The second session of the 15th Zibo Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, or CPPCC, kicked off on Dec 27 – in Zibo city in East China's Shandong province – and will run to Dec 30.
China will manage COVID-19 with measures against Class B infectious diseases, instead of Class A infectious diseases, in a major shift of its epidemic response policies.
Ma Youli is a 64-year-old farmer from Pianliangshan village in Yiyuan county, Shandong province. For over 30 years, he has volunteered as a mediator to help fellow villagers settle different kinds of disputes and is considered the village's peacemaker.
The opening ceremony of the 19th Qi Culture Festival and the 2022 Qi Culture and Jixia Studies Summit was held in the Qi Heritage Museum – located in Zibo city in East China's Shandong province – on Dec 18.
The city of Zibo in East China's Shandong province, well-known for its ceramics, will host the 22nd China International Ceramics Exposition from Dec 17 to 20, officials announced at a news conference on Dec 15.
Gaoqing county – administered by Zibo city, East China's Shandong province – was promoted at the Belarus Videbsk Cooperation Symposium on Dec 2, held on an online video conference.
A promotional event to boost the profile of cuju, the ancient form of soccer – acknowledged as the precursor to the internationally popular game – was held on Nov 24 in Beijing, with a sub event staged in the city of Jinan on the same day.
During the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the Shandong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and the Zibo municipal government are holding a series of foreign exchange and promotion activities dubbed "Visits to the origin of soccer culture".
