This year’s winter has proven an important season for Harbin, the capital city of Heilongjiang province, as interest     1     the icy destination greatly increased after social media posts showed many citizens from the warmer south flooding into the snowy city. It     2     (welcome) nearly 3.05 million visitors, taking in $832.39million of tourism revenue(收入), during the three-day New Year holiday.

To facilitate the consumption of Harbin’s popular frozen pears,     3     city has even introduced frozen pear plates, making     4     easier for tourists to enjoy the delicacy. Moreover,     5     (attract) more tourists and improve overall services, Harbin has rolled out a     6     (vary) of activities, including live performances on New Year’s Eve, firework displays, theme parks, intangible heritage culture shows and concerts. A series of     7     (measure) have also been introduced to enhance the visitor experience in Harbin, covering areas such as dining, accommodation, travel, shopping and entertainment.     

It is these careful and considerate details     8     make sure. that tourists feel warmly embraced, cared for and respected. Consequently, their positive experiences are widely shared on the internet,     9     (contribute) to Harbin’s “internet celebrity” city status.     10     (give) more time, Harbin’s tourism will greatly boost the economy.

Food waste is one of the greatest challenges of our time, and fruit and vegetables are especially problematic, as about 52% of them go bad before     1    (eventual) reaching consumers. But one Malaysian company has come up     2     a simple solution to this problem — a tiny sticker (贴纸) that keeps fruit from     3    (go) bad for up to weeks.

You’ve probably seen stickers on fruit before, but not like the ones created by the Malaysian company. Those common stickers are typically     4    (use) only to provide consumers with     5    (inform) about the growers and how the fruit was grown,     6     Stixfresh has a completely different purpose. It contains something special and all-natural that slows down the ripening (成熟) process, keeping the fruit fresh and juicy for much     7    (long).

Stixfresh founder Zhafri Zainudin says that he thought of the idea for the stickers after visiting a friend     8     ran a fruit store. The man was worried about losing money every day because of bad fruit, but he knew that there was no way to stop nature from taking     9    (it) course. The Malaysian businessman worked with many     10    (university) to develop and test his sticker.

At first, Stixfresh stickers were only used to lengthen the shelf-life of mangoes, but the company later worked on other fruit, like dragon fruit, star fruit, apples and pears.