Small wind turbines and photovoltaic cells adorn the street lights on the new roads cutting a swath through muddy fields that support a distant horizon of partially completed tower blocks, warehouses and manufacturing plants, benignly overseen by a tangle of heavy-duty cranes, much as their avian equivalents swoon parentally over their young.
A large-scale free trade zone is taking shape on the outskirts of Changchun, an industrial city in Northeast China, is aimed at supporting fledgling economic cooperation between China and the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea.
A green and pleasant cityChen Keshi has never forgotten the white fox she encountered years ago: it became the biggest driving force behind her work in Changchun's nature reserve.
People’s welfareZhou Chang is a little dizzy after starting a new career at the age of 40.
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Bustling streets, magnificent sculptures, acres of green and towering buildings under construction: Mark Hughes reports that Changchun is reinventing itself.
Jingyue Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone, home to the national 5A tourist attraction Jingyuetan, is committed to ecological protection and economic development.
