Celebrations held across China on first day of 2026
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Performers play at the Wuxi Symphony Orchestra’s 2026 New Year concert in Wuxi, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Jan. 1, 2026. People across China celebrate the arrival of 2026 with a wide range of festivities on Thursday, the first day of the year. (Photo by Liu Zhenrui/Xinhua)
An actress performs at a New Year opera gala held in Xi’an, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, Jan. 1, 2026. People across China celebrate the arrival of 2026 with a wide range of festivities on Thursday, the first day of the year. (Xinhua/Chen Gang)
Actors perform at a New Year opera gala held in Xi’an, northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, Jan. 1, 2026. People across China celebrate the arrival of 2026 with a wide range of festivities on Thursday, the first day of the year. (Xinhua/Chen Gang)
Performers play at the Wuxi Symphony Orchestra’s 2026 New Year concert in Wuxi, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Jan. 1, 2026. People across China celebrate the arrival of 2026 with a wide range of festivities on Thursday, the first day of the year. (Photo by Liu Zhenrui/Xinhua)
Tourists experience bamboo pole dance at a scenic area in Sanya, south China’s Hainan Province, Jan. 1, 2026. People across China celebrate the arrival of 2026 with a wide range of festivities on Thursday, the first day of the year. (Photo by Chen Wenwu/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo shows tourists visiting Wuma Street in Wenzhou City, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Jan. 1, 2026. People across China celebrate the arrival of 2026 with a wide range of festivities on Thursday, the first day of the year. (Photo by Su Qiaojiang/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo shows tourists visiting the Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 1, 2026. People across China celebrate the arrival of 2026 with a wide range of festivities on Thursday, the first day of the year. (Photo by Wang Zhaobo/Xinhua)
People take part in the New Year’s Run in Yinchuan, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Jan. 1, 2026. People across China celebrate the arrival of 2026 with a wide range of festivities on Thursday, the first day of the year. (Photo by Yuan Hongyan/Xinhua)
Children play among the flowers in Gaowang Village in Wuzhou City, south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Jan. 1, 2026. People across China celebrate the arrival of 2026 with a wide range of festivities on Thursday, the first day of the year. (Photo by He Huawen/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo shows people visiting the snow-covered Zijin Mountain in Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Jan. 1, 2026. People across China celebrate the arrival of 2026 with a wide range of festivities on Thursday, the first day of the year. (Photo by Ben Fang/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo shows tourists visiting the Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 1, 2026. People across China celebrate the arrival of 2026 with a wide range of festivities on Thursday, the first day of the year. (Photo by Wang Zhaobo/Xinhua)
People visit an art exhibition in Jianning County, Sanming City, southeast China’s Fujian Province, Jan. 1, 2026. People across China celebrate the arrival of 2026 with a wide range of festivities on Thursday, the first day of the year. (Photo by Chen Zhen/Xinhua)
A citizen poses for photos with a New Year decoration on a street in Taizhou City, east China’s Zhejiang Province, Jan. 1, 2026. People across China celebrate the arrival of 2026 with a wide range of festivities on Thursday, the first day of the year. (Photo by Jiang Youqing/Xinhua)
Citizens read at a library in Hai’an City, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Jan. 1, 2026. People across China celebrate the arrival of 2026 with a wide range of festivities on Thursday, the first day of the year. (Photo by Gu Binbin/Xinhua)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
