The renowned lantern fair held each year in Zibo city – in East China's Shandong province – was recently given the national appellation of being a "hometown of Chinese folk culture and art" by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
Market fairs in Zibo city, located in East China's Shandong province, are now filled with the Chinese New Year's atmosphere as the Spring Festival holiday fast approaches.
Living and working in Yuyi, a village on Mata Lake in Huantai county in Zibo, Shandong province, Gong Jianmin said that one of his greatest joys has been watching the improvements to the lake's environment over the past decade.
Zibo city in East China's Shandong province recently set its economic and social development goals for 2023.
The gross domestic product or GDP of Zibo – a prefecture-level city in East China's Shandong province – was predicted to hit 450 billion yuan ($64.53 billion) in 2022, for year-on-year growth of 4 percent, according to a municipal government report issued on Dec 28.
The second session of the 15th Zibo Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, or CPPCC, kicked off on Dec 27 – in Zibo city in East China's Shandong province – and will run to Dec 30.
China will manage COVID-19 with measures against Class B infectious diseases, instead of Class A infectious diseases, in a major shift of its epidemic response policies.
Ma Youli is a 64-year-old farmer from Pianliangshan village in Yiyuan county, Shandong province. For over 30 years, he has volunteered as a mediator to help fellow villagers settle different kinds of disputes and is considered the village's peacemaker.
