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Over the past 66 years, based on its na-

tional conditions, through painstaking ex-

ploration, China has implemented reform

and opening up, and as such has made

remarkable economic and social progress.

It is now the world’s second largest econ-

omy. Its national strength has been signif-

icantly enhanced. Its people’s lives have

been dramatically improved, as the nation

achieved two historic leaps from poverty to

adequate clothing and food, and then to a

fairly comfortable life.

Over the past 66 years, by adhering to an

independent foreign policy of peace, stick-

ing to the Five Principles of Peaceful Co-

existence and pursuing a win-win strategy

of opening up, China has taken concrete

actions to serve world peace, common de-

velopment, global multi-polarisation, eco-

nomic globalisation and democratisation

of international relations.

At present, the Chinese people are working

hard with confidence to secure the grand

goal of building a moderately prosperous

society by 2020. Despite a global slow-

down, in the first half of this year, China,

with an economic growth rate of seven

percent, remained in the leading position

among the world’s major economies, and

contributed around 30 percent to world

economic growth. China’s development not

only energised the steady recovery of the

world economy, but also brought about

new opportunities for the growth of other

countries.

To modernise the world’s largest develop-

ing country with 1.3 billion people, there is

no precedent in human history. Adhering

to a unique path of development that suits

its national conditions, China will compre-

hensively deepen its reform and implement

innovation-driven strategy so as to main-

tain high-speed economic growth, achieve

medium-to-high level of development and

work for the realisation of the Chinese

dream of national prosperity, national re-

juvenation and people’s wellbeing.

China will stick to the road of win-win

peaceful development and mutual bene-

fit. The Chinese people always believe that

peace is precious and harmony lies in diver-

sity. Together with the people in Denmark,

and other parts of the world, the Chinese

people are willing to promote exchanges

and mutual learning, share development

opportunities, vigorously promote bal-

anced, inclusive, green and sustainable de-

velopment foster a community of common

interests and development, build a new

type of international relations of win-win

Cooperation, and jointly create a brighter

future.

MESSAGE BY LIU BIWEI AMBASSADOR OF CHINA TO DENMARK

On October 1, 1949, the new China was founded. The ancient Chinese nation ushered in a brand new, bright future.

Peace is an eternal theme of mankind, and is also a goal that we

all strive to attain. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the

end of the World’s Anti-Fascist War and the victory of the Chinese

People’s War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. China

will join countries across the world in commemorating this unfor-

gettable episode of history and opposing rhetorics and actions that

glorify aggression, to make sure that war will not recur and peace

will be everlasting.

PROMOTING PEACEFUL DEVELOPMENT Seventy years on, even as China focuses on developing itself, the

country has never allowed itself to ignore its due international re-

sponsibilities. Both internationally and regionally, it has played a

constructive role in maintaining peace, promoting development,

and safeguarding and improving post-war international order.

China’s foreign policy has been imbued with the letter and spirit of

the UN Charter. The country has been committed to internation-

al peace, security and cooperation. We jointly proposed the Five

Principles of Peaceful Coexistence with India and Myanmar, which

reflect the spirit of the UN Charter. These principles have since be-

come widely recognised norms governing international relations.

We consistently stand for peaceful settlement of international dis-

putes and equality of countries irrespective of size. We oppose will-

ful use of force and reject power politics and zero-sum game. We

are dedicated to fostering a new pattern of state-to-state relations

with win-win cooperation as the core, and based on partnership

instead of alliance and cooperation rather than confrontation.

We have also taken an extensive part in the settlement of global

hotspot issues. Decades ago, we actively advanced the Indochina

peace process, called for and realised the peaceful settlement of

the Cambodian issue and initiated the Six-Party Talks for denu-

clearisation of the Korean Peninsula. Now, we are actively pro-

moting political dialogue processes for hotspot issues from the

Iranian nuclear issue, Ukraine, to the Middle East and South Su-

dan. And we get deeply involved in international cooperation in

counter-terrorism, anti-drug trafficking, cyber security and climate

change.

GLOBAL MULTILATERAL TRADE HONOURED Since the founding of New China, we have concluded over 23,000

bilateral treaties and agreements, acceded to over 400 multilat-

eral treaties and almost all inter-governmental organisations and

honoured our due obligations. Since its accession to the WTO, Chi-

na has worked to push forward multilateral trade talks and pro-

mote a range of bilateral and multilateral free trade arrangements

in a devoted effort to advance international trade liberalisation.

