The coastal city Qingdao in Shandong province aims to develop a new economic zone on its west coast, pledging to build it into an economic engine that could rival the city as a whole in terms of economic output in the next five years.
China's Grand Canal is the longest and oldest manually built canal in the world.
Artist Cai Guoqiang's latest works reflect the beauty of West Lake in a series of gunpowder paintings.
Hangzhou, called Lin'an when it was the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty. Travelers need only a deeper look at Hangzhou's culture.