China Media Group (CMG)'s New Year Gala started at 20:00 Beijing Time on Tuesday, delighting millions of audiences on the eve of 2025.
Entitled "Sail into 2025," the gala's main stage is set at the picturesque Tianping Lake at the foot of Mount Tai, one of China's Five Sacred Mountains, in Tai'an, a city in east China's Shandong Province.
The gala began with the performance featuring mountains and rivers filmed at the Jinshanling section of the Great Wall in Luanping County, north China's Hebei Province. The opening performance blends a variety of art forms, including folk music, traditional Chinese operas, martial arts, rhythmic gymnastics, and parkour, to vividly present China's magnificent landscape.
The gala is simultaneously aired on CCTV-1, a channel for a comprehensive range of programs, and other CMG's channels, radio stations and new media platforms throughout the country.
CMG stages New Year Gala to welcome 2025
CMG stages New Year Gala to welcome 2025
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Saturday that nuclear power plant sites or nearby areas must never be attacked, following a fourth strike near an Iranian nuclear power plant.
The IAEA said on social platform X that, according to the information from Iran, a projectile hit the nearby area of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant on Saturday morning. This was the fourth such incident in recent weeks, it said.
One staff member at the site was killed by a projectile fragment, while a building on the site was affected by shockwaves and fragments, the IAEA said, citing the Iranian authorities. There was no increase in radiation levels reported, it added.
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi expressed his deep concern about the incident, stressing that nuclear power plant sites or nearby areas "must never be attacked." He warned that the auxiliary site buildings may contain vital safety equipment.
Grossi once again stressed the paramount importance of ensuring nuclear safety and security during a conflict, calling for maximum military restraint to avoid the risk of a nuclear accident.
Iran's nuclear facilities have been struck several times since the joint Israeli-U.S. military actions against the Islamic Republic started on Feb. 28.
Nuclear power plants must never be attacked: IAEA chief
