The Eternal Couple Taishan Mountain and Tai＇an City

TAI＇AN City is located in the center of Shandong Province, home to the ancient states of Lu and Qi. Built in homage to Taishan Mountain （Mount Tai）, one of China＇s sacred peaks, the city was named after an old saying： ＂If all is well on Taishan Mountain, the world will be at peace.＂ ＂Tai＇an＂ literally means ＂peace upon Taishan.＂     

Kublai Khan's Safe Haven

Built to protect the capital of the Yuan Dynasty,Beijing's city wall is now a tourist attraction and a safety shelter in times of disaster Kublai Khan,the grandson of Genghis Khan,founded the Yuan Dynasty(1279-1368) and established the capital in Yanjing(the area of present day Beijing),which he named Dadu.Its city wall,a milestone in the urban construction history of China,was built,and Dadu became the last city constructed by an overall plan in Chinese feudal society.     

Old Businesses Losing Their Last Stronghold

FOR over 600 years, Beijing＇s Qianmen Street has been one of the city＇s most prestigious and busiest commercial thoroughfares. Just 10 minutes by foot from Tian＇anmen Square, in the very heart of the city, the 800-meter-long avenue was in its heyday a convergence of more than 100 upscale stores and restaurants, attracting a steady stream of shoppers and sightseers.     

The City of Tomorrow Urban Best Practices Area a Peek into the Future

TEXT and the city - a lot is being said about Shanghai 2010, so let＇s not forget this is the first time in the past century and a half that a city has ＂attended＂ the World Expo as an independent participant. The Urban Best Practices Area on the south- em bank of the Huangpu River is certainly making the most of that spotlight and is expected to be the highlight of the World Expo 2010. For an exhibition of 15.08 hectares （only 3 percent of the entire Expo space） this may seem ambitious,     

Suifenhe: A Border City with a Friend

THE scenic mountain city of Suifenhe inHeilongjiang Province is known withinChina for its abundance of snow.Shrouded in white five months out of theyear, the city boasts the Suifenhe National ForestPark Ski Area, a summer skiing and tourist destina-tion. But situated only 210 kilometers away is     

Heritage-based Prosperity--Anshun’s Fifth Turning Point-Exclusive Interview with Chen Jian,Secretary of CPC Anshun Municipal Committee

Anshun’s sites of scenic beauty,notably the Huangguoshu Waterfall,and the unique Tunpu culture originating in the Ming Dynasty(1368-1644) have made the city in midwestern Guizhou Province one of the most popular tourist destinations in China.Less known to outsiders is An-shun’s reformist vision and pluck.Twenty years ago the     

Leaving the Capital Behind

<正>A number of impressive and relaxing tourist attractions make northeast Hebei a worthwhile trip outside Beijing When it comes to culture and tourism,Hebei Province can’t compete with the imperial palaces,temples,summer resorts and other ancient landmarks of Beijing.The province is also missing them useums and monuments to the people’s heroes.But what it lacks in epic tourist attractions Hebei makes up for with smaller,quainter sights that provide a pleasant respite from the busy city life and crowded tourist hotspots of the Chinese capital.     

Ningde＇s Burgeoning Port

NINGDE in Fujian Province is a burgeoning city lying on China＇s southeast coast, built around Sandu＇ao Port. As a key free-trade harbor approved by the State Council, Sandu＇ao has given great impetus to the city＇s development, and is playing a crucial role in the economic strategy of the area west of the Taiwan Strait.     

Nanjing Software： The New Brilliance of an Ancient City

TOGETHER with Dalian and ＇Chengdu, the city of Nanjing is a major producer of computer software in China.People may wonder what in the world has made Nanjing, a city known for its cultural and historical heritage, a leader in China＇s software industry. And how did this seem to happen overnight？ In spite of its relatively low profile, Nanjing has a few tricks up its sleeve the other cities don＇t.     

牛街民族团结小区

In the Liao, Song and Yuan dynasties many Muslims from Central Asia settled in northern China, and the Niujie section is the largest Hui community in China＇s capital city. Dating back with a history of more than a thousand years, the term Niujie, oxen street, today is commonly used to refer to an area of some 60 winding alleyways, or hutongs, with a central ＂Niujie＂ in its midst.     

