Yiyuan county in Zibo city, located in East China's Shandong province, provided carbon sink insurance for 41.6 mu (27,733 square meters) of non-commercial forests across the region on Feb 17.

It was among the first districts and counties in Shandong to use such a mechanism to reduce the economic losses caused by carbon sink reductions due to damage to trees. The insurance program is also the largest one in the province.

As a festival to carry on the local custom of drinking mutton soup during the sanfu period kicked off in Yiyuan county – administered by Zibo city in East China's Shandong province – on July 2.

Anhui-based new materials company Triumph Science & Technology Co Ltd and the municipal government of Yiyuan county – administered by Zibo city in East China's Shandong province – signed an agreement on June 22 to build a pharmaceuticals glass production plant.

Dedication to others inspires those who came into contact, Zhao Ruixue reports in Jinan.

For pupils at a village school in Yiyuan county, Shandong province, Ren Jilan has not only been teaching them but also showing them how to face life with a positive attitude, especially when things just don't seem to be working out.

Zhu Yanfu from Zibo city is a brave and tenacious man who refuses to be cowed by circumstances – however dire – and it was this indefatigable spirit that helped him to win the title of "Who Moved China" at the 2021 Annual People Award Ceremony on March 3.

Construction of the planned Tsingtao Beer Town in the sub-district of Nanma – located in Yiyuan county, administered by Zibo city in East China's Shandong province – kicked off on Feb 16.

To cost 3 billion yuan ($475.2 million) when completed, the site covers an area of 1,000 mu (about 66.67 hectares). This will be deployed mainly for a beer production line, a mineral water production line and a beer outlet and retail street covering 20 ha, 23.3 ha, 23.3 ha respectively – as well as upstream and downstream support operations.

Yiyuan county – administered by the prefecture-level city of Zibo, in East China's Shandong province – has been thoroughly renovating an abandoned water park as an urban cultural activity zone and plans to open it for full use in September 2022.

The revamped facility – renamed the Shengli Mountain Jiujiu Park – is expected to be a multi-functional center for the elderly, workers, women and kids to chill out and a place to organize and participate in a whole host of activities. It will lay out four functional areas for teaching, indoor activities, community organization affairs and an office.