China’s foreign policy: Participant, facilitator and contributor.

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CHINA’S ROLE IN GLOBAL AND REGIONAL ORDER

ADVOCATING MUTUAL LEARNING BETWEEN CIVILIZATIONS We have established people-to-people ex-

change mechanisms with the United States,

Russia, the UK, France, the EU and Indone-

sia, among others, and initiated the World

Cultural Forum (Taihu, China) to promote

exchanges and mutual learning between

different ethnic groups, cultures and reli-

gions, to increase mutual understanding

and encourage respect for differences and

harmonious coexistence.

Development is the bedrock of peace. Chi-

na has contributed enormously to world

peace and stability through its own eco-

nomic development. It is estimated that

China has consistently served as one of

the main drivers of the global economy

in the past 30 years, becoming the largest

contributor to global growth since the in-

ternational financial crisis. China, a strong

and dynamic locomotive, is fueling the de-

velopment of many other countries, thus

creating a more favorable environment

and laying a more solid foundation for the

noble cause of peace.

The past 70 years has seen a much

changed world and rapidly shifting inter-

national landscape and balance of power.

No doubt, a fast-growing China committed

to socialism with Chinese characteristics is

becoming an important factor for world

development. Not surprisingly, China’s for-

eign policy has attracted much internation-

al attention, and has given rise to various

interpretation, speculation, and sometimes

even misunderstanding. Here I wish to say

to you on record that China will always be

a participant in the international order, not

challenger; a facilitator, not trouble-maker;

and a contributor, not a “free-rider”. This

was, is and will be the case in the future.

Taken from excerpts of a Speech by H.E. Wang Yi,

Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of

China at the 4th World Peace Forum.

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On 28th March 2015, the National Devel-

opment and Reform Commission, the Min-

istry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry

of Commerce of the People’s Republic of

China jointly issued the Vision and Actions

on jointly building the Silk Road Economic

Belt and 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road,

marking the official launch of the Belt and

Road Initiative.

Complex and profound changes are taking

place in the world. The underlying impact

of the international financial crisis keeps

emerging; the world economy is recovering

slowly, and global development is uneven.

The international trade and investment

landscape and rules for multilateral trade

and investment are undergoing major ad-

justments; and countries still face big chal-

lenges to their development.

The Belt and Road Initiative is in line with

the purposes and principles of the UN

Charter and the Five Principles of Peaceful

Coexistence. They are open, harmonious,

inclusive and mutually beneficial, and fol-

low market operation.

The Silk Road Economic Belt focuses on

bringing together China, Central Asia, Rus-

sia and Europe (the Baltic). Linking China

with the Persian Gulf and the Mediterra-

nean Sea through Central Asia and West

Asia; and connecting China with Southeast

Asia, South Asia and the Indian Ocean. The

21st-Century Maritime Silk Road is designed

to go from China’s coast to Europe through

the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean

in one direction, and from China’s coast

through the South China Sea to the South

Pacific in the other.

KEY AREAS OF COOPERATION The initiative highlights the following key

areas of cooperation:

Policy coordination: Enhancing policy coordination is an impor-

tant guarantee for implementing the initi-

ative. Countries along the Belt and Road

may fully coordinate their economic devel-

opment strategies and policies, work out

plans and measures for regional coopera-

tion, negotiate to solve cooperation-relat-

ed issues, and jointly provide policy support

for the implementation of practical cooper-

ation and large-scale projects.

Facilities connectivity: Facilities connectivity is a priority area

for implementing the initiative. Countries

along the Belt and Road should improve

the connectivity of their infrastructure con-

struction plans and technical standard sys-

tems, jointly push forward the construction

of international trunk passageways, and

form an infrastructure network connecting

all sub-regions in Asia, and between Asia,

Europe and Africa step by step.

Unimpeded trade: Investment and trade cooperation is a ma-

Key points of the vision and actions on the Economic Belt and 21st-Century Maritime Silk Road.

BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE: BUILDING THE SILK ROAD

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jor task in building the Belt and Road. It should strive to im-

prove investment and trade facilitation, and remove invest-

ment and trade barriers for the creation of a sound business

environment within the region and in all related countries.

