"Plan of Revitalizing Northeast China" released Dec 19, 2007
Liaoyuan City: to actively attract high-tech businesses and professionals and develop special synthetic fiber, high-performance special alloyed material, new construction material,etc; to develop biological medicines, health products and organic food processing by relying on biotechnologies; to enhance competitiveness of traditional industries, such as equipment manufacturing, textiles and garments, construction materials, etc. Baishan City: to develop tourism industry by fully exploring tourism... (Xinhuanet, China)
doART Gallery makes inroad to China Sep 18, 2007
The list of participating artists is: Gao Shiquang, Tang Ke, Qin Qi, Jia Aili, Bao Lei, Zhang Liaoyuan, Cheng Ran and Zhang Moyi. Through their works the eight artists present the new cultural openness, the rapid urbanization and transformation of the society. (Korea Herald, Korea)
Chinese Vice President stresses social harmony in revitalizing old industrial base Aug 14, 2006
Local governments must preemptively deal with problems that jeopardize social harmony to ensure the country's economic development benefits every one, said Zeng after visiting Liaoyuan, a city prone to earth subsidence after years of coal mining. Zeng acknowledged the work of Liaoyuan City government in resettling redundant coal miners. (People's Daily Online, China)
Coal mine collapse kills 3 in Jilin May 30, 2006
CHANGCHUN, May 30 (Xinhua) -- Three miners were killed and one more injured in a coal mine collapse in Liaoyuan City, northeast China's Jilin Province. The cave-in took place at Jufeng Coal Mine in Dongliao County around 7 p.m. on Monday, killing three miners on the spot and injuring one more, according to Dong Xiaoge, head of Jilin Provincial Bureau of Coal Mine Safety. (Xinhuanet, China)
Arrests over deadly China blaze Feb 15, 2006
Eleven people have reportedly been arrested in the Chinese city of Liaoyuan, in connection with a hospital fire in December that killed 39 people. Patients were forced to jump from windows on the third floor of the building, to try to escape the blaze. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)
