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China’s Lunar New Year celebrations typically feature visits to relatives. For provincial Governor Du Jiahao, day two of the biggest holiday on the calendar found him doing something altogether different.

The chief of central Hunan province went on a two-hour bicycle ride along the Xiang River, checking its water quality.