HARBIN -- With a week to go before the opening ceremony of the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, the Main Media Center (MMC) was officially put into operation on Friday. Located in the Harbin International Conference, Exhibition and Sports Center, the MMC consists of the Main Press Center (MPC) and the International Broadcasting Center (IBC).

At the national level, there has been a concerted effort to promote China’s ice and snow economy and develop it into a new growth sector.

Winter tourist influx drives sales of souvenirs, cultural products in China's Harbin (Voice_over) As Harbin City, in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, becomes a popular ice and snow tourism destination,

Picture taken on Jan 31 2025 shows the Main Press Center in the Main Media Center MMC of the 2025 Asian Winter G

HARBIN: On February 7, the opening ceremony of the 9th Asian Winter Games will be held in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang.

Born in 1965 to Liu Zhongqian, a former speed skating coach of 1959 World Speed Skating Championships silver medalist Yang Jucheng, Liu Chang's fascination with winter sports began at the age of six. "Growing up in Harbin, winter sports were a part of my life," Liu Chang reflected.

Tourists have fun at the Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 23, 2025. Harbin has emerged as one of the country's top winter travel destinations, attracting visitors from around the globe.

U.S. sanctions restrict the sale of Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment to China. However, researchers at the Harbin Institute of Technology recently developed a new

[1] People are making the best of the freezing weather in northeast China. The annual Harbin Ice and Snow World delights visitors with finely chiselled ice sculptures, exciting ice slides and other attractions.

This aerial photo taken on Jan 16 2025 shows Yabuli Ski Resort in Yabuli northeast China Heilongjiang Province T

In the northeast corner of China, Heilongjiang Province boasts rich ice and snow resources, and winter sports here have a profound tradition

At the Harbin Ice-Snow World, a theme park dedicated to the Asian Winter Games, visitors are treated with a spectacular drone show celebrating the Chinese New Year. The park also features a variety of ice sculptures with festive themes, including a carp symbolizing prosperity and the Chinese character Fu (meaning good fortune) carved in ice.