Workers from a company on Zhongshan Five Road are checking the float for the coming 2011 Zhongshan Charity Parade.

It is February 17th today, the fifteenth day of the first month in lunar calendar, which is an important festival after the Spring Festival-Lantern Festival. The 24th Zhongshan Charity Parade is held today as scheduled. 120 teams with 20,000 people will participate in the parade. At the crossroads along the parade, there are folk custom shows by 11 performance groups. All the LED screens along Xingzhong Avenue and 600 public screens will make live broadcasts on the parade.