Beijing residents will bid goodbye to their firecrackers for another year from midnight on Sunday, the night of the Lantern Festival.

After the firecracker ban resumes, anyone caught setting firecrackers off within the Fifth Ring Road will be fined. 

All firecracker retail shops will close at 12 o'clock on Sunday night.

People with left-over firecrackers can exchange them at firecracker retail shops for legal items or gift vouchers.

Beijing has suspended the ban on firecrackers in all districts of the city since the Chinese New Year holiday in 2006.

北京居民将从元宵节当晚，即星期日午夜起对他们的爆竹告别一年。 回复鞭炮禁令后,任何人在五环路内放爆竹被逮到的话都将被罚款。 爆竹零售商店将于星期日午夜12时全部关门. 人们未放的鞭炮可以在爆竹零售商店合法兑换物品或礼券. 自中国2006农历年新年假期以来， 北京全市各区已停止对烟花爆竹的禁令