Yangzhou Amid the Willow Blossoms

THE name of a city can often conjure up memo-ries of poetry, people or flowers. Yangzhou is such a city,as demonstrated by the famous Tang poet Li Bai in his Seeing off Meng Haoran for Guangling at Yellow Crane Tower:My old friend said goodbye to the west here at Yellow Crane Tower.In the third month’s cloud of willow blossoms he is going down to Yangzhou.     

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<正>OPINION Bridge Collapse The Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge in central China’s Hubei Province was hit by a huge oil tanker on June 6,the most serious accident until now for the 56-year-old bridge.The bridge has been hit before dozens of times.One accident in July 1990 involved     

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正Bridge Opens Cars run on the newly opened Yangtze River Bridge in Maanshan,Anhui Province on December 31,2013.Upon the completion of the bridge,the travel time between BridgeOpens Hefei,capital of Anhui,and Shanghai will be shortened by an hour and the travel time between Hefei and Hangzhou,capital of Zhejiang Province,will be shortened by half an hour.     

Suzhou River＇s Return to Grace

THE Suzhou River of Shanghai assumes many kinds of importance to the city＇s residents. From the opening of its port in 1843, Shanghai＇s urban district sprawled along this river from east to west. At that time, foreigners residing in Shanghai knew that this river led to Suzhou, and silk and tea flowed along it from the hinterland by ship; thus its name - the Suzhou River. Originating from the Taihu Lake,and crossing the Jiangnan section of the Grand Canal, it also in fact flows through Wujiang, Wuxian, Kunshan, Jiading and Qingpu, then joins the Huangpu River at Shanghai＇s Waibaidu Bridge.     

ShouldHistorical Attractions Be Outsourced?

正Yueyang Tower,located by Dongting Lake in the city of Yueyang,central China’s Hunan Province,is a time-honored scenic spot,well known across the nation.Its fame is particularly attributed to a renowned Song Dynasty poet and intellectual,Fan Zhongyan(989-1052),who wrote about it in a work that     

DANCING ON ICE The time to shine is coming for athletes chasing their Olympic dreams

Bridge Over Troubled Water is clearly the favorite song of Sui Wenjing and Han Cong,China’s leading figure skating duo.The first time they used it in competition was during the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki,Finland.Even with a flawed landing by Sui,the pair still won gold there,thanks to their standout overall performance.     

Thousand-of-Year Ancient Templein a Bustling City

Kaifeng was called Bianliang, Bianjing and Dongjing in an cient times. Historically, Wei Kingdom of Warring Period, Liang, Jin, Han, Zhou of the Five Dynasties, Northern Song Dynasty and Jin Dynasty have all set up their capitals here; so it is labeled the "Capital of Seven Dynasties". The human and natural scenic spots, such as the Iron Tower, the Fan Tower, the Dragon Tower, the Terrace of King Yu, the Temple of Baogong, the Street of Song Capital along with the Spring Scenery of Fan Tower, Cloud Floating Over the Iron Tower and the Wave Sound of the Big     

Innovative Science and Technology-Our Approach to the World

China Zhongtie Major Bridge Engineering Group Co. Ltd was founded 55 years ago for the purpose of building the Wuhan Yangtze Bridge, and has made great contributions to the development of science and technology in China＇s bridge engineering, traffic and economy. The top ideal and mission statement for our company is “to promote the development of bridge engineering in China, and to surpass the world advanced science and technology level.”     

Building Bridges, So to Sneak

MANDARIN may be the language of the future. It's certainly one of the most important languages today, judging by the number of foreign students signing up for full-time Chinese courses at Beijing's universities. Away from the lecture halls and dorms of the capital's northwesterly university district, however, the Bridge School has become the alma mater of a genera-     

Water Lantern Show in Dali＇s Qingsuo Village

Thousands of glowing water lanterns floating on the Miqie River make a spectacular scene. In Qingsuo Village, Shangguan Town, Dali City in Yunnan Province, the annual Haidenghui takes place on the 15th day of the seventh moon, a distinctive custom in Dali. A major headstream to Lake Erhai to the south, the Miqie River wends its way from Eryuan County. Qingsuo Village, on its northern bank, received its name from Qingsuo Bridge. According to the historical story, the bridge was first built with rattan ropes by order of famed military strategist Zhuge Liang＇s when the river blocked his way during his Southern Expedition.     