Financial integration: Financial integration is an important underpinning for

implementing the Belt and Road Initiative. The initiative

should deepen financial cooperation, and make more ef-

forts in building a currency stability system, investment and

financing system and credit information system in Asia.

People-to-people bonds:

People-to-people bonds provides public support for imple-

menting the initiative. Through the initiative, China will pro-

mote extensive cultural and academic exchanges, person-

nel exchanges and cooperation, media cooperation, youth

and women exchanges and volunteer services, so as to win

public support for deepening bilateral and multilateral co-

operation.

COOPERATION MECHANISMS The Belt and Road Initiative will enhance the role of mul-

tilateral cooperation mechanisms, and make full use of

existing mechanisms such as; the Shanghai Cooperation

Organization (SCO), ASEAN Plus China (10+1), Asia-Pa-

cific Economic Cooperation (APEC), Asia-Europe Meeting

(ASEM), Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD), Conference

on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures in Asia

(CICA), China-Arab States Cooperation Forum (CASCF),

China-Gulf Cooperation Council Strategic Dialogue, Great-

er Mekong Sub-region (GMS) Economic Cooperation, and

Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC). This

will strengthen communication with relevant countries, and

attract more countries and regions to participate in the Belt

and Road Initiative.

In advancing the Belt and Road Initiative, China will fully

leverage the comparative advantages of its various regions,

adopt a proactive strategy of further opening-up, strength-

en interaction and cooperation among the eastern, western

and central regions. In turn, this will comprehensively im-

prove the openness of the Chinese economy.

For more than a year, the Chinese government has been actively

promoting the building of the Belt and Road, enhancing communi-

cation and consultation and advancing practical cooperation with

countries along the Belt and Road, and introduced a series of poli-

cies and measures for early outcomes.

EMBRACING A BRIGHTER FUTURE TOGETHER As long as all countries along the Belt and Road make concerted

efforts to pursue our common goal, there will be bright prospects for

the Belt and Road, and the people of countries along the Belt and

Road can all benefit from this Initiative.

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The People’s Republic of China is a unit-

ed multi-ethnic country created through

the joined efforts of the peoples of all the

ethnic groups in China, with a total of 56

ethnic groups. The ethnic population is 114

million, accounting for 8.49% of the total

population in China. China has five pro-

vincial ethnic autonomous regions (Inner

Mongolia Autonomous Region, Guangxi

Zhuang Autonomous Region, Tibet Auton-

omous Region, Ningxia Hui Autonomous

Region and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous

Region), 30 autonomous prefectures, and

120 autonomous counties. The Chinese

government has over the past years, con-

stantly improved the regional autono-

my system, and strengthened legal work

concerning ethnic affairs. In 2005, China’s

State Council formally issued the imple-

mentation of National Regional Autono-

my Law of the People’s Republic of China.

Now, more than 700 self-reliant, separate

and modification or amendment statues

have been put in place in ethnic autono-

mous regions and areas, which guaranteed

ethnic people’s administrative rights in

autonomous regions. Ethnic groups have

further enhanced their rights to manage in-

ternal affairs, to use and develop their own

languages, while their rights in ethnic cus-

toms and religious beliefs have also been

further ensured.

Based on the reality of ethnic regions, with

an approach that combines government

backup, support from developed areas,

and self-reliant of the ethnic regions, the

Chinese government has enacted special

project planning. This includes, support for

sparsely-populated ethnic groups, devel-

opment of ethnic culture, bringing pros-

perity to border areas. In sum, these plans

range from important measures, covering

the entire ethnic ares to special measures

for specialised areas or groups. Regional

infrastructure are generally improved, ur-

ban and rural areas take on a whole new

look. Since 2006, GDP and fiscal revenue

have scored double-digit growth; historic

leap-forward has been made in economic

and social development.

At present, the public cultural service sys-

tem has primarily taken root in ethnic ar-

eas in China, with more than 90% of the

population covered by radio and television

stations. The cultural units per million peo-

ple are higher than the average level of

the country. Ethnic traditional cultures are

effectively preserved and promoted. By

2014, there have been more than one mil-

lion primary schools and 1.2 million middle

schools in autonomous regions. The nine-

year compulsory education programme

is available for children of most ethnic

groups.

