Zhangjiajie： A Celebration of Nature

ZHANGJIAJIE is a risingtourist city in northwestern Hunan Province, site of China‘s first national forest park, whose core scenic area,Wulingyuan, the State Council named a key area of national scenic and historic interest in October 1988. In December 1992,Wulingyuan was designated UNESCO World Natural Heritage.     

Going from the Grand Canal to the Bohai Sea

IT is Cangzhou's geographic location that encouraged its sons to excel in martial arts. As it is in a strategic location, scene of many ancient battles, Cangzhou natives developed their own effective form of fending off attackers. Over time, Cangzhou's martial spirit has attracted large numbers of martial arts practitioners. In 1992 the State Physical Culture and Sports Commission named it "birthplace of martial arts."     

Economic Transformation Brings New Hope

FUXIN, in northwestern Liaoning Province, wasone of China's earliest energy industrialbases. During the First Five-Year Plan period(1953-1957), four of the 156 national keyenergy projects were carried out here. Fuxinhas made great contributions to China's economicdevelopment, but its coal deposits are now seriouslydepleted. In 2001, the Chinese State Council select-ed Fuxin for a trial economic transformation. This hascreated new opportunities for the Fuxin people.     

Booming Ranufacturing industry

SHAOXING, with its 80,000 manufacturing enterprises, is well known in the Yangtze River Delta area for its strong manufacturing capacity.Township enterprises laid the foundation for industrial development two decades ago, but the disadvantages of small rural enterprises, like low production capacity and quality and low standards of technology,soon emerged. In order to advance industrial development, in the late 1990s the Shaoxing municipal government decided to build the Township Industrial Zone. In the following five years, several industrial parks opened in Shaoxing.     

Zhejiang Unicom： Modern Telecommunications Technology Leader

SINCE its founding, Zhejiang Unicom has been on a crusade to break the telecommunications monopoly and promote Zhejiang Province's reform and development of its telecom industry. This has had a beneficial affect on telecom businesses in general, promoting prosperity through-     

Heart of China＇s Textiles

THE textile industry is a tradition in Shaoxing.Early in the Tang Dynasty, Shaoxing silks were known throughout the country. Shaoxing is considered the heart of China‘s textile industry. Having long been Shaoxing‘s pillar industry, textiles have secured Shaoxing‘s number one place in the Zhejiang economy for 20 years.     

Jiaxing： Delicacy of the Yangtze River Delta

THE Yangtze River Delta, where the Yangtze River crosses China's east coast, has one of the country's most dynamic economies, In 1976 Jean Gottmann, a French geographer,called Shanghai and its neighboring Yangtze River Delta the world's "sixth largest megalopolis."     

Bright Star between Beijing and Tianjin

ON looking at a map ofHebei Province,a bigcity midway betweenBeijing and Tianjinmunicipalities springs to view.Itis Langfang.Covering 6,429square kilometers,and with apopulation of 3.85 million,Langfang is a peaceful city withexcellent transport facilities.Itdoes not have a land port or air-port,but is only a one-hour drivefrom Beijing International Airportand the Tianjin New Port.Mayor