CGTN releases promo on celebrating Year of Horse

The China Global Television Network (CGTN) has published a special short video to celebrate the Year of the Horse ahead of the Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb. 17 this year.

Titled "The Year at a Gallop", it presents a unique artistic interpretation of the horse as a universal symbol of strength, courage and progress.

The video shows the process of a magnificent horse being painted on the world’s largest sheet of xuan paper, measuring 11 by 3.3 meters. The result is a stunning work describing a horse in calligraphy and a traditional Chinese painting style.

The video also features the word "horse" in 85 languages, emphasizing the horse's appeal as a symbol transcending cultures and embodying CGTN's sincere greetings to its global audience.

The Spring Festival is one of the most important holidays in China, celebrated with family reunions and wishes for good luck in the coming year.

CGTN releases promo on celebrating Year of Horse

CGTN releases promo on celebrating Year of Horse

China made public a work plan on Friday to further upgrade service consumption infrastructures and support housekeeping, elderly care and childcare sectors.

The document, jointly released by the Ministry of Commerce and eight other departments, outlined 64 measures to boost service consumption, including traditional sectors like catering and accommodation, tourism, as well as elderly care and childcare.

Emerging growth sectors, such as housekeeping, performance services and inbound consumption, are also covered.

These measures will create new consumption scenarios amid efforts to drive service consumption and meet people's growing needs for a better life, according to the ministry.

China unveils plan to further boost service consumption