Holiday celebrations are in full swing across China. In Beijing, many people from different places are staying put to avoid the risk of infection during their journey back home; among them are a group of people from Taiwan who have found their own way to welcome the Chinese New Year.

Miao Minghua runs a company of cross-Straits cultural and creative products named Futurali. He works during the Spring Festival, as the demand for the company's products and services increases during the holidays.

"During the festival, I spend more time teaching because many parents want to use the time to let their children make these crafts," said Miao, adding that many people find making crafts soothing, especially when they're stressed.

"I've stayed on the mainland for two Spring Festivals, and I feel that the mainland has developed faster and done more than Taiwan in the arts and in reinventing traditional culture," he said.

Li Shaohua also has her own business in Beijing. She runs a coffee and bakery shop and recruited some hearing-impaired young people to work there to help build their self-confidence. Though she didn't go back home and reunite with her family members back in Taiwan, she said she could spend more time with the young people.

"They are from different places, like Hebei and Shandong provinces. We are like a family. In fact, we also have support from many across the Straits. And many ordered our products like desserts. We feel love and care during the festival," Li said.

Zhang Xiangjingli, also from China's Taiwan remained in Beijing. She has been working in a maternity home for two years.

She told CGTN that she felt traveling back to Taiwan would have been "quite risky for the babies and their mothers" at the center.

"We must look after ourselves first so that we can care for others," Zhang said, adding that though she didn't go back to Taiwan, she sent Chinese New Year greetings to her family online, and many of her friends in Beijing had invited her for dinner and spent the festival with her.

She believes that with joint efforts, the pandemic could be brought under control.