The Ancient Tower Noted for a Scholar of No Equal of His Time

The Yueyang Tower or Watchtower is as famous as the Yellow Crane Tower and the Pavilion of Prince Teng in the southern Yangtze Riverside, China. The three ancient famous buildings are not only brilliant in architecture but also in culture. All the Chinese people are very familiar with the watchtower across the West Gate of Yueyang City, central China's Hunan Province. It was initially built in the Tang Dynasty (618-907), and later repaired or rebuilt by a far-sighted nobleman Teng Zijing in the Song Dynasty (960-1279). The     

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Chinese Bridge Crosses the Danube Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vui attended the completion ceremony of a new bridge across the Danube River in Belgrade on December 18,2014.The 1.5 km-long bridge is the first to be constructed by a Chinese company in Europe,and also the first to cross the Danube in Serbia in nearly seven decades.Premier Li and Prime Minister Vui cut the ribbon together and unveiled a monument marking the bridge’s completion.Li Keqiang expressed gratitude to all Chinese and Serbian participants in the project.He said that the bridge’s completion will promote the local economy.It is not only a bridge of     

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Yueyang Tower The Yueyang Tower lies in the west of Yueyang City, near the Dongtinghu Lake, at an emblematic spot facing the Junshan Mountain. It is one of China's three famous towers south of the Yangtze River, together with the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, Hubei Province, and the Tengwangge Pavilion in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. The Yueyang Tower was originally built for soldiers to rest on and keep watch. In the third century, a general of the Wu Kingdom trained his soldiers here and then rebuilt it as a tower to review his troops.     

18 new ways to feel Shanghai Bund

Shanghai once had its most colorful days in 1930s, when the Bund was a center for entertainment and recreation nicknamed as ““““ten miles of foreign spectacles““““. Inthe early days of the 20th century, the government of Qing Dynasty(1616-1911 ) was forced to open the ports for foreign trade; Shanghai was then made a commercial port by the foreigners, and a street was constructed between Waibaidu Bridge and Dongjinling Road, named ““““Bund““““ or ““““Waitan““““ in Chinese.     

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<正>Bridge in the Clouds The Beipanjiang Bridge,which took three years to build,opens to traffic on December 29,2016,connecting southwest China’s Yunnan and Guizhou provinces.It stretches for 1,341 meters over and hangs 565 meters above the Nizhu River Gorge,equivalent to the height of 200 floors,and is the world’s highest bridge.The bridge helps save motorists more than four hours in journey time.     

OVM: Propping Up China’s Bridge Industry

<正>On December 28,2014,Yinghua Bridge,located in Nanning,capital of southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,was completed and opened up to traffic.The construction of the bridge is of great significance to carrying out the area’s general urban infrastructure plan and expanding urban space.Moreover,the successful application of the S-shaped steel wire wrapping machine marks a further step forward in the exploration of new equipment and technologies for bridge     

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Chinese Highway “Zero Milestone” Laid The Chinese highway “Zero Mile- stone” has been laid in front of the newly renovated Zhengyang Gate Tower on Tian’anmen Square. It identi es the start- ing point of China’s trunk roads. China currently has more     

GTC Business Complex Debuts

On October 16,the Beijing Global Trade Center(GTC) helda grand project promotion symposium in the lobby of Tower Cand Tower D.A total of     

Communication Helps to Build Trust

正Editor’s Note:On June 1,Cui Tiankai,Chinese Ambassador to the United States,posted a signed article,entitled"How to Bridge the Divide Over the South China Sea,"on Bloomberg’s website.An edited version of the article follows:     

18 new ways to feel Shanghai Bund

Shanghai once had its most colorful days in 1930s, when the Bund was a center for entertainment and recreation nicknamed as "ten miles of foreign spectacles". In the early days of the 20th century, the government of Qing Dynasty(1616-1911) was forced to open the ports for foreign trade; Shanghai was then made a commercial port by the foreigners, and a street was constructed between Waibaidu Bridge and Dongjinling Road, named "Bund" or "Waitan" in Chinese. In the following years, buildings appeared in the bund one after another, presenting a wonderful ablaze night scene with lights. The warehouses and factories located in the