Highlights from the festival include sleigh rides on the Songhua River, mass weddings and snowmen on display on the river's icy surface.

A memorandum of understanding has been signed with a World Trade Centre in China to grow agricultural trade.

A symbol of Edmonton’s Chinatown is no longer visible from the street. Late Saturday night, the Harbin Gates were moved from 97 Street and 102 Avenue to a city storage facility near Commonwealth Stadium.