This year, Chinese people experienced a very different Spring Festival holiday. 

As families came together for their annual celebrations in late January, an unwanted "guest" joined the festivities – the novel coronavirus, which soon reached every corner of the world. 

China managed to bring it under control within three months. How did China do it? Several strategic decisions made by President Xi Jinping were key. 

Today, we take a look at how a nationwide mobilization, one of the key decisions, helped curb the spread of the coronavirus.