan in special bonds under the 2022 advance quota of 1.46 trillion yuan, for use in transport, city planning, industrial parks, and government-subsidized housing.

The country's fiscal revenues constituted 20.25 trillion yuan in 2021, up 10.7 percent year on year.

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Chinese Foreign Minister calls on all parties on Ukraine issue to remain restrained, resolving disputes through peaceful means Global Times 21 Feb China is concerned about the evolution of the situation in Ukraine and China's position on the Ukraine issue is consistent, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi told US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a phone call upon request on Tuesday. The legitimate security concerns of any country should be respected, and the purposes and principles of the UN Charter should be upheld, Wang said.

Wang said the evolution of the Ukraine issue so far is closely relat-

ed to the delay in the effective implementation of the new Minsk agreement. China will continue to make contacts with all parties concerned based on the merits of the matter.

"China once again calls on all parties to exercise restraint, recognize the importance of implementing the indivisible security principle, ease the situation and resolve differences through dialogue and negotiation," the senior Chinese diplomat said.

The current situation in Ukraine was caught at the global spotlight after Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday signed two decrees recognizing "the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR)" and "the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR)" as independent and sovereign states.

Chinese Ambassador to UN Zhang Jun also called on all parties relevant on the Ukraine situation to continue dialogue and consultation and seek reasonable solutions to address each other's concerns on the basis of equality and mutual respect at an emergency Security Council meeting on the Ukraine situation.

During the phone call, Wang also

urged the US side to fulfill a series of promises that US President Joe Biden has made and avoid sending wrong signals on containing China by its new version of the IndoPacific Strategy and by its provocations on the Taiwan question.

The phone call was made on the heels of the 50th anniversary of former US president Richard Nixon's icebreaking historic visit to China, which kicked off the normalization process of China-US ties and laid the foundation for the formal establishment of bilateral diplomatic ties in 1979.

However, China-US bilateral relations have been facing growing difficulties and the overall atmosphere has changed drastically.

Recently, the US-launched new version of Indo-Pacific Strategy openly listed China as the primary region that brings challenges, and it attempted to include the strategy of containing China through the island of Taiwan into US regional strategy, which clearly sent wrong signals in terms of China containment, Wang said.

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Deficit, GDP, spending under macroeconomy spotlight China Daily 21 Feb

As COVID-19 continues to affect

economies, China's deficit to GDP ratio this year is likely to remain at a level slightly higher than usual, experts and nalysts said on Monday. et, targeted fiscal spending must be improved to invigorate the market and guide high-quality development, they said.

Zhou Mi, a researcher at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic Cooperation, said that given the downward pressure at home, which is compounded by growing external complexities, more forceful and front-loaded fiscal spending is needed this year. Yet such spending must be implemented in a more scientific and targeted manner.

"Fiscal spending is a key measure in exercising macroeconomic regulation.

As the impact of COVID-19 continues to linger, I believe the country's deficit to GDP ratio this year will still be slightly higher than regular years," Zhou said.

"However, in light of the global debt level, it will be critical for China to keep deficit ratio appropriate, while working more relentlessly to maximize the effect of such funds."

Fiscal funds, he said, should be spent on areas in need of them most, to support key areas critical for a sustained economic recovery, like technological innovation, manufacturing and the small business community.

"These areas, being the country's weak links, are in need of more effective support from the government, and they are also critical for the country's highquality development," he said.

In an article published on People's Daily on Friday, Liu Kun, China's finance minister, confirmed that this year, China

will cut tax rates more forcefully, make fiscal spending more targeted, and tighten fiscal discipline as an effort to keep economic growth stable, in line with the tone set by the Central Economic Work Conference.

Liu said fiscal deficit will be kept at a reasonable level, while the intensity of fiscal spending will be scaled up and more targeted. Efforts will be made to pursue well-structured fiscal spending this year that is shaped around priorities of technological research, environmental protection, livelihood, major regional strategies, modern agriculture and the key projects under the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25).

Shi Yinghua, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Fiscal Sciences, said that the deficit to GDP ratio usually weighs upon a country's economic fundamentals.

"While the Chinese economy has sustained its fundamentals of longterm growth and strong resilience, we've also noticed that both trade and domestic demand are in need of support," she said.

"Therefore, I believe the proactive stance of the fiscal policy will be continued this year, and the deficit to GDP ratio will remain at a certain level, to hedge the downside risks to the economy and maintain fiscal sustainability."

