Nowadays,an increasing number of Chinese people are fond of celebrating some Western festivals.

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Nowadays,an increasing number of Chinese people are fond of celebrating some Western festivals.
then only 5 years later,it nearly increased to 40,000.
请解释下increasing 作什么用?分词结构?第二句increased

increasing 作定语 属于现在分词作定语,
ncreased 作谓语动词.