Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, the United States, Jan. 31, 2024. U.S. stocks ended lower on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 317.01 points, or 0.82 percent, to 38,150.3. The S&P 500 sank 79.32 points, or 1.61 percent, to 4,845.65. The Nasdaq Composite Index shed 345.89 points, or 2.23 percent, to 15,164.01. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua)
This photo taken on Jan. 31, 2024 shows the oath taking ceremony of the 17th King of Malaysia at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar was sworn in as Malaysia's 17th king in a ceremony at the national palace in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday. (Malaysia's Department of Information/Handout via Xinhua)
An aerial photo taken on Jan. 31, 2024 shows people skating at a fitness center in Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei)
An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 30, 2024 shows freight trains departing from Xiangyang north railway station in Xiangyang, central China's Hubei Province. During this year's Spring Festival travel rush, Xiangyang north railway station has achieved daily transportation of more than 400,000 tonnes of coal to meet the increasing demand of energy for the upcoming blizzards across a large part of the country. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)
People take part in a parade celebrating Nauru's 56th anniversary of independence in Nauru, Jan. 31, 2024. Nauru held a ceremony to celebrate its 56th anniversary of independence on Wednesday. (Photo by Chen Guolong/Xinhua)
David Huk (L) and Simon Belohorsky of the Czech Republic look dejected after the men's 6-team tournament gold medal game of ice hockey event between the Czech Republic and the United States at the Gangwon 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games in Gangneung, South Korea, Jan. 31, 2024. (Xinhua/Xu Yanan)
An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 31, 2024 shows folk artists performing a molten iron fireworks show at an ice and snow festival in Zunhua, north China's Hebei Province. People across China are preparing for the upcoming Spring Festival, the biggest occasion for family reunions. (Photo by Liu Mancang/Xinhua)
A window with frost pattern is pictured in Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Jan. 30, 2024. (Xinhua/Xie Jianfei)
An aerial drone photo taken on Jan. 31, 2024 shows a car undergoing cold-area testing at the Xiaowusili car testing base in Heihe, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province. Before a new car product goes on sale, it has to undergo cold-weather testing. Heihe, a city in China's northernmost province of Heilongjiang, has various favorable conditions for cold-area car testing, including diverse landforms and cold, dry weather in the winter. Its high-quality services have drawn more and more carmakers to test new products in the city in recent years. On Jan. 9, a 120-day annual car testing season begins in the city.
Early in 1989, the Jiefang truck division of China FAW Group Co., Ltd. launched its first car test in Heihe.
In recent years, Heihe upgraded its infrastructure and services to boost its car-testing industry. Statistics show that the city's cold-area car testing business volume accounts for more than 80 percent of China's total. It also has been constantly pushing the comprehensive development of various industries such as car testing, motor racing, automobile trade, and cultural and sports tourism, to further promote the transformation and upgrading of its cold-area car testing industry, injecting vitality into the local economic development. (Photo by Gu Jingkun/Xinhua)
People look at Spring Festival decorations in Hong Kong, south China, Jan. 31, 2024. (Xinhua/Chen Duo)
