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2011 Qingdao Special

2011--Qingdao 120th Anniversary


Qingdao National High-Tech Industrial Development Zone

 
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On the morning of Sept 26, thousands of swallows flew to the lower reaches of the Fenghe River in Jiaonan, a city adjacent to Qingdao in Shandong province, and perched on the telephone wires, twittering and composing an amazing song of nature.

A new hotel is now under construction at the Qingdao Sailing Center of the 2008 Beijing Olympics with an estimated budget of 1.5 billion RMB ($223.7 million), and is due to be completed in the first half of 2013.

The Ninth China Stone Exhibition & Third Urban Landscaping Expo opened Saturday. The ten-day event is free and open to the public.

The first Qingdao International Circus Festival begins at 7 pm on September 21.

A groundbreaking ceremony for a city service complex being built by Hong Kong Shimao Group recently was held at Qingdao National High-Tech Industrial Development Zone.

Shinan district, the central area of Qingdao in east China's Shandong province, recently became the country's first food service industry demonstration zone, granted by the China Hotel Association after its experts team had an inspection tour in Qingdao.

Census takers in east China's Shandong province are brought together to watch cartoons, not for fun, but as part of their training for the once-a-decade census in China, which begins in November.

An Australian naval ship will visit China from Sept 18 to 30 at the invitation of People's Liberation Army Navy, according to the information office of China's Ministry of National Defense.

China has moved to build a database to help ex-convicts have improved access to employment and social insurance, part of the country's drive to maintain social stability by preventing ex-convicts from committing crimes for a second time.