Self-developed world's fastest railway sparkles in first month Sep 2, 2008
According to another deputy chief engineer Zheng Jian, the ministry is discussing with the Tianjin government about a 39 km extension line from Tianjin Railway Station to Tanggu Railway Station in Tianjin Binhai New Area. He added the new line would be constructed in accordance with the high-speed railway standard, and much faster than the current Beijing-Shanghaiguan line. (Xinhua)
Vice Premier Li inspects Tianjin Aug 20, 2008
The Binhai New Area, a pilot reform zone, consists of the three administrative districts of Tanggu, Hangu and Dagang and eight industrial zones currently under construction. Li stressed the importance of expanding domestic market demands in boosting economic development in an era of global economic uncertainty. (Xinhuanet, China)
Suzhou Creek brings to life its history, cultural legacy May 8, 2008
In 1891, Beishi Qianye Hotel bought more than 10,000 sq m of land and collected 120,000 taels of silver to build a new hotel building on the still-existing Tanggu Road in Zhabei district. Another well-known architectural structure in the area is the Tianhou Palace (Mazu Temple), where all emissaries dispatched by the government in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) began their overseas journeys. (Xinhuanet, China)
Beijing steel giant to run at minimum level during 2008 Olympics Mar 11, 2007
Widely accused of being a major air polluter in Beijing, the group started to relocate production in 2005 to Caofeidian, an island between Tanggu New Port and Qinhuangdao Port, 225 km southeast of Beijing and 85 km south of Tangshan in. According to a plan approved in 2005 by the State Council, China's cabinet, the steel company is expected to move all its Beijing-based production facilities to Caofeidian by 2010. (People's Daily Online, China)
