(), located in southwest China, is the capital of the Sichuan province and a sub-provincial city. It is the 5th (2005) most populous city in China. Chengdu is also one of the most important transportation and communication hubs in China.

More than four thousand years ago, the prehistorical Bronze Age culture of Jinsha () established itself in this region. The fertile Chengdu Plain, on which Chengdu is located, is called Tianfu zhi guo () in Chinese, which means "the Heavenly country".

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Prices rise in theses two years hits 10-year record high
In the past two years, prices rise in China witnessed a 10-year record high due to influence of imbalance between the international input and demand of some goods, the continuously rising cost, structure adjustment, liquidity surplus, and other factors, according to report from the National Bureau of Statistics. The report said, from 1997 to 2006, consumer price growth rate was generally lower than 2%. But since 2007, consumer price growth rate accelerated gradually, rising from 2.7% in the f ...
RMB exchange rate against euro breaks "10" for the first time this year
RMB exchange rate to euro has kept rising since the second quarter of this year, and for the first time it reached 10: 1 on September 2. Since the reform of the exchange rate, the RMB exchange rate against the euro shows a two-way moderate fluctuation trend, the rate has been around 10: 1. From the second quarter of this year, the RMB exchange rate against euro has accelerated, in six months it rose from 11:1 to 10:1. By now, rate of RMB against euro has risen by 0.24%. The bank dealers b ...
Paraplegic girl finds new life with Sweet Home Neighborhood Program
Beijing girl Li Nan was not beaten by the tremendous change of lifestyle after being paralyzed in a car accident five years ago, and she now lives a whole new life with the Sweet Home Neighborhood Program. "The life without walking legs has not been like in the hell tome. On the contrary, I have received more attention and been taken good care of after becoming a disabled person," Li, with a peaceful smile, told a press conference ahead of the Paralympic Games here on Wednesday. ...
Food safety ensured for Beijing Paralympics
China's State Administration for Industry & Commerce issued an urgent notice recently to reinforce the supervision on food safety in distribution process during Beijing Paralympics. The industry and commerce bureaus will monitor and supervise the Paralympics-related food suppliers in all the processes in order to control the food quality, according to the notice. The notice also said, the bureaus will strengthen checking the suppliers without certificates in food market, improve supervis ...
Production of coal and electricity slows down
According to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), production of coal and electricity has slowed down in July. Production of coal was 220 million tons in July which is 10.9% more than last July, but the growth rate is 6.4% lower than June. By the end of July, power plants stored 19.62 million tons of coal, 2.12 million and 8.49 million tons more than June and last July. From January to July, the output of coal is 1.475 billion tons, up 14.7% than the same period in 2007. ...
China's crude oil output reaches 110.5 million tons in first 7 months
According to the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China's oil output of the first 7 months this year was 110.5 million tons, which is 2.2% higher than the same period last year. In July, the crude oil output is 5% higher than last July, and the increasing rate is 3.7% higher than this June; the processed output of crude oil is 8.8% higher than last July, and the increasing rate is 3.6% higher than this June; the output of petrol and diesel oil are 6.6% and 13% higher than l ...

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