Lijiang： Picturesque Disorder Has Created a “Venice of the East”

ON December 4, 1997, thecity of Lijiang in north-west Yunnan Provincebecame one of the twoChinese historical andcultural cities registered onUNESCO's World Heritage List.The World Heritage Committeedescribed the city as having"retained an historic townscape ofhigh quality and authenticity. Itsarchitecture is noteworthy for theblending of elements from severalcultures that have come together     

A Small But Magnetic Emeriging City

SITUATED in western Jiangxi Province, Xinyu City covers an area of 3,178 square kilometers and has a population ot 1.09 million. Its green environment is widely admired. Xinyu is also a national ferromanganese produc-tion base.