Ancient culture offers renewal

Shandong Governor Guo Shuqing said cultural resources in the province should be better developed and used to offer new strength for local growth.

"Shandong is one of the birthplaces of the Chinese civilization," Guo said in his work report to this year's Shandong People's Congress that wrapped up on Feb 1.

"Confucianism and other philosophies developed by ancient local sages such as Mo-Tzu, Chuang-Tzu, Sun-Tzu, Guan-Tzu and Xun-Tzu have played important roles in Chinese history and had a great influence on world civilization," said the governor.