The 2025 Spring Festival web gala, produced by China Media Group (CMG), will meet the audience on Wednesday evening via TV, mobile apps and online platforms.
Starting at 20:00, the web gala will be broadcast on CCTV-1, CCTV-3, as well as multiple mobile apps, and web platforms.
This year's gala features an innovative combination of short drama plays and stage performances for the first time, to create an immersive experience and captivating audio-visual feast for the audience.
Eying the future and focusing on innovation, the gala witnesses the integration of technology and art, the collision of tradition and modernity, and the dialogue between the East and the West.
A wide array of cutting-edge technologies including AI, XR, VP and CG is applied in its production, contributing to this grand celebration particularly among the younger generation.
Watching the annual show has grown to be a new tradition, especially among younger viewers, to celebrate the Xiaonian Festival, also known as the Kitchen God Festival, which falls on Wednesday this year in northern China and marks the start of the countdown to the Chinese New Year.
The Spring Festival Web Gala has been held for 15 consecutive years since 2011, and has been highly loved by Chinese people.
CMG to broadcast 2025 Spring Festival Web Gala Wednesday
CMG to broadcast 2025 Spring Festival Web Gala Wednesday
CMG to broadcast 2025 Spring Festival Web Gala Wednesday
A major port in northern Venezuela came under U.S. airstrikes in the early hours of January 3, which caused extensive damage to civilian infrastructure, destroyed critical medical supplies in a warehouse, and severely impacted centuries-old cultural heritage sites, according to local residents.
The La Guaira Port, a vital hub for imports that support daily life in the region, was heavily damaged during the attack.
Large quantities of medical supplies stored at the port were destroyed. A historic cultural building dating back for some 300 years was also badly damaged by the bombardment.
Residents living near the port recalled the terrifying scenes as explosions shook nearby neighborhoods.
Humberto Bolivar, who lives in a community separated from the port by only a main road, said the blast waves shattered his home's windows, while stray shrapnel struck the water tank on his roof. According to reports, three missiles were fired at the port that night.
Bolivar said that beyond material losses, he is most concerned about the psychological impact on his children, who remain too frightened to leave their home days after the attack.
"The United States invaded our country. The children were frightened. This is not good for them, because it leaves some children with psychological trauma. They do not want to go to school or leave the house, because they are afraid that something worse might happen. We truly do not want this to happen to our country," he said.
Apart from civilian facilities, local cultural heritage site was also affected.
The La Guaira state government building, a structure with nearly 300 years of history and once served as the site of Venezuela's first national customs office, was struck by the force of the explosions.
Windows of the building were shattered, and furniture scattered across the floor.
"As people of La Guaira, we feel deep pain. Our cultural heritage has been bombed. We are living in constant anxiety and suffering, and life can no longer be the same as it was before," said a local named Henry Cumares.
The U.S. side has claimed the airstrikes targeted warehouses allegedly used to store narcotics. However, locals refuted such accusation.
"According to what Donald Trump said, they bombed this place using the excuse that the warehouses here were used to store drugs at the port. But based on the video released by our governor, these warehouses that were burned contained medicine for kidney patients and foods. Many people depend on these supplies to survive. I think the bombing is extremely despicable," said a local resident named Alejandro Capriles.
US strike hits Venezuelan port, wrecking medical supplies, heritage building