Over the long course of history, the ethnic

groups in China have grown into a single

community that responds to each and

every challenge under the single name of

the Chinese nation. Tibet has been a part

of China’s territory since ancient times, and

the Tibetans have been one communal

CHINA’S ETHNIC POLICY

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member of the Chinese nation. The destiny

of Tibet has always been closely connected

with the destiny of the great motherland

and the Chinese nation.

Down through the ages, the Tibetan peo-

ple have created a brilliant history and

culture, and contributed to the enrichment

and development of Chinese overall histo-

ry and culture. However, the social system

of Tibet remained one of theocratic feudal

serfdom until the mid-20th century, with an

economy that was extremely underdevel-

oped, and a society that was conservative,

closed and backward.

Tibet first began to embrace modern civili-

sation only after the People’s Republic was

founded in 1949. Having gone through such

important phases as peaceful liberation,

democratic reform, establishment of the

Tibet Autonomous Region, and introduc-

tion of reform and opening up, Tibet has

not only established a new social system,

but also witnessed great historical leap for-

ward in its economy and embarked on the

path of socialism with Chinese character-

istics.

Now, the Tibet Autonomous Region has 21

deputies to the National People’s Congress,

including 14 from the Tibetan and other eth-

nic minorities. There have been substantial

improvements in the quality of life for the

people in Tibet. In 2014, the Gross Regional

Product of Tibet reached RMB 92.5 billion;

the per-capita net income of farmers and

herdsmen was RMB 7471. The overwhelm-

ing majority of Tibetans have now shak-

en off poverty that had dogged them for

centuries to enjoy a relatively comfortable

life. People in Tibet enjoy full freedom of

religious belief. Currently, Tibet has 1787

sites for different religious activities, over

46000 resident monks and nuns, and 358

living Buddhas. The outstanding tradition-

al Tibetan culture has been preserved and

handed down. Currently, Tibet has 4277

cultural relic sites, including 55 key cultural

heritage sites under state protection. Tibet

has 76 items listed as state-class intangible cultural heritage items as well. Thanks to concerted efforts made by all parties con-cerned, great progress has been made in Tibet’s ecological improvement. Current-ly, its nature reserves, which amount to 413700 sq km, or 33.9% of the total land area of the region, lead the whole coun-try. Its forest coverage rate reaches as high as 11.91%, and the region tops the whole country in total growing wood stock. Ti-bet boasts six million hectares of wetlands, leading all the other areas of China. All the region’s 125 species of wild animals and 39 wild plants under state protection are well cared for in the established nature reserves.

Tibet’s tremendous progress in its devel-opment serves as a piece of miniature of China’s achievements in ethnic policy de-velopment. The great unity of all the ethnic minorities in China are the life, the strength and the hope rooted in the nation, and will promote all the ethnic groups more united to struggle, and to write a new chapter of overall prosperity and development.

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In 2004, the Tenth National People’s Con-

gress passed a Constitutional Amend-

ment, which clearly stated that “the State

respects and protects human rights”. The

human rights concept was thus upgraded

to a legal matter from a political concept.

As such, the articulation of human rights in

the Constitution of the People’s Republic of

China started a new era of promoting and

protection human rights in China.

In 2014, the 18th Central Committee of the

Communist Party of China (CPC) set out at

its fourth plenary session, the strategy for

governing the country in accordance with

law. It was the CPC’s first plenary session

about governing the country in accordance

with law, and marked a new chapter and

a greater height for law-based governance

in China. “Law is the yardstick for measur-

ing all things under heaven.” In the past ten

years, remarkable progress has been made

in protecting human rights and promoting

democracy in China.

10 YEARS OF IMPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS Since 1994, the living standards of Chinese

people have been substantially improved.

“People are the basis of a country. The

country will be in a peaceful state when its

basis is solid.” China has become the sec-

ond largest economy in the world, and the

subsistence concerns of the 1.3 billion Chi-

nese people have been solved. China is the

first country to successfully achieve the UN

Millennium Development Goal to reduce

impoverished population by half and has

made a great contribution to the world’s

poverty reduction efforts. China provides

jobs for 770 million people as well as nine-

year compulsory education for all. The

world’s largest medical insurance system

and social security system have been basi-

cally established. The Chinese people cher-

ish a centuries-old dream of “education,

employment, medical service and old-age

care for all.” Now this dream is becoming

a reality.

