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.

从元宵节24时后，北京市民将再次告别烟花爆竹一年。禁令下达之后，任何人都禁止在五环内燃放烟花爆竹，否则将被罚款。所有的烟花爆竹临时销售网点将在24点后统一关门。市民手中没有燃放的烟花爆竹可以到交回临时销售网点换取其他合法的物品或小纪念品。北京从2006年开始就取消了在春节期间禁止燃放烟花爆竹的禁令。