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      Chinese climb mountains to pray for lucky Year of Snake

      2025-01-30 19:57 Last Updated At:23:17

      Mountainous scenic spots across China are witnessing an increasing slew of tourists coming to start the Year of the Snake by ascending a height, a time-honored custom believed to symbolize an auspicious year ahead.

      The 2025 Chinese New Year, or the Spring Festival, fell on Wednesday, marking the first day of a Year of the Snake. In China, climbing to pray for blessings is a time-honored custom, symbolizing good health and longevity.

      With the Year of the Snake beginning on Wednesday, Chinese people are enthusiastically rushing into scenic spots high on mountains, hoping that as they rise step by step on the first day of the new year, their lives would get better and better as well.

      In Lianyungang City of east China's Jiangsu Province, tourists could enjoy spectacular natural landscapes in the Huaguo Mountain scenic area.

      "I traveled with my children on the first day of the Year of the Snake. They can have the opportunity to have fun and climb the mountain. Mountain climbing is an auspicious custom, which means 'rising step by step'," said Wang Hongbo, a tourist.

      Other scenic spots across Lianyungang are also attracting tourists by offering joyous celebrations, with an ancient town featuring exciting parade where spectators could interact with performers.

      Perched on top of Danya Mountain in Yantai City, east China's Shandong Province, the Penglai Pavilion scenic area was packed with fervent visitors on the first day of the Year of the Snake as well.

      One of the highlights of the Spring Festival celebration organized by the scenic spot featured the "Eight Immortals" or "BaXian", some of the most legendary figures in traditional Chinese culture.

      As actors of the "Eight Immortals" greeted tourists and sent out red packets, tourists said they felt their new year travel was full of good luck and happiness.

      "I received a red packet from the 'Eight Immortals' and I feel really happy and lucky," said He Xinkai, a tourist.

      Chinese climb mountains to pray for lucky Year of Snake

      Chinese climb mountains to pray for lucky Year of Snake

      Chinese climb mountains to pray for lucky Year of Snake

      Chinese climb mountains to pray for lucky Year of Snake

      Chinese climb mountains to pray for lucky Year of Snake

      Chinese climb mountains to pray for lucky Year of Snake

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      China's financial institutions create business incubators for sci-tech startups

      2025-02-23 01:35 Last Updated At:02:27

      Financial institutions in China's Shanghai and Tianjin are building incubators for the development of sci-tech startups.

      In Shanghai, more than 40 sci-tech startups have settled in the Zhangjiang Incubator of the Pudong Development Bank Innovation Center, covering multiple fields such as integrated circuits, biomedicine, and artificial intelligence.

      The Zhangjiang Incubator not only provides offices, account settlement and policy declaration for the startups, but also helps them secure loans, negotiate business deals, and find investments.

      A company in the field of artificial blood vessels received a credit loan from the bank even without any income. Because it moved into the incubator, the bank knew its startup team, research progress, and growth very well.

      "The bank granted us a credit loan, and it was because of this credit loan that we completed the construction of our factory, which also helped us secure a new round of financing of 30 million yuan (about 4.14 million U.S. dollars). With the factory and this financing, we were able to enter the phases of clinical trials," said Dai Weimin, chairman of Sunna Technologies (Shanghai) Company.

      In north China's Tianjin Municipality, the Tiankai Higher Education Innovation Park was established, where enterprises in the park can benefit from joint support from technology, industry to finance. Financial institutions have set up branches in the park to provide comprehensive services for startups.

      "We do not meet the typical conditions for bank loans. Because we are in a special incubator environment of the Tiankai Higher Education Innovation Park and have an investment-loan linkage product from the Agricultural Bank of China, we are able to secure our first loan to overcome significant difficulties," said He Jianjun, general manager of Tianrun Hanyang Technology (Tianjin) Company.

      "Over 90 percent of the companies in the innovation park are early-stage private enterprises. We have launched several financial products tailored to the companies in the Tiankai Higher Education Innovation Park based on their characteristics. Meanwhile, we actively assist these enterprises in facilitating investment and financing connections and strengthen cooperation with small and medium-sized guarantee companies to address the medium- to long-term large financing needs of these businesses," said Han Le, deputy manager of the Tianjin Nankai Sub-branch of the Agricultural Bank of China.

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