• PURE AND PERFECT
  Tourists play with snow at Xuecun Village, Heilongjiang Province, on February 7. Part of a tree farm under the Chaihe Forestry Bureau, the village's snow season lasts seven months every year, with the annual average depth of snowfall reaching 2 meters. It is now a major destination for snow lovers from all over China (WANG KAI)
• RETURNING TO BALANCE
  Children interact with their teacher at a kindergarten in Xi Ujimqin Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
  
  China’s high gender imbalance has continued to decline, with 115.88 baby boys born in 2014 for every 100 girls, the sixth successive decrease.
  
  A normal sex ratio at birth is commonly between 103 and 107 baby boys for every 100 girls. China has had a sexual disparity of more than 110 for a number of years, according to official statistics.
  
  The ratio for 2014 is the lowest level since 2008, when there were 120.56 baby boys for every 100 girls (REN JUNCHUAN)
• CHINA'S CHINA
  Goat-themed porcelain plates are produced in a porcelain company in Handan, north China’s Hebei Province, on February 7. As the Year of the Goat approaches, these porcelain plates are in high demand. (HAO QUNYING)
• VACATION SPOT
  A couple takes a selfie in Wuzhen, east China’s Zhejiang Province. The province received 488 million tourist trips in 2014, resulting in 630 billion yuan ($101 billion) in tourism revenue, up 13.81 percent year on year (TAN JIN)