New Year's Eve destinations, here we come!

Updated: 2014-12-31 14:10

(chinadaily.com.cn)

Celebrating New Years Eve is a way to witness one year drawing to a close and the other just appearing on the horizon. New Year's Eve is traditionally a time to spend with family and loved ones, and you can make it more memorable by taking the celebration somewhere else.

Whether you prefer quiet time with family or a party celebration with a big crowd, China has various destinations which claim to be your best New Year's Eve getaway.

From the capital's midnight countdown, Shanghai's light projection show on the Bund and Harbin's ice and snow festival to Sanya's warm and white beaches, let's check out the destinations in China that celebrate New Year's Eve in style.

The 81-floor CBD tower in Beijing shows there are nine seconds left before the year 2015 on the body of the skyscraper on Dec 30, 2014, during a New Year countdown rehearsal for tonight held by China World Summit Wing. [Photo by Liao Xiaoqi/For chinadaily.com.cn] Lively Beijing The capital celebrates New Year's Eve in several popular destinations each year, including the China Millennium Monument, Solana Shopping Mall, the Badaling Great Wall and The Place. This marks the first time for the hotel of China World Summit Wing to hold a New Year's countdown, which will feature dynamic multi-dimensional projection lights to illuminate the CBD's tallest building.