In Pictures: China celebrates Golden Week

Chinese families from all around the country are enjoying the annual National Day Golden Week, a seven-day national holiday which was implemented in 2000. Celebrations officially began on October 1 and millions of Chinese are expected to go on trips around China to boost the economy.

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Oct 04, 2016, 12:32 PM

People wait for their trains during China's Golden Week holiday at the Hongqiao train station in Shanghai, on Oct 1, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

People wait for their trains during China's Golden Week holiday at the Hongqiao train station in Shanghai on Oct 1, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A family with a small child wait for their trains during China's Golden Week holiday at the Hongqiao train station in Shanghai, on Oct 1, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

People wait for their trains during China's Golden Week holiday at the Hongqiao train station in Shanghai, on Oct 1, 2016 PHOTO: AFP

A young girl plays with a laser as she waits for her train during China's Golden Week holiday at the Hongqiao Translation in Shanghai, on Oct 1, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Visitors walk on a bridge on West Lake during China's Golden Week holiday in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, on Oct 2, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

People use an escalator during China's Golden Week holiday at the Hongqiao train station in Shanghai, on Oct 1, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A man rides on a segway with a small girl during China's Golden Week holiday at the Hongqiao train station in Shanghai, on Oct 1, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

People walk inside the Forbidden City during China's Golden Week holiday in Beijing, on Sept 29, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A man walks inside the Forbidden City during China's Golden Week holiday in Beijing, on Sept 29, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A man walks through a gate inside the Forbidden City during China's Golden Week holiday in Beijing, on Sept 29, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A boy touches the leaves of a plant inside the Forbidden City during China's Golden Week holiday in Beijing, on Sept 29, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A security guard walks in front of a gate inside the Forbidden City during China's Golden Week holiday in Beijing, on Sept 29, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

People look at a flower display inside the Forbidden City during China's Golden Week holiday in Beijing, on Sept 29, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A young girl takes a photograph of her dad with a smartphone inside the Forbidden City during China's Golden Week holiday in Beijing, on Sept 29, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A young woman looks at a pomegranate fruit inside the Forbidden City in Beijing on Sept 29, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

A man smokes a cigarette as he fishes in a canal outside the Forbidden City in Beijing on Sept 29, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Two men look at a flower display inside the Forbidden City during China's Golden Week holiday in Beijing, on Sept 29, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Tourists visit the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on Sept 28, 2016 ahead of the Golden Week, a week-long holiday that coincides with the anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China which falls on Oct 1, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Tourists visit the Temple of Heaven in Beijing on Sept 28, 2016 ahead of the Golden Week, a week-long holiday that coincides with the anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China which falls on Oct 1, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

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