Vice-mayor Zou Jing attends the foundation-laying ceremony of a tourism leisure center in Taishan district, Tai’an on Sept 4.

Vice-mayor Zou Jing attends the foundation-laying ceremony of a tourism leisure center in Taishan district of Tai'an on Sept 4.

An entertainment project started construction on Sept 4 in Tai'an, East China's Shandong province. Vice-mayor Zhoujing, Sun Bowen, president of Shandong Yinguang Chemical Group, and other municipal officials attended the commencement ceremony.

Yinguang Properties Ltd will invest 290 million yuan ($45.68 million) to build a recreation area for evening consumption. Covering 27,000 square meters, it will serve as a tourism leisure center with restaurants, bars and other leisure places. Four special courtyards, which are supported with shopping streets, landscape belts and a central square, will be located there.

The project is scheduled for completion on May 1, 2013. It will connect with Mount Tai, Fantawild Adventure which is a fiction and animation theme park, orchid exhibition, beer festival, Rui’ao leisure center and rafting to form a new tourism line.

By Li Xiaoliang