Exploring the Regional Economy

LOCATED on the North China Plain, Taocheng District comes under Hengshui City jurisdiction. It's also the city's political, economic and cultural center, and is just 250 kilometers south of Beijing and Tianjin, north China's major trading port. To its south lie Xingtai and Handan, huge coal, iron and steel production bases, and 100 kilometers west is Shijiazhuang International Airport. Taocheng is 180 kilometers to the west of Huanghua and Binzhou ports on the Bohai Bay and a major transportation hub in the regions surrounding     

A General View of Guangdong

GUANGDONG is situated in the southernmost part of China'smainland, where itfaces the South China Sea. Theprovince has a coastline of 3,368kilometers, dotted with islands.The whole territory is within low latitudes, and is traversed by the Tropic of Cancer. Sloping down from the north to the south, the province heaves with mountains,plains and hills. Guangdong hasthree main rivers - the Zhujiang(Pearl), Hanjiang and Jianjiangrivers. At a total length of 2,122kilometers, the Zhujiang Ri…     

Xiaojinkou Town

Located in the northern part of the district, Xiaojinkou Town is 5 kilometers from the city proper, and covers an area of 66.7 square kilometers. Its population of 100,000 includes 28,000 permanent residents and 72,000 migrants. In 2004, its total industrial and agricultural output value amounted to RMB 2.73 billion, with GDP of RMB     

Fragrant Taohuatan Tea

JINGXIAN County, an area of 2,000 square kilometers, lies at the foot of Mt. Huang in southern Anhui Province, and 40 kilometers southwest of it is the town of Taohuatan, site of over a hundred ancient residences with carved beams and painted pillars. It …     

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.     

Ancient and Contemporary Changes to the Great Wall

The total length of the Han Dynasty Great Wall exceeded 10,000 kilometers, and was around 6,000 kilometers in the Ming Dynasty.     

Qinhuangdao：Where the Great Wall Reaches the Sea

SEEN from a distance, the Great Wall looks like an enormous dragon, and the city of Qinhuangdao is where the dragon’s head dips into the sea. Qinhuangdao is located in Hebei Province, a city of strategic importance linking Northeast China with North China. It is 280 kilometers east of beijing and 370 kilometers southwest of shenyang.     

Jiangxinzhou-Emerald on the Yangtze River

Jiangxinzhou, green as jade and shaped like a green plum, is inlaid on the Yangtze River, in the western part of Jianye District in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. It is only 6 kilometers away from Xinjiekou, the downtown commercial center, and is separated from the new modern city, the New District of Hexi in Nanjing, with a strip of water. The river with a distant source and long stream is just like the arms of a mother to embrace the green island of 15 kilometers and to nourish the 12,000 residents at the island.     

Fengxian - Ocean Outlook,Southern Charm

FENGXIAN District in the south of Shanghai sits on the northern shore of the Hangzhou Bay. Here the feminine grace of southern scenery and the virile majesty of the ocean come together in happy union. Fields blaze with golden rape blossom against an azure ocean backdrop： it cries out this is southern China.This particular paradise encompasses 720 square kilometers of land and 417 square kilometers of sea within its boundaries.     

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-     

Harmonious Develoment in Langfang

LANGFANG has had municipal administrative status since 1989. This young city is 40 kilometers east of the national capital of Beijing and 60 kilometers west of China's largest port city of Tianjin. It has a convenient transportation network. The Bei jing-Shanhaiguan, Beijing-Shanghai, Beijing-Kowloon (Hong Kong), Da tong-Qinhuangdao and Tianjin-Bazhou trunk railways, and the Beijing-Tianjin Tanggu, Beijing-Shenyang and Tianjin Baoding expressways all run through it. It has, in addition, easy access to Bei     

Yiling District,Pearl of the Three Gorges Area

YLING District of Yichang City, Hubei Province, near the Yangtze liver Xiling Gorge, marks the midway spot between the river's upper and middle reaches. It is site of the Gezhouba Dam and the Three Gorges Project dam, and has consequently been dubbed gate to the Three Gorges. With a territory of 3,424 square kilometers, Yiling is the largest and most populous district of Yichang City.Urban construction-The district has invested one billion yuan in urban construction which has expanded the urban area to 8 square kilometers. The local infrastructure, transportation and environment have also been upgraded.     

Dayi County-Recommended Tourist Destination

IAYI County is located inwestern Chengdu, about45 kilometers away fromthe downtown area. Thecounty covers an area of 1,548square kilometers and has a population of 500,000. It has richtourism resources.Dayi County was very famousduring the 1960s and 1970sbecause of the large manor belonging to a local landlord named LiuWencai. Today, rows of westernstyle buildings with grayish whitewalls and arched doors and windows have replaced the old styleblack brick buildings. However,these beautiful,…     

Fuqing, an Old City in New Appearance

Fuqing is a beautiful city in Fujian Province, in the Min River Golden Triangle Economic Belt. Located on the Taiwan Strait, it has been a famous city throughout Chinese history. It was set up as a county in 699, in the Tang Dynasty (618-907). In December 1990, it was upgraded to a city with the approval of the State Council. Covering 2,430 square kilometers of land and 911 kilometers of coastal waters, it has a population of 1.18 million and 20 townships under it. Advantageous Geograp…     

Desert County of Cotton

C OTTON farmer Ab- dula Amuti of Yuli County, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region regards the vast expanse of white cotton about him with justifiable pride. The output of seed cotton on his four hectares of cotton fields this year is 16.8 tons - 600 kilograms up on last year. Yuli County is in central Xinjiang, 502 kilometers from the capital Urumqi and 50 kilometers from the region's sec- ond largest city, Korla, on the borders of the vast Taklimakan Desert. As its high temperatures and …     

一山一水总关情——朱镕基总理山西考察纪实

From March 29 through April 2, with the care of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the State Council, Zhu Rongji, a standing committee member of the Politburo of CPC and Prime Minister of the State Council, paid a second inspective visit to Shanxi Province after a space of three and a half years. For 5 days, the premier traveled thousands of kilometers in a bus, through dusty mountains; for 5 days, the pre-mi-er visited farmers' homes, toured factories and mines, having heart-to-heart talks with the people and showing concern and care for     

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     

Mt. Emei: The Ultimate China Travel Destination

MT. Emei is about 160kilometers southwest ofChengdu, SichuanProvince. It extends forover a hundred kilometers andresembles the fine eyebrow (mei)of an ancient Chinese beauty (E),hence its name. There are tenbeautiful scenic spots on Emei.The sun, the moon, clouds, snow,water, trees, bridges and templesin these places all compose theirown unique and fantastic image.The more fortunate visitors canenjoy the four great wonders ofMt. Emei- the sunrise, the sea ofclouds, the Buddha's Halo, and …     

Rebirth of Old Industrial Bases in Northeast China

ON a world map we can see the outline of China like a rooster crowing at dawn; and Northeast China refers to the rooster’s head. Covering an area of about 810,000 square kilometers, it is slightly larger than Chile and twice size of Paraguay. The region’s population exceeds 100 million, almost equal to that of Mexico, a country that ranks 11th in the world by population.Traveling about 300 kilometers towards northeast from Beijing we arrive at the Shanhaiguan Pass, which is commonly recognized as the eastern end of the Great Wall, as well as the strategic passage between North China and Northeast China.