West Lake Expo


Creative diversity to the fore in new cultural business circle

NEW life is being breathed into three districts in Hangzhou to consolidate creative industry enterprises and instill greater diversity in a sector that is growing at impressive rates, Xu Wenwen reports.As Zhongshan......

October 16, 2009, Friday


City's strong growth adds up to more than a pretty face

PICTURESQUE Hangzhou might be well known as a key tourist destination, but there's more to the capital of Zhejiang Province than West Lake. Known as the "Home of Silk" and "Paradise on Earth," the city is also......

October 16, 2009, Friday


Shanghai's Expo to give neighbor Hangzhou the chance to shine

TOURISTS coming from all over the globe for next year's World Expo will discover another world of beauty not too far away if they want to find tranquility in one of China's most attractive holiday destinations, Mandy......

October 16, 2009, Friday


Heritage buildings museum celebrates memorable halls, stages and arches

THE construction of Hangzhou Ancient Architecture Museum located in the Xixi National Wetlands Park is under full swing and its first phase has been completed recently. The museum has a rich collection of old......

October 16, 2009, Friday


General introduction

HANGZHOU, one of the first Chinese cities to host large exhibitions, held the First West Lake Expo in 1929. With the goal of improving product quality and developing industries, the expo was the first of its kind......

October 16, 2009, Friday


Hangzhou's rich culture heritage on display in 'royal street' area

THE debut success of Zhongshan Road, the 900-year-old royal street, can be measured by the fact that every restaurant has a queue around lunch time, and dozens of stores on the street put up posters to recruit more......

October 16, 2009, Friday


Second West Lake Expo (2000)

FOR 22 days from October 20 to November 10 in 2000, the Second West Lake Expo took place attracting more than 5 million visitors from home and abroad. The expo boasted 23 professional exhibitions with 7,034 booths......

October 16, 2009, Friday


A city with ambitions to be an international outsourcing center

WITH an increasing number of global corporations deciding to hand over aspects of their production processes to external companies, the local outsourcing industry is seeing rapid growth. The local government is encouraging......

October 16, 2009, Friday


Get on board for a fresh perspective on ancient history

THE Grand Canal, the world's longest artificial river completed in the Sui Dynasty (AD 581?618) to link Beijing and Hangzhou, has been given a new life with the recent completion of a face-lift project. The canal's......

October 16, 2009, Friday


Rich sounds of modern music to lure fans

HANGZHOU is now becoming one of the most important live concert venues in China, especially known for outdoor music festivals. The 3rd West Lake Modern Music Festival will kick off on October 31 as part of the 11th......

October 16, 2009, Friday




 

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