Million lanterns light up city in central China for Lantern Festival

About one million lanterns are illuminating the ancient city of Kaifeng in central China's Henan Province in preparation for celebrating the upcoming Lantern Festival.

The Lantern Festival falls on the 15th day of the first month on the Chinese lunar calendar, or March 3 this year. It marks the end of the celebrations of the Chinese New Year holiday which begins with the Spring Festival.

The Millennium City Park, a cultural park modeled on the lifestyle of the Song Dynasty (960-1279), hosts the annual lantern fair, featuring large creative lantern displays and lanterns themed around the 2026 Chinese New Year, which is a Year of the Horse in the 12-animal Chinese zodiac. The event offers visitors a vivid mix of art and color.

Festival-goers dressed in traditional costumes can join parades of fish-shaped lanterns, strolling through the park in an immersive celebration of light.

A book about how the Communist Party of China (CPC) secured victory in China's fight against poverty under the leadership of Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, has been published.

The book was recently published by the publishing house of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee (National Academy of Governance) and distributed nationwide.

Featuring representative events and people involved in the battle against poverty, this book narrates how the CPC Central Committee, with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, led the whole Party and people of all ethnic groups to eliminate absolute poverty, vividly highlighting historic achievements in the poverty alleviation.