Visitors to the ancient town of Qingzhou in Weifang, Shandong province can enjoy Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) buildings and try 17 folk arts, which are listed as intangible cultural heritages.
China's first design patent database for tire tread that supports image searches will be released at an international arbitration forum in Qingdao, Shandong province on Friday.
The State Intellectual Property Office released a range of new policies to support innovation and growth of micro businesses.
During the process of rapid urbanization in China, many cities have seen scenic features lost to swaths of concrete, steel and glass. But Zhao Leqin, the Party chief of Guilin, is determined that his city will follow a different course and retain the attraction of its natural scenery.
Wang Zhenggong, a governor of Guangxi in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) would not have expected his farewell toast to Guilin's imperial test-takers to become a household saying in Chinese for the next 1,000 years.
Renowned for its picturesque karst landscape and unique local cultures, Guilin was recommended by the World Tourism Organization immediately after China opened up to the world in the late 1970s.
The Guilin government started cooperation with the World Tourism Organization of the United Nations in 2003 to initiate a series of meetings to become more international and well known to the world as a picturesque city, according local officials.
Although the Chinese called the seven-day holiday that started Oct 1 the Golden Week, the luster wore thin for many tourists during this time of the year. According to media reports, China's major tourist attractions received 3.6 million visitors on Oct 6, up 11 percent year-on-year, based on data from 124 tourist sites across the country collected by the China National Tourism Administration.
Twenty-eight sand sculptors from home and abroad gathered at Nansha Beach in Zhoushan for two weeks of creative work for this year's International Sand Sculpture Festival, presenting 53 finished pieces on Sep 21.
With its maritime location and superb scenery, Zhoushan is the birthplace of various folk arts related to the ocean.
It was a sunny afternoon and locals in Nandong village in Zhoushan of East China's Zhejiang province were taking a painting lesson given by Zhang Gaojun.
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