Beijing Times
December 17, 2007
December 17, 2007
The top headline of today’s Beijing Times announces that the State Council has released a new schedule of public holidays. Under the new plan, the May Day Golden Week has been removed and replaced with three traditional Chinese holidays: the Qing Ming Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival. The plan will go into effect on January 1, 2008.
The front page photo shows thousands of people crowding onto Zhengyi Road, Chongwen Disitrict, to draw numbers for homes in Hongshan Jiayuan. This is the only affordable housing project inside the Third Ring Road.
Other headlines:
- Construction on the Beijing-Tianjin Express Railway was completed yesterday. This is the first 300-kph, inter-city railway in China. It will reduce travel time between Beijing and Tianjin to just 30 minutes and will begin operation before the Olympic games next year;
- Gome, China’s top appliance retailer, announced yesterday that it had acquired Beijing-based competitor Dazhong for 3.65 billion yuan;
- Kaka led AC Milan to a 4-2 win over Boca Juniors in the Club World Cup final yesterday.