An officer aboard the Chinese marine surveillance ship Haijian 137 collects evidence of Japanese vessels during the ship's patrol in China's territorial waters surrounding the Diaoyu Islands in the East China Sea on February 14. Two fleets of Chinese marine surveillance ships were carrying out routine patrol missions in the East China Sea and the South China Sea respectively around the Spring Festival, or the Chinese Lunar New Year, which fell on February 10 this year (ZHANG JIANSONG)

Singles participate in a game at a speed dating event in Tongliao, north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on February 14, the Valentine's Day (XINHUA)

A consumer takes a photo of a robot waiter in a newly opened restaurant in Harbin, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, on February 13. The restaurant has 20 robots at work (WANG JIANWEI)

A bright spectacle illuminates a scene at the 19th Zigong International Dinosaur Lantern Festival in Zigong, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on February 3. Zigong has held lantern festivals coinciding with the Chinese Lunar New Year for more than 1,300 years. This year, more than 80 groups of giant lanterns are on display at the event until mid-March (LI JIA)