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Shenzhen real estate sales are expected to see the fastest rebound among mainland cities this year, with flat prices expected to rise 3 to 5 percent.
Xiamen, a sub-provincial city in Fujian province that looks out to the Taiwan Straits, was recently voted one of China's cleanest cities and its second-most comfortable city to live in.
Modern business relations between Xiamen and Taiwan began with the establishment of the Xiamen Special Economic Zone approved by the central government that endowed the city with the mission to develop ties between Xiamen and Taiwan.
The real estate boom seems to have petered out in Shanghai with sellers outnumbering buyers as more and more investors look to exit the sector that triggered the economic crisis.
Hong Kong will play a central role in helping to establish the Pearl River Delta as an international center for trade and commerce, executives have said.
Creating more jobs, providing better care services to senior citizens and improving educational facilities for migrant workers' children, are some of the "10 practical projects" the city's municipal government hopes to complete in 2009, a top government official said Thursday.
Xie Lingxia always carries three travel cards in her purse, for the respective transport systems of Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
The Pearl River Delta (PRD) region, including Hong Kong and Macao, will be built into "a globally competitive" and "vigorous area in Asia Pacific" by 2020, says a National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) plan released Thursday.
A bridge linking Hong Kong, Macao and the Pearl River Delta is expected to start in 2009 and the central government will offer 5 billion yuan (730 million U.S. dollars) on its main body.
Xiamen, an international modern port city and islands along the southern coastline, was among the first beneficiaries of the reform and opening up policy launched 30 years ago.
Despite a 10.1-percent growth in GDP last year, China's economic powerhouse of Guangdong Province was warned of belt-tightening ahead as concern mounts over the effects of the international financial crisis.
Standing beside the flowing Minjiang River, Li Linxian made his New Year's wish: finishing his hardest-ever mission as soon as possible.