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Rural cultural protection project starts in Pingyao
Updated:2015-07-10 12:35Shanxi’s Pingyao county, best known for its Ancient City of Pingyao, started a project which will discover the culture in the county’s 273 villages over three to five years.
Public bicycles go operational in Jinzhong
Updated:2015-07-03 18:211,000 public bicycles were put into operation at 38 locations in Jinzhong, Shanxi province, beginning on July 1, after over half a year’s construction.
Shanxi sets pollution monitoring standards
Updated:2015-07-03 18:00Shanxi province prescribed the minimum release rates of monitoring data over State-controlled pollution sources in its newly released emission reduction plan for major pollutants in 2015.
Legends of Shanxi
Updated:2015-07-01 17:46There is a Chinese saying that reads: "if you want to witness five-thousand-year history of China, come to Shanxi.
Food safety risk monitoring system covers Shanxi
Updated:2015-06-30 17:32North China’s Shanxi province is completely covered by food safety monitoring. All 119 county-level administrative units are monitored, according to the province’s center for disease control and prevention on June 26.
Shanxi tourism projects join the country’s recommended list
Updated:2015-06-29 15:54China’s Tourism Administration has been working with several banks to draw up a list of prime tourism projects across the country, for 2015, Shanxi province has 17 on the list.
Pingyao International Photography Festival coming in September
Updated:2015-06-26 17:05The 15th Pingyao International Photography Festival will be opening in the Ancient City of Pingyao, Shanxi province, on Sept 19 and running through the 25th.
China's inbound travel industry is back in business
Updated:2015-06-24 07:24The number of inbound tourists to the mainland reached 54.58 million from January to May, up 4.8 percent over the same period in 2014.
Old town breathes with antiquity
Updated:2015-06-21 09:12The Old Town of Pingyao is an outstanding example of well-preserved Chinese history, spanning two great periods, the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) and the Qing Dynast (1644-1911).
Pingyao: Once is not enough
Updated:2015-06-20 09:18At a glance, the Old Town of Pingyao astonishes me. Once a fortified city, then a financial center and now an archeological time capsule filled with 2700 years of history, Pingyao is China's best-preserved ancient community.
