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The Western Union, a leader in global payment services, announced the establishing four regional Chinese commercial banks. These agreements extend Western Union's network reach to the northeastern, southern and eastern regions of China.

Western Union has signed agreements to offer Western Union Money Transfer® services with Bank of Jilin, headquartered in Changchun, Jilin Province; and Bank of Harbin, headquartered in Harbin and Heilongjiang Province in the northeastern region of China. Western Union also has signed agreements with Fujian Haixia Bank in the southern region and Zhejiang Chouzhou Commercial Bank in YiWu in Zhejiang Province in the eastern region of China. But no branch is signed in Jiangsu.

Chinese New Year, also known as the Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival, is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays and official vacation as well. It consists of a period of celebrations of 15 days, starting on New Year's Day, celebrated on the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar, unless there is an intercalary eleventh or twelfth month in the lead-up to the New Year—in such a case, the New Year falls on the day of the third new moon after the solstice.

The Chinese New Year period terminates with the Lantern Festival, the fifteenth day of the month, which is the last day of the festival. Knowing its celebration and holiday schedules will let you well prepared some events when staying in China.

Chinese people believe that Nian ("Nyehn") was a reptilian predator that could infiltrate houses silently like the infamous man-eating leopards of India. The Chinese soon learned that Nian was sensitive to loud noises, and they scared it away with explosions and fireworks and it become a tradition over years.