Shanghai -- China＇s Most Internationalized Metropolis

SHANGHAI was a humble fishing village in the 11th century during the Northern Song Dynasty. The area expanded into an agricultural hinterland and cotton and silk industry center during the Ming Dynasty （1368-1644）. During this period its trading potential as a deepwater port at the mouth of the Yangtze River was exploited. Shanghai became an international port and center of finance during the latter half of the 19th century. In its heyday, Shanghai was the acknowledged Eastern adventurer＇s paradise. By the 1920s it had become the point of convergence for merchants from France, Britain, Germany and the United States.     

Group of Markets in the North of Nanjing

Agroup of markets is in adjacent to the Xixia Avenue. It borders on the Yangtze River Bridge atthe west and its east is adjacent to the No. 2 Yangtze River Bridge and the port of Xinshengwei. The highway surrounding     

Bold Shanghai- Nostalgia and New Beginnings

SHANGHAI is the symbol of China＇s modem prosperity and opening to the outside world, though its outward reach dates back as early as 1,000 years ago when this city at the estuary of the Yangtze River in East China opened its port to Japan and Korea. By the Ming Dynasty （1368- 1644） it had become famous for its prosperous commerce zone and dense urban population.     

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.     

Full Steam Ahead

正Chinese shipping giant sets sail to weave its global pivotal port network The global shipping industry has limped along battered and bruised since the fall out of the global financial crisis, a condition exacerbated by weakened demand and surplus supply of transport capacity.However,     

Deep Earth Mysteries

Tianjin's efforts to preserve and tap its architectural heritage Since the early 19th century,Tianjin,a port city 100 km southeast of Beijing,has played an important role in China's modernization. As one of the earliest     

Playing Defense

With the U.S. financial system still reeling and recession looming on Europe's doorstep, the world is looking to China as a calm port in the storm. But China has its own set of woes as clouds gather over its economy as a result of the domino effect from the overseas economic downturn and lingering inflationary fears. On October 26, Zhou Xiaochuan, Governor of the People's Bank of China, delivered a report on the country's current economic situation and the safeguards that the government has put in place to fend off economic risks. Excerpts follow.     

Port Prospers

Southern island province Hainan eyes to further boost its free trade port At the end of March,a new retail experience project of China Sinopharm Healthcare Industry Co.opened for business in the Yangpu Bonded Port Area in Hainan Province.Initiated at the end of last year,the complex consists of a duty-free shopping center dedicated to imported health products through e-commerce channels and exhibition and leisure facilities.     

Industrial Restructuring

正In the past 30 years, Xiamen has actively modified its industrial structure, strived to develop an advanced manufacturing industrial chain, and strengthened supporting capability for industries. The advanced manufacturing base on the west bank of the Taiwan Straits has been gradually taking shape along with the rapid development of port logistics, travel and exhibition and modern financial services. The coordinated development of the three industries in Xiamen has pushed for-     

Tianjin Surges Forward in the New Millennium

The history of Tianjin Municipality dates back to Emperor Yongle's reign in the early Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). In 1860, Tianjin was designated as anopen port city, one the first in China to trade with foreign countries. It furtherdeveloped into one of the modern industrial bases of north China, due to itsposition as the communications hub of the Haihe River and its close proximityto Beijing, the capital of China. Since China's, opening, the city has turned anew page in its history of in…     

SOCIETY

<正>Deep Sea Mission Xiangyanghong 09,carrier of China’s manned deep-sea submersible Jiaolong,sets sail from its home port in Qingdao,Shandong Province,on February 6.In the following four months,Jiaolong will conduct scientific expeditions in the northwest Indian Ocean,the Yap Trench and the Mariana Trench.     

Intertidal Beach Development Propels Jiangsu＇s Coastal Economy

JIANGSU Province is endowed with a coastline of 1,000 kilometers, most of which is formed of silt. But in the past its coastal settlements, including the port cities of Nantong, Yancheng and Lianyungang, often complained that their coastal beaches were only good enough to be banked up for farming or raising aquatic products.     

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     

Life in Tianjin-Old and New

THE history of Tianjin, a port city near the Chinese capital Beijing, dates back some 600 years to 1404. The old city had a population of 80,000, and over the years, its people have borne witness to Tianjin's many changes. As time passed, the origi-nal city grew older, and a large concentration of traditional, single-story houses formed within the new city. In 1995, Tianjin began to renovate its run-down areas. Residents were relocated, and although happy to move into their brand-new apartments, when the day came, they were also a little sad at leaving their past behind.     

Tianjin''''s Nankai District Advances

TIANJIN is the municipal- ity closest to Beijing. It is the economic center of the Bohai Sea Rim Area and the largest open seaport in northern China. After being made a treaty port in the middle of the 19th cen- tury it gradually developed into northern China's biggest financial and commer-cial center. Nankai, Tianjin's bustling urban district, characterized by its com- merce and culture, is tailor-made for in- tegrated development. A Newly Modernized District Nankai District in southw…     

PRIORITY PRACTICES

Under the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic,Hainan Province must give priority to opening up and institutional innovation to build itself into a free trade port with a new open economic system boasting both Chinese characteristics and inter national competitiveness.Service-oriented economy The most pressing task is to make breakthroughs in its transformation into a serviceoriented economy.The weak industrial foundation is the main stumbling block in the development of the Hainan Free Trade Port.For example,in 2019,the added value of Hainan's hi-tech industry was less than one 30th of Beijing's.     

On Target

With the novel coronavirus disease under control in China and the economy recovering, the sunny island of Hainan in the south, the youngest province in the country, has reported progress in its new mandate to become a free trade port. A Ministry of Commerce official said on April 13 that 97 percent of the pilot tasks set down in the transformation plan, which was drafted twoyears ago, have been completed.     

Consumption Is King

正First Hainan Expo shows the advantages of the free trade port Tapestry, the U.S. luxury fashion company famous for its brands including Coach and Stuart Weitzman, received much attention at the First China International Consumer Products Expo (Hainan Expo) in Haikou, capital of Hainan Province, on May 7-10. It presented new products made from recyclable materials,     

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     

Revisiting Quanzhou’s Cultural Heritage

<正>The leading port on the ancient Maritime Silk Road prepares to resume its mission Aseaside city of 8 million people,Quanzhou in southeast China’s Fujian Province was once described by Marco Polo(1254-1324)as the"Alexandria of the East"in the late 13th century,when it was known as Zayton(or Zaitun)by traders arriving from the Arab world and heralded as one of the world’s most glorious ports.