There was color, excitement and anticipation in the air as the opening ceremony of the 12th Shandong Provincial Games was held in Zibo city on June 7.
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Short-distance tours, self-driving tours and night tours became the main choices for travelers in Zibo over the recent Dragon Boat Festival holiday.
The Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grain in Ear, (Chinese: 芒种), the 9th solar term, begins on June 6 this year and ends on June 20.
The Duanwu Festival, otherwise known as the Dragon Boat Festival, was established in remembrance of Qu Yuan, a ministerial scholar and patriotic poet of the state of Chu during the Warring States period (475-221 BC).
Shandong will promote coordinated regional development in a down-to-earth manner in order to become an important growth pole and a strong source of power in the country.
The 12th Shandong Provincial Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) opened in Jinan, capital of East China's Shandong province, on May 28.
Since 2012, Shandong has been ramping up efforts to phase out backward and excessive production capacity in an effective way, transform and upgrade traditional industries to promote high-quality development.
