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New Year Greetings

Students write the Chinese characters fu, meaning good fortune, and chun, meaning spring, during a calligraphy writing activity at a school in Nanning, capital city of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, south China, on December 31, 2019.

Holiday Directive

A directive issued by the General Offices of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the State Council on December 26, 2019 urged to look after people in difficulties during the festive season leading up to the Spring Festival holidays.

Laying down the priorities for CPC and government work during the most important national holiday, it said Party committees and administrations at all levels should offer relief funds for people in

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