She said that besides areas of improving livelihood and boosting in-

vestment in weak links, one key factor to watch out for is fiscal spending, to avoid the possible crowdingout effect that fiscal spending may have on private investment.

"This is why it is important to ensure that the scale of fiscal spending is appropriate and reasonable," she said.

Also on Friday, when attending the meeting of G20 finance ministers and central bank governors via video link, Liu called for all countries to enhance macro policy coordination.

He urged that major advanced economies should make their macro policies more responsible and watch out for any possible spillover effect.

In December, the International Monetary Fund announced that global debt rose to a record $226 trillion in 2020 as the world was hit by the raging COVID-19 pandemic and a deep recession.

"We've noticed that currently, the fiscal and monetary policies carried out by some countries. Many advanced economies see their own needs only when adjusting policies, which turned out to have a negative impact globally," Zhou said.

"Such spillover effect is part of the external environment China will be facing. Therefore, I think it is important for China to keep upgrading its domestic market front and center, while ensuring solid progress in external circulation."

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Chinese Foreign Minister calls on all parties on Ukraine issu..

There is competition and cooperation between China and the US. We cannot simply use competition to define bilateral relations, the senior Chinese diplomat noted. Some US officials have advocated a long-term and fierce competition with China, which is likely to evolve into a full-scale confrontation between the two countries.

"China once again urges the US to take concrete actions to reflect on the series of commitments made by President Biden," Wang said.

On the very day that marks Nixon's historic visit, China announced sanctions against two US military industrial giants -- Lockheed Martin Corp and Raytheon Technologies Corp -- over their arms sales to the island of Taiwan. Arms sales to Taiwan broke US promises over

the Taiwan question made in the three China-US communiqués.

according to a statement seen on the website of the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

In a few days, it will be the 50th anniversary of the publication of the "Shanghai Communiqué," and its spirThe phone call between Chinese and it still has strong practical significance US foreign ministers came after the for today's China-US relations, Wang closing ceremony of the Beijing told Blinken.

2022 Winter Olympics (some US officials had hyped the so-called dipChina hopes the US side will review lomatic boycott of the event). Howthe original intention of the iceever, Blinken congratulated the sucbreaking moment of China and the cess of the Beijing Winter Games at US, return to a rational and pragmatic the beginning of the phone call, as understanding of China, and jointly well as the great achievements Chipush China-US relations back on the nese athletes had made, read the Forright track of sound and stable develeign Ministry statement. opment, Wang noted.

Wang also congratulated the American athletes for their good results in Blinken said that as President Biden the Games and said that the Chinese has said many times, the US does not and American athletes have had seek to engage in a new cold war, friendly interactions, mutual encourchange China's system and back agement and common improvement, "Taiwan independence," and has no which fully embodies the Olympic intention of confrontation with China, spirit.

A candidate performs during a pre-enrollment test for students wanting to major in dance at the Shandong College of Arts in Jinan, Shandong province, on Feb 12. Applicants from outside the province exhibited their skills online, with nearly 4,000 competing for 56 spots, while candidates from Shandong performed at the college.

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2022 Virtual Meeting of Liaison and Liaison Directors of SDPAFFC 2022 Virtual Meeting of Liaison and Liaison Directors of SDPAFFC is held on 17th February 2022.

Mr. Cai Xianjin Director-General of Shandong Provincial Foreign Affairs Office (SDFAO) and President of Shandong People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (SDPAFFC) headed the meeting and presented a work report and 2022 year

plan. The liaison directors from foreign countries and SDPAFFC have explained their activities and future plans to promote people to people friendship and other relations.

of SDFAO and Executive Vice Presi-

dent of SDPAFFC, Ms. Li Hong, Director of African Affairs Division, Mr. Zhou Jialun , Director of European Affairs Division, Mr. Zhang Peng, Director of American and Oceanian Affairs Division, Mr. Zhou Wei, Director of Secretariat of SDPAFFC, Ms. Li Yanfeng, Director of International Relations Division of SDPAFFC and Mr. Wang Shaobing, Deputy Director of Asian Division

China Exchange Promotion Association, Mr. Tian Rui, President of Central and Eastern Europe-China Cooperation Development Association (In Hungary, Mr. Wang Yanyu, Chairman of Cambodia

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Mr. Indrananda Abeysekera, President of Association for Sri Lanka-China Social and Cultural Cooperation (ASLCSCC), Mr. William Zhang,

Today Global Travel Agency, Mr. Jia Ming, President of Canada Shandong Industry and Commerce United Association, Mr. Sun Sipeng, President of Spain Shandong Culture and Commerce Association and Mr. Ma Minghui, Shandong

Gold Representative Office in Argentina delivered speeches at the Virtual Meeting.

