The Zhongguancun administration has a method that encourages innovation among its companies and research institutes, commonly known as the "one plus six" system, an important measure the administration takes on its way to build Zhongguancun into a technology innovation center with global influence.
From its street crammed with electronics shops to its 336-square-kilometer nationally recognized center known as China's Silicon Valley, Zhongguancun Haidian has been a showcase of achievements for the world to see, for the past three decades, the vice-mayor of the Beijing Haidian district, recently remarked.
Huawei Digital Technology Co Ltd, the Beijing branch of the world's No 2 telecommunication equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, is now building its biggest domestic R&D center in the capital city's Zhongguancun Haidian Science Park.
Good service, and plenty of technological resources and talent and universities in the area - those were the reasons one telecoms company made the move to Beijing's Haidian Science Park, according to its board chairman.
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In an age when there were no antique markets in China, museum staff used to cycle out to the countryside of Zhejiang province loaded with new bowls and dishes. They would exchange these for antiques from the villagers.
Tiger Woods knows a thing or two about Chinese golfing etiquette, or the lack thereof. As the since-disgraced former world No 1 fluffed his shots around Shanghai's Sheshan International Golf Club last year, the endless camera-phone flashes must have seemed like a personal blitzkrieg on his senses.
The Grand Carnival is returning to Shanghai after six years, and it promises to be bigger and better at the Expo Park in Pudong, for 100 days through Oct 30.
If working up a sweat while breezing past along Hong Kong's green slopes is your idea of a fun time, then Circuit 25 (C25) may be your ideal holiday. Davide Butson-Fiori, founder and head trainer of this combination of sightseeing, boot camp and interval training, thinks it's a great way to meet new people while doing something good for your body.
If you knew Hollywood actress Susan Sarandon plays table tennis for a club in New York and professes to love the game, would it change your view of China? Probably not, but it seems like a good beginning.
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