City's public relations initiative cooks up a storm of approval

THE YANGZHOU MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT in Jiangsu province opened three of its subsidized canteens to the public during the Tomb Sweeping Day holiday, and it plans to also open them to the public during the Labor Day and the National Day holidays. China Daily reporter Li Yang comments:

The three dining halls belong to the Yangzhou government, the Yangzhou Life Science and Technology School and the Yangzhou University's Slender West Lake Campus. All of which are located in the old city area, where there are many tourist attractions.

The government said that doing so is to meet the rising demand of the influx of tourists into the small city, which has been known as a regional cultural, economic and trade center for a long time in Chinese history.