Due to the orange-colored down coats they have been wearing and the place they come from – Guangxi is famous for growing honey mandarin oranges – the kids have been affectionately nicknamed "little honey mandarins" by netizens.

They received a warm welcome in Harbin and Mohe, the northernmost city in China during their stay in Heilongjiang. Many netizens joked online that none of the kids could possibly go missing, since the entire nation was helping to count their numbers.

The tour group is currently in Jilin, another province in northeast China, and is scheduled to return to Nanning on January 10.