Directors of SDFAO responded to the liaison and liaison directors of SDPAFFC and exchange views on future cooperation.

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IOC highly appreciates China’s ‘good job’ in complex epidemic prevention at Beijing 2022 Global time 17 Feb The International Olympic Committee has commended positively the COVID-19 prevention and control measures at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, saying the Games have been successfully held.

IOC spokesperson Mark Adams said at a press conference on Wednesday that the Beijing Olympic Games, as one of the most complex international events in the world, have been held very successfully. He said he would like to salute his Chinese friends and colleagues for doing a good job in solving complex security challenges.

But he also noted that the Games are not over yet and the pandemic is still there.

The number of positive cases reported at daily press conferences had been in the single digits for a while and dropping, said Huang Chun, a deputy director general of the Pandemic Prevention and Control Office of the Beijing 2022 Organizing Committee.

"We did not aim for zero COVID -19 cases in the closed loop of the Winter Olympics. As we predicted before the Games, imported cases would be there in the background of the global pandemic," said Huang.

He pointed out three aspects that helped with the epidemic prevention and control work at Beijing 2022: the scientific and practical epidemic preventionrelatedplaybook the IOC and International Paralympic Committee jointly developed with the Beijing 2022 Organizing Committee; scientists and medical experts who monitor the COVID-19 situation every day; and all Olympics participants who strictly follow the daily anti-epidemic rules.

The epidemic prevention measures during the Beijing Winter Olympics will continue into the Paralympic Winter Games, according to the press conference.

The Paralympics will continue using the playbook during the Beijing Winter Olympics, but it will be tailored to a specific version for special groups.

February 21 will be a peak date for the departure of Olympicsrelated personnel, with about 6,000 people expected to leave China, for which relevant departments have made corresponding arrangements and preparations, according to the conference.

According to the playbook for the Beijing Winter Olympics, foreign Olympics participants should leave China within 48 hours after finishing their work or the Games.

They will be transported to the airport inside the closed loop.

The closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics will be held on February 20.

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Winter Games

Olympic promoting

peace, harmony, and togetherness, speakers Gwadar Pro 17 Feb Winter Olympics is an opportunity for the world to build and give peace a chance. There should not be any politics in sports as these games are to learn to coexist and develop a shared future for mankind. Boycotting such international games by a few countries is not favorable, while the world is fighting gigantic challenges, including the pandemic and climate change. These were the voices of the speakers from across the globe speaking during the Webinar on "Beijing Winter Olympics: Voices from the Globe" hosted by the Friends of Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Forum.

In her welcome remarks, Farhat Asif, Co -Founder of the Forum has highlighted the significance of the platform by sharing that the aim is to build understanding through dialogue and effective communications through various initiatives.

Ambassador Masood Khalid, former envoy of Pakistan to China while speaking on the occasion said that China de-

serves all accolades for hosting one of the most outstanding Olympics in the time of the pandemic. He emphasized that the games should not be politicized and those doing it are not supporting the cause of development and peace in the world.

He said that sports offered an opportunity to unite nations and create world solidarity. Due to the presence of the world leaders at the inaugural ceremony, there was an opportunity to engage in meaningful bilateral exchanges. This has further cemented relations with other countries.

Song Ronghua, Founder of the Silk Road Cities Alliance said that sports keep the world healthy.

Sports events like Winter Olympics allow people to unite, offer a common platform for athletes to build peace and synergy regardless of identity, language, and culture.

Professor Zhou Rong, Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China, said that the wide coverage of the Olympics through global media reflects the togetherness of the people from the world. China’s message is the way of hope, peace, and prosperity and for this, all nations should join hands with China to make the world a better place.

Sergey Sanakoev, President of the Asia-Pacific Research Center and

Deputy Chairman of the RussianChinese Friendship Association, said that Olympic Games are ideal for diplomacy and the countries should avoid warmongering. In particular, he mentioned the ongoing issue on Ukraine and said that the Minsk Agreements should be applied in the true sense.

