Editor's note: Spring Festival is the most important event in the Chinese calendar. It is a time for family reunions, when tens of millions travel home, with some covering vast distances to be with their loved ones. The 40-day travel rush, known as Chunyun, which straddles Lunar New Year, is the world's largest annual human migration. However, some people put the comfort of others before their own enjoyment by volunteering during the festive period. Below, we profile four such individuals.
Every morning during Spring Festival, a Russian woman appears at Hunchun Railway Station, which is served by China's high-speed rail network, in Jilin province. At the station, she answers passengers' questions in Chinese and Russian.
When most seniors are enjoying the company of their families at home and making preparations for the upcoming Spring Festival, Gong Changshui visits Zhengzhou Railway Station, Henan province, almost every day. As a station volunteer, he helps the passengers, making it easier for them to get home.
At North Railway Station in Xi'an, capital of the northwestern province of Shaanxi, Ashurov Aziz was busy assisting passengers on the high-speed rail line by carrying their luggage and helping them have their photos taken.
The most precious things in Zhang Ying's 40-square-meter apartment are countless photos - from monochrome to color.
China's top market regulatory authority vowed to intensify its fight against irregularities in the healthcare products sector this year, amid recent nationwide campaigns that have placed some of China's biggest sellers of health products under investigation.
The radar equipment on Chinese icebreaker Xuelong cannot distinguish floating surface ice from an iceberg, which helps explain why the ship slammed into an iceberg in western Antarctica's Amundsen Sea on Saturday, an expert said.
An injured wild Siberian tiger was saved after four hours of surgery performed outdoors at a forest farm in Yichun, Heilongjiang province.
The first five monkey clones made from a gene-edited parent with biological rhythm problems - known as circadian rhythms - were born during the last six months in Shanghai. Subsequent observations could result in help for humans with similar disorders.
"Tsinghua and Peking universities have to admit students, so why shouldn't one of them be my child?"
As a reporter covering education news, I have written three long-form articles and several daily stories about how the government introduced fresh regulations related to after-school training institutions last year, as befits one of the hottest topics in the field of education.
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