The provincial government of Shaanxi province has laid plans to develop the capital Xi'an into an international city over the next five years, said a top local official.
Altogether 130 couples donning Chinese costumes took part in a group wedding ceremony based on Han Dynasty (206BC- AD220) traditions in Xi'an on May 1, 2012.
Cutting-edge biotech in a Tang Dynasty atmosphereWorld DNA and Genome Day was celebrated in Xi'an, capital city of Northwest China's Shaanxi province, on April 25, attracting more than 1,500 scientists and 10 Nobel Prize winners.
New York City welcomes the Terracotta WarriorsNine replicas of life-sized Terracotta Warriors from China are shown in Discovery Times Square.