Indranandra Abeysekera, President of the Association for Sri Lanka-China Social and Cultural Cooperation, reiterated China's determination and will to build a shared future for all. Furthermore, he said that despite the Covid-19 pandemic, China has successfully hosted this important global event.

Crystal Huang, Deputy Director, China Association for Promoting UN Procurement (CAPUNP), believed that people will overcome the challenges together for a shared future, referring to the official theme song of the Olympics.

Dr. Nadia Helmy, Associate Professor of Political Science at Beni Suef University in Egypt, said that regardless of different political opinions, it could not be denied that the games had been a roaring success. The media has proved that the Beijing Winter Olympics has won global appreciation.

A large number of media professionals, students, and academicians from different parts of the world attended the webinar.

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Performers during the "willow twig" farewell performance at the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at the National Stadium, Beijing, China, February 20, 2022. /CFP

Beijing 2022 Olympics closes with fitting, symbolic 'willow twig' goodbye CTGN 21 Feb The closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics drew the two-week competition to an end on Sunday in Beijing. The

ceremony incorporated willow twigs, a traditional Chinese farewell gift exchanged between friends when parting, expressing China's wishes to the athletes and the world.

The stage was also lit in a vibrant shade of green, symbolizing the blossoming of a new day.

The green not only tied in with the theme of "green Olympics" but also with the In Chinese, the pinyin for the word wil- lyrics of "Farewell Song," which says, low, "liu," is pronounced the same as the "Outside the long pavilion, along the anword for "stay." In ancient China, when cient route, fragrant green grass joins the friends and relatives were separating, sky." they would pick a willow twig and give it to the person who was leaving to ex"Songbie" or "Farewell Song" was written press their wish for them to stay.

by Chinese artist Hong Yi. Well suited to the touching send-off performance, the This custom was first seen in "The Book song was the final choice, so to speak, of Songs," China's first collection of after more than 20 attempts to find the poems. The closing ceremony gave life lyrics that resonated the most with the to tradition in a presentation "Moment of closure of the Games.

Remembrance."

"There were more than 20 changes to the Eighty dancers held "willow twig" lights manuscript," Huang said. "Musicians had and walked slowly to the center of the created different styles of music, such as stadium to "Farewell Song." Simultane- sad, ethereal and empty, but in Director ously, an ancient painting of weeping Zhang Yimou's view, it was more approwillows appeared on the LED screen, priate to choose music that everyone is and 365 people appeared. They carried familiar with." glowing "willow twigs" in their hands and walked slowly from side to side unWith words like, "I ask of you, as you go til they reached the very center of the this time, when are you to return? When screen. it's time to come, please don't hesitate" and "In life, it is happy reunions that are "The setting of 365 people is intended to rare; most often we bid farewell." It is symbolize 365 days and emphasize the clear they hit the right note, as the perforChinese concept of eternal life," Huang mance will be remembered for a long Hui, the program director, explained. time to come.

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Bird-watching, related activities and improved protection are helping to raise living standards. Yang Wanli reports from Beijing with Li Yingqing in Kunming.

Feathered friends bring good fortune to rural residents Hou Tiguo, a bird hunter turned birdwatching guide, often mocks himself by saying that he was deeply indebted to birds for the first half of his life, so he will spend the rest of his days protecting and preserving them.

The 52-year-old's home, Baihualing, a village in the Gaoligong Mountains in Southwest China's Yunnan province, is renowned for its diverse wild bird population, with more than 520 species seen in the region.

Hou recalled that when he was a teenager in the 1970s, birds were targeted as food. "People were so poor at that time. To have some meat on the dinner

table was a luxury, so almost all the children in the village were good at using slingshots," he said.

His life changed in 1989, a decade after the start of the reform and opening-up policy, when a couple hiking through the mountains visited Baihualing and asked for lodgings at Hou's home.

"During their stay, they asked me to be their guide and lead them to good birdwatching spots. Having lived here for 20 years, nothing was more familiar to me than the birds, so I agreed without hesitation. That was the first time I made money from birds without killing them," he said.

In the decades that followed, more birdwatchers visited the village. The trend developed into a profitable business and contributed to improved living standards for many local residents.

As Baihualing's first birdwatching guide, Hou started a project to build areas featuring artificial versions of the habitats wild birds prefer.

