There was a light drizzle falling the morning we visited the Old Town of Pingyao, making the stone paving and more than 600-year-old city walls slick and softening the outlines of rooftops and well-preserved residences in a misty glimmer.
Editor's note: The Xiangfen county government has applied to the State Administration of Cultural Heritage for permission to build a national-level archaeological park on the Taosi ancient relics site.
In September a group of foreigners, sponsored by the Shanxi Tourism Bureau and China Daily, took a five-day tour to absorb scenes of stunning natural beauty and thousands of years of cultural heritage. The following are impressions from the group members.
A founding ceremony for a China, Russia and Mongolia think tank alliance and the first trilateral think tank forum was held on Sept 17 in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia.
China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region has stepped into a golden age with its neighboring Mongolia to deepen their mutual cooperation in economic and cultural development, which has been strongly fueled by frequent youth exchanges.
The Inner Mongolia autonomous region in the north of China is a tourist attraction with a grasslands culture and unique characteristics.
Traditional Mongolian medicine, TMM for short, has become a new point of cross-border cooperation between China and Mongolia.
Legends of the Grassland Silk Road continue in the vast lands of the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.
The 6th China-Mongolia Media Forum opened on Oct 15 in the town of Bayanhot in Alxa League, in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. Officials and journalists from China and Mongolia attended the forum, which aims to strengthen ties between the two countries through media cooperation.
Mass entrepreneurship and innovation will promote social equality and become a new engine for China's development, said Premier Li Keqiang on Monday.
An innovative experience center that opened on Oct 11 is expected to boost the development of the smart product industry in Zhongguancun Science Park, insiders said at its opening ceremony.
China's renowned investment platform vc.cn hosted an "angel dinner" in Beijing on Oct 12 to facilitate cooperation between investors and startups.