Modern Art in an Ancient Setting——Beijing's Red Gate Gallery

A SCENDING the ancient stone steps to Red Gate Gallery reveals the quintessential Beijing pan orama. The gallery is housed in Dongbianmen Watchtower, a Ming Dynasty structure straddling the last crumbling vestiges of Beijing＇s city wall. Like a besieged bastion of the city＇s imperial past, the watchtower is hemmed in by railway lines and Beijing＇s Second Ring Road. The glass and steel edifices of the CBD loom in the distance. It＇s appropriate that this ancient fortress, surrounded by a cornucopia of modern development, houses a gallery that has long been a cultural bastion of a more contemoorary kind.     

The Vigor of Wenzhou

Several regions in China are known for their business-savvy residents. One of them is Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province. With their economic aptitude and pragmatic attitude, Wenzhou people, dubbed the ＂Chinese Jews,＂ can be found in almost all sectors of the economy, and have accumulated huge amounts of wealth. Small and medium-sized private enterprises are the mainstay of the city＇s economy. Under the onslaught of the financial crisis the number of these businesses has fallen by 20 percent, but the survivors have demonstrated the same robust flexibility which helped tide them over difficult times in the past.     

Baoding - from the Capital＇s South Gate to Back Garden

THE city of Baoding, in Hebei Province, borders the national capital Beijing, 140 kilometers to the northeast. The city＇s name, roughly interpreted as ＂protecting the capital,＂ refers to the city＇s immediacy to Beijing. Due to its geographic location, Baoding has been of great military import since ancient times.     

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Hangzhou With its famous natural beauty and cultural heritage, Hangzhou is one of China's most attractive tourist destinations. The city, the southern terminus of the Grand Canal, is located in the southeastern part of the Yangtze Delta. Symbolized by various local cultures, such as the Liangzhu Culture dating back 5,300 years, the city has a long history of more than 2,200 years since a county was     

Jiaozuo-Boom Town

JIAOZUO in Henan Province, a place known as ＂Coal City,＂ has been transformed from a drab and foggy convenience to today＇s civic emerald. The Taihang Mountains anchor and the Yellow River meanders, fusing with Jiaozuo＇s historic culture and making this city, among all the former resource-based cities in China, an especially good model of successful transition to an information-age economy.     

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Suzhou City A city known for its history, culture and tourist attractions, Suzhou is located in the southeast part of Jiangsu Province, right in the middle of the Yangtze River Delta, in an economically developed coastal region. Suzhou borders Shanghai in the east, Zhejiang Province in the south and Wuxi in the west, with the Yangtze flowing across its northern edge. The cultural heritage of Suzhou plus the beauty of its classical gardens contributes its fame as a "paradise on earth."     

A Pearl Embedded in the New Silk Road-An Exclusive Interview with Mayor of Kaifeng Ji Bingwei

KAIFENG, located in the heart of China, was the world＇s biggest and busiest ,city during the 11th and 12th centuries. As the intersection of the land and maritime Silk Roads, it was a pIace from where goods were dispatched and traders from the East and West met. Today, it is a major city in the central China economic region due to its integrated development with Zhengzhou, capital of Henan Province.     

Creation of a New Local Economic Engine

LIAONING Governor Chen Zhenggao said recently that Shenfu New Town would become an engine for Fushun＇s future economic growth and the hope of the city＇s escalating and bold overall development.The new town occupies 605 square kilometers in the environs betwen the two industrial cities of Shenyang and Fushun in Liaoning Province.     

Discovering Ningxia

Ningxia gaining luster as a tourist attraction in northwest China Crystal rivers, blue skies and flowering woods surround this city—you probably won’t believe it is Yinchuan, the capital city of     

The Art of Placement

THE Forbidden City is Beijing＇s hottest tourist attraction besides the Great Wall. Situated in the heart of the city, this sprawling complex served as the imperial palace of two dynasties. In front of the complex is the Golden Water River, while behind lies Jing-shan Hill （also known as Coal Hill）. This placement is far from accidental. Few visitors realize that the river and hill are in fact artificial, created in accordance with traditional Chinese feng shui principles which require a “hill at the back and water in front.” Such a position is said to bring the inhabitants happiness and good luck. Although often dismissed as superstition in modern China, it has been shown that many fengshui principles do in fact have a basis in science, overlapping with nu- merous concepts found in modern environmental architecture.