Tourists enjoy food from a huge hot pot inside a large ice house at Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on December 31, 2024. As China's ice and snow economy continues to heat up, the sector's revenue for 2024 is expected to reach 970 billion yuan ($133 billion), while 2025's is predicted to surpass 1 trillion yuan. Photo: VCG