Singers from Chinese-speaking world shine at 2025 Spring Festival Gala

In a vibrant display of festive spirit and cultural diversity, several talented singers from across the Chinese-speaking world graced the stage of the 2025 Spring Festival Gala, an annual televised celebration hosted by China Media Group (CMG) on Tuesday evening.

The gala, themed "Year of the Snake, Keep Your Spirit Awake," was broadcast live on Tuesday, featuring a host of traditional cultural performances and high-tech innovations during the more than four-hour-long variety show.

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The annual gala, also known as "Chunwan", was first broadcast in 1983 and is seen as a major cultural symbol for Spring Festival celebrations in China.

Recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's most-watched annual TV program, the hours-long television extravaganza attracts over a billion views every year.

The 2025 Spring Festival, or the Chinese New Year, falls on Wednesday this year, ushering in the Year of the Snake.

The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 82 pips to 6.9223 against the U.S. dollar Monday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System.

In China's spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by 2 percent from the central parity rate each trading day.

The central parity rate of the yuan against the U.S. dollar is based on a weighted average of prices offered by market makers before the opening of the interbank market each business day.