Local markets across China prepare for Spring Festival

Venders hang sausages for sale at a market in Shibei District of Qingdao City, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 16, 2019. Local markets across China are making full preparations to meet customers' growing demands for goods as the Spring Festival is approaching. The Chinese Spring Festival represents the beginning of the Chinese Lunar Year and falls on Feb. 5 this year. (Xinhua/Wang Haibin)