Now, instead of chasing the birds, enthusiasts can enjoy their beauty by

simply visiting the scenic spots.

The village became a popular destination for bird lovers, and more than 60 people in the settlement make their living as birdwatching guides. Meanwhile, the more than 20 guesthouses bring in a total income of 15 million yuan ($2.3 million) every year.

Hou's guesthouse has hosted visitors from more than 100 countries and regions.

"During the peak season, I serve nearly 100 tourists a day, about the number of passengers on a small plane," he said, adding that his sonin-law is developing an education project to provide young people with opportunities to study and research wild birds.

"By watching birds, young people can get close to nature and learn to love and respect it, which will benefit them in return. This is a truth I've learned over recent decades," he said.

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Winter Olympics and Technology.

By Muhammad Asif Noor China Economic Net Feb 21, 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics 2022 has become a window to China's latest innovation and technological advancement. It is a reflection of how effectively technology was utilized to make the Olympics simple, safe and splendid. With technology, not only were the Olympic Games safe and virus free but also they were green, clean and environmentally friendly.

China has made its mark as a leader in tech innovation due to the effective use of advanced technologies.

The games display the incredible view of art and technology covering artistic torch ignition, robotic food preparation, athlete performance, health monitoring, Artificial Intelligence tools, self-driving cars, intelligent navigation, and accurate time information for Journalistic reporting.

Even the President of the International Olympics Committee, Thomas Bach, could not resist acknowledging that China has brought forward an unprecedented level of digitalization and set a high technological benchmark for the future Olympics. He has made these remarks by virtually speaking to the journalists through holographic communication technology with a remote high definition screen de-

from its traditional shape. Moreover, cameras and sensors are being used to transmit real-time data to coaches in control rooms, enabling them to assess the emerging situations. Technologies have also been applied to maintain cooling and heating systems. There has also been generous use of innovation to recycle waste heat refrigeration, increasing manifold energy efficiency.

Artificial Intelligence is being used to test athletes' performance, training, health, and veloped by China’s corporate safety, along with possible detecgiant Alibaba. tion of fatigue and stress. Although athletes are kept under strict obserChina Aerospace Science and Industry Corp was tasked to de- vation to avoid pandemic contact, they still use wearables to transmit velop pollution-less torches for heart rate, lung capacity, and other the subsurface Olympic robot movements to generate data for relay. The company overcame physicians, therapists, and doctors. stringent barriers to develop a Since the audience and spectators final design with high precision are kept at a certain distance from underwater hovering and posithe athletes in gaming venues, 3D tioning technologies. At the Olympic torch, China used self- Athlete Tracking is powered by artificial intelligence, which uses driving vehicles to carry the Olympic torch 800 meters. China high-impact cameras to provide a further developed a 5-G enabled close view of games to the audinetwork of vehicles for one mil- ence. A digital system is developed lion square meters for intelligent to give accurate game developcommunications with the help of ments to the audience worldwide to track the scores and medals.

Beidou Satellite.

Bird's Nest, the national stadium of China, went through an immense transformation for the inaugural ceremony of the glittering Olympics. It was powered by clean energy to create an environmentally-friendly ambiance with digital workstations and decorated floors with LED lights.

The Olympics Committee coordinated with China to develop innovative equipment for the athletes to make intelligent decisions during the games. China has turned the Bird's Nest upside down in technological terms to transform it into a smart stadium

China made relentless efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and developed robotic sheds and bartenders to prevent human contact and ensure social distancing.

The robots also deliver food on gaming and practising sites to the athletes and support staff.

In essence, it has been a spectacular experience for athletes and audience alike at the Beijing Olympics 2022.

15-21 Feb 2022

A giant panda is seen at the snowcovered Hongshan Forest Zoo in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province

People make lanterns to celebrate the Lantern Festival in Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, The Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Feb. 15 this year.

Photo taken shows the snow scenery of Danxia landform, characterized by reddish sandstone features, at Zhangye Danxia National Geological Park in Zhangye, northwest China's Gansu Province.

Members of the Yi ethnic group participate in a costume competition during a cultural festival in Yongren county, Yunnan province, on Feb 15. During the festival, which dates back more than 1,000 years, Yi people sing and dance in traditional clothing.

On February 21, vehicles drove slowly on the bridge deck of Aizhai super large suspension bridge in Jishou City, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, China's Hunan Province.

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