Green Sanming:City of Historical Charm

THE beautiful garden city of Sanming in southwest Fu-jian Province covers an area of 22,900 sq km and has a population of 2.68 million. Regarded as an ecological paradise, Sanming's location and 76.8 percent forest coverage make it an ideal area for wood industry cooperation between Taiwan and the Chinese mainland. Sanming has a long, fascinating history. It was established as a     

A City Classical and Contemporary

XIANYANG City,coveringan area of 10,000 squarekilometers,and with a pop-ulation of 4.8 million,is just25 kilometers from Xi’an,capitalof Shaanxi Province.Known asNo.1 Capital of ancient China,Xianyang is the site of nine HanDynasty and nine Tang Dynastyemperors’tombs.     

Sailing City,Charming Qingdao

Qingdao is a quaint seaside city on the southern tip of the Shandong Peninsula. Covering an area of 10,654 sq kin, it has jurisdiction over seven districts and five county-level cities, totaling a population of 8.5 million.     

An Emerging Star in Shandong Province

XINTAI City covers an area of almost 2,000 square kilometers, and houses a population of more than 1.3 million. It is situated in central Shandong Province between Taishan Mountain and Confucius' hometown Qufu, east of the Shandong Peninsula. The Beijing-Shanghai and Harbin-Xintai expressways run through the city. Xintai has ambitious plans to boost its industrial develop-     

Liangzhu City：the Earliest State in China？

Toward the end of 2007, news came that Chinese archeologists had found the remains of an ancient city ,believed to have existed 5,300 years ago. The remains are a vital part of the Liangzhu culture that once thrived in vast areas of eastern China, mainly in the/aP, e Taihu area. The latest finding added brilliance to the Lianzhu culture, pray ng that the early Chinese living in the area, while producers of rice and jade artifacts, were also capable of buildlng a city 2.9 million square meters In area, four times as large as the world-renowned Forbidden City in Beijing, Remains of the Liangzhu culture were first discovered in 1936 ;at Liangzhu Town in Zhejiang Provinces, Since then, continuous excavation has yielded more and more Ltangzhu cultural remains. Interestingly; the layout of the structures in the newly discovered ＂Liangzhu City＂ resembles the Chinese Character ＂国＂-- meaning ＂nation＂ or ＂state,＂ prompting speculation that there could have been an organized state earlier than the Xia, Shang and Zhou, the earliest Chinese dynosties known so far, which existed from about the 21st century BC to 221 BC, Some experts suggest that the entire history of the Chinese civilization may have to be rewritten if theories.about the recent findings prove correct.     

Cliff Paintings and Sculptures

Mogao Grottoes This was an old road scattered withhistorical sites. What we saw were the end-less Gobi Desert and layer upon layer ofhazy mountain peaks in the distance. The earliest settlers of this area camefrom the east, filled with a western dream.What they found was an area of vast desertswith high and barren mountains. Ancient beacon towers, broken anddilapidated through years of storms and     

DRAWING UP A NEW BLUEPRINT

正Local governments plan to tackle pollution and change growth modes for 2014 Choking smog lingered,covering an area of 1.43 million square km in central and east China,an area more than twice the size of France,for a whole week starting from February 20.Beijing and part of the neighboring Hebei Province suffered most.On February 25,readings of PM 2.5,fine particulate matter 2.5     

Pionecring and mordern industry park in Maigaoqiao

The Maigaoqiao Pioneering Park of the Qixia Economic and Technological DevelopmentZone is situated at the northern area of Nanjing Municipality. The planning area is 3.84 square kilometers and it is the only urban type of an industrial park in the     

Madagascan Businessmen in Chongming Island

Located on the Indian Ocean to the east of the African continent, Madagascar with an area of 587,000 square kilometers and picturesque scenery is the fourth largest island in the world.Lying at the mouth of the Changjiang River and facing the vast East Sea, the Chongming Island shaped like a silkworm with an area of 1,200 square kilometers is China's third largest island next to Taiwan and Hainan Island, boasting clean environment and rich resources.     

A Showcase of Speedy Urbanization

IT was an 800-km, smooth drive from Beijing to Ordos. The first stretch was along the Badaling Expressway, before turning off at Hebei's Xuanhua exit and heading for Zhangjiakou. We then continued westward, passing Ulanqab, Hohhot and Baotou before heading south. We were soon within the jurisdiction of Ordos.Ordos' ongoing urbanization is plain to see from the booming construction sites throughout the area. A little on-the-spot research upon arrival in Ordos revealed that the local urbanization rate increased from 43.5 percent in 2000 to 54 percent by the end of 2005, and increased to 57.4 percent by the end of 2006. Urbanization of this rapidity is rare among China's prefecture-level cities.     

