First mid-autumn festival holiday helps revive tradition Sep 13, 2008
A staff member of a food factory shows a pair of lovers' mooncakes marked with Chinese characters "Xi" meaning marital bliss in Huaibei, east China's Anhui Province, Sept. 11, 2008. Such specially designed mooncakes are favored among lovers who are ready to get married during the three-day holiday of the Mid-Autumn Festival, a traditional Chinese holiday for family reunion and enjoying mooncakes together, that falls on Sept. 14 this year. (Xinhuanet, China)
Landfill sites are being viewed as mines with buried riches Aug 26, 2008
Collecting plastic waste at a recycling center in Huaibei, eastern China. Higher prices for oil have increased the value of plastic. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
China's 2nd largest insurer prepares for listing within year Jul 13, 2008
The People's Insurance Company (Group) of China's Huaibei branch in Anhui Province. (newsphoto). (Xinhuanet, China)
China to Pay More for Rice, Wheat Mar 28, 2008
Chinese farmers work to dry grain under the sun in Huaibei, east China's Anhui Province in this Oct. 15, 2006 file photo. China's government raised the prices it will pay farmers for rice and wheat by up to 9 percent on Friday March 28, 2008, in a new bid to boost production and cool a surge in food costs that threatens to fuel unrest ahead of the Beijing Olympics. (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Transport resumes in south China Feb 5, 2008
A trains loaded with coal is ready to set out at a railway station of Huaibei Mining Group in Huaibei, east China's Anhui Province, Feb. 1, 2008. Various coal transport measures were taken in the group to meet urgent demand of coal due to coal shorage caused by continual snowfalls and difficult transportation in recent days. (Xinhuanet, China)
Zhong An may raise $438 million in IPO Oct 25, 2007
It also builds projects in Hefei and Huaibei in eastern China and may expand to other cities in the region including Shanghai, Ningbo, Wenzhou and Jinhua, the report said. It has completed 703,000 square meters of properties in Hangzhou and Huaibei, it said. (International Herald Tribune -- Business Asia)
Lenovo to increase its rural presence Jun 6, 2007
A Lenovo shop in Huaibei, East China's Anhui Province. Lenovo will expand its presence in rural China to maintain its competitive edge, according to one of the computer giant's top managers. (People's Daily Online, China)
Traditional books: the final chapter? Jun 5, 2007
A young reader is attracted by the fairtale books in a bookstore in Huaibei, Anhui Province. (Photo: China Daily). (Xinhuanet, China)
Tiger bites girl to death in SW China zoo Feb 23, 2007
Visitors pose for a picture with a tiger chained to a shelf at a park in Huaibei, East China's Anhui Province in this March 26, 2006. (File Photo). (Xinhuanet, China)
