Here are some New Year photos from around China as the country said 'Ni hao' to 2018.
Xi Jinping delivers a New Year's Eve address.
A New Year's Eve street performance in Heihe, Heilongjiang.
Children participate in a New Year's Eve tea ceremony in Handan, Hebei.
A worker hangs lanterns in Danzhai County, Guizhou on New Year's Eve.
A lion dance performed in Shandong province on New Year's Eve.
Wild macaques at 'Monkey Mountain' in Henan enjoy a festive feast on New Year's Eve.
People gather for a New Year's Eve countdown in Shanghai's Xintiandi neighborhood.
Visitors enjoy a New Year's display in Nanjing.
Revelers in Hong Kong welcome in the New Year.
New Year's Eve celebrations at VUE Bar at Hyatt on the Bund in Shanghai.
The Taipei 101 tower in Taiwan is lit up with fireworks to celebrate the New Year.
Fireworks in Macau mark the beginning of 2018.
A fireworks display in Dalian.
People in Harbin, Heilongjiang watch floating lanterns from the Songhua River.
A New Year's light display at Yongdingmen Gate in Beijing.
Visitors on the top floor of Shanghai Tower watch the first sunrise of 2018.
(It was a little smoggy).
The Guard of Honor of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) carries out the first flag raising ceremony of the year at 7.36am in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.
The Chinese People's Liberation Army will take over flag raising duties from January 1 onward.
Tourists at Dianchi Lake in Kunming, Yunnan feed black-headed gulls on New Year's Day.
Thousands gather at the Lusheng Festival in Liuzhou, Guangxi for the annual 'Lusheng Festival' on January 1.
A music performance at the Lusheng Festival in Liuzhou.
A New Year lighting ceremony at Nanya Cultural Scenic Area in Sanya, Hainan.
A monk at the Nanshan Temple in Sanya during a midnight ceremony on January 1 in which 108 bells were rung to pray for peace and welcome in 2018.
Visitors ring the bells in Sanya.
A special New Years ceremony with 2,018 steamed buns in Kaifeng, Henan.
Tourists gather in Kaifeng to eat dumplings.
Visitors enjoy New Years dumplings in Kaifeng.
Brave swimmers take a dip in a chilly lake on New Year's Day in Changchun.
A giant dog-shaped butter statue welcomes in the Year of the Dog in Shenyang, Liaoning Province.
A New Year's 'Supermoon' seen over the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing on the evening of January 1.
[Images via Netease, ECNS, China Daily, Mark Foxwell]
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