A Heavenly Resort

Located in the southeastern coastal area of China.Xiamen is an ideal holiday resort and a paradise for tourists.It boasts breathtaking coastal scenery,a year-round spring-like climate,the opportunity to partake in folk customs native to Fujian and Taiwan,beachfront cuisine,exotic architecture and a healthy ecological environment home to an abundance of flowers and large flocks of egrets.     

Shake off Poverty in Nature''''s Way

DINGXI is a notoriouslyimpoverished area ofChina in the country'sGansu Province. Situat-ed on the Loess Plateauamong deep gullies and towering hills,Dingxi has an average annual rainfall of386.6 millimeters and an average annualevaporation of 1,673.8 millimeters. Thisleaves the surface water with a salt con-tent that renders it unfit for drinking orirrigation. For centuries, even a "goodyear" of weather would produce only ameager harvest. The extent of povertyin the area once reduced late…     

Working for Harmonious Community--Government role in promoting harmony in community

The Wannianchang Neighborhood Community in the Chenghua Distric.t, Chengdu City in Sichuan Province,covers an area of about 5.2 square kilometers and has a population of about 58,000. The area is noted for the largest number of factories, floating population and low-income groups. The office of the community, which is the grassroots governmental organ, has done a great deal of solid work to promote social stability and harmony.     

Xinjiang Has Been a Multi-ethnic Region Since Ancient Times

The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region （also called Xinjiang for short）, situated in the border area of northwest China and the hinterland of the Eurasian Continent, occupies an area of 1.6649 million sq km, accounting for one sixth of Chinese territory. It has a land border of 5,600 km bounded by eight countries. It was an important section of the ancient Silk Road. According to statistics,     

Chongzuo：A Frontier City at the Forefront of Development

WHILE China＇s eastern seaboard has been experiencing rapid development for close to two decades, the Chinese government has recently been taking steps to try and foster similar progress in other parts of the country. Chongzuo City, near Vietnam in China＇s far south, is an example of a previously obscure area that has started to undergo the kind of dazzling changes that cities like Guangzhou, Shanghai and Beijing have been experiencing for many years.     

Relocating 1 Million People

Q: Mr. Gan, could you pleasegive us an overview of theChongqing relocation project?A' Relocating people from theThree Gorges reservoir area is animportant part of the Three GorgesProject and will have a greatimpact on the economic development and social stability of thereservoir area and all ofChongqing. The success of therelocation project will largelydetermine the success of theGorges project itself. Chongqingwill be responsible for the bulk ofthe relocation work.State leaders and the l…     

Legal-Ease BEIJING & NORTHEAST CHINA INVESTMENT FACTS

Beijing and northeast China are fast becoming an area of growing interest to international investors. Here we highlight some aspects of the major cities and consider options for setting up business in this area. Changchun China's car city Changchun means cars. The city's most famous enterprise, First Automobile Works (FAW), created China's very first road vehicle, the "Jiefang" truck, back in 1956. FAW now covers an enormous area stretching for several kilometers in the Changchun Auto Economic Trade Development     

Crafty Concept Cashes In

Hundreds of young Beijing artisans display and sell their arts and crafts through an innovative outlet It's a strange sight being in a store without sales counters,cash registers and legions of over-zealous sales staff.Instead,the Fengguo Box,covering an area of 200 square meters in Zhongguancun Plaza in north     

Chenjiang Town

Located in southwestern Huizhou City, Chenjiang Town is 12 kilometers away from the city proper, and serves as a transport hub for the area. It covers an area of 83 square kilometers, and administrates 11 villages and 2 communities with a total population of 110,000, including over 70,000 migrants. Chenjiang Town is the ancestral home of well-known Chinese revolu-     

Greater Beijing in Tongzhou

At just 12 kilometers from the East Third Ring Road.Tongzhou is one of Beijing‘s closest suburban districts.On an inspection tour in late 2002.top Beijing Municipality leader Liu Qi defined Tongzhou as“…neither an outer suburb,nor a satellite city.but a new urban district.”Work is currently underway to make it just that .Following implementation of the Greater Beijing Strategy.the capital is to expand into its periphery and so relieve the high density in its downtown area.One way of achieving this is to extend the 50-kilometer Chang an Avenue from Shijingshan District to Tongzhou Distric.