Shanxi province has made a step forward in legal protection of the environment and resources, by announcing the establishment of an environmental protection law society, on Dec 12 in Taiyuan.

A wooden Bodhisattva statue was returned to China by Thai authorities in Beijing, Dec 12, 2015.

Taiyuan, Shanxi province has announced a new phone app, the "Yilule", that started recently to give tourists the most accurate, up-to-date information on tourism in the area with just a touch of the phone screen, with 20 scenic spots taking part.

Shanxi’s first “Red Ribbon” Visual Creativity Competition concluded with an awards ceremony in Taiyuan, on Nov 29.

Sponsored by the Shanxi government, the brands promotion tour stopped in Hungary, Kyrghyzstan, Russia and Italy since June and contracted 508 million yuan ($78.02 million).

Shanxi expects to have stricter environmental regulations, after the amendment draft of the Shanxi Regulations on Environmental Protection was submitted to the province’s standing committee of people’s congress for deliberations.