Democracy and rule of law continues to

make steady progress too. “If the laws

are enforced, the country is in order.” Now

people enjoy more freedom and demo-

PROGRESS IN CHINA’S HUMAN RIGHTS

Steady gains made, as China becomes an advocate for global human rights.

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tion of human rights in the judicial domain

has also made significant headway and a

socialist legal system with Chinese charac-

teristics has been set up.

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CHAMPION In addition to promoting human rights at

home, China has also actively promoted

development of human rights on inter-

national stage. China is deeply engaged

in global human rights cooperation and

governance, and promotes the sound de-

velopment of international human rights

institutions. The country takes seriously its

international human rights obligations and

receives Universal Periodic Reviews and re-

views of its implementation of internation-

al human rights conventions, and engages

in human rights dialogues and exchanges

with nearly 40 countries, and carries out

practical collaborations with UN human

rights institutions.

China pursues a path of human rights de-

velopment with Chinese characteristics

and combines its own situation with the

principle of universality of human rights.

There is no one-size-fits-all development

model in the world, neither is there a path

of development that never changes. Every

country may find its own way of govern-

ance. The same is true for the development

of human rights. Human rights are closely

related to the values, cultural traditions as

well as political and economic systems of

a country. Thus the ways to protect human

rights vary. “It is only natural for things to

be different.” The human rights cause is an

important and integral part of China’s eco-

nomic and social development. It should

and can only be pushed forward in accord-

ance with China’s own situation and needs

of the Chinese people.

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CHINA’S HIGH SPEED RAILWAY

The development of China’s high speed

railway has been a life-changing achieve-

ment that has benefited hundreds of mil-

lions of people in China.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BULLET TRAIN China started rather late in developing its

high speed railway network, compared

with western countries. The first bullet

train was in operation as early as in 1964

when Japan launched its Shinkansen, the

first high speed railway in the world. In

the following years, France (1981), Ger-

many (1991), Spain (1991), Italy (1992) and

Belgium (1997) introduced their first high

speed railway respectively. The idea of

building China’s high speed railway was

first put forward in China’s “Mid-to-Long

Term Railway Plan” in 2004, and devel-

oped in a revised one in 2008, which laid

the framework for the ambitious effort. On

August 1, 2008, the Beijing-Tianjin intercity

railway, the first ever high speed railway in

China was in service, capable of carrying

bullet trains travelling at 350km/h. Within

six years, China has developed into a na-

tion with the longest, fastest and the most

comprehensive and integrated high speed

rail network that connects more than 100

cities.

Up to the end of June 2015, China’s high

speed railway network covers 17,000 km

of track in service, far exceeding that in

any other country and larger than the

high-speed railway network in the entire

European Union, and also includes the

world’s longest line, the 2,298 km Beijing–

Guangzhou High-Speed Railway. The rapid

development in such a large scale has been

supported by the densely populated city

centers in China, and increasing number of

affluent consumers with growing purchas-

ing power. As well as traffic congestion on

other travel modes such as aviation due

to higher demand of long-distance travel

within China. In addition, factors such as

low construction cost, benign development

environment and strong government sup-

port also contributed to this quasi-miracle

development.

CHANGING THE WORLD OF HIGH SPEED TRAVEL The emergence of a high speed railway

network has gradually changed the way of

travelling for many Chinese people. More

and more people prefer to travel by bullet

The epitome of the country’s rapid economic development and success.

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trains than by normal ones or by air, due to

shorter travelling time, easier access, and

punctuality. For instance, the travelling

time between Beijing and Shanghai on rail

track has been reduced by half to around

five hours, and travel by bullet trains has

exempted the travelers from long waiting

hours and possible delays at the airport.

In the first half of 2015, daily ridership of

high speed railway service has increased

from around 240,000 when the service

was first introduced to more than 2.4 mil-

lion, a ten-fold increase, and accounted for

close to 40% of daily railway ridership. It

is foreseeable that when the planned four

north-south HSR corridors and four east-

west HSR corridors are completed, millions

more will travel on high-speed trains in

China’s hinterland.

As the network has been extending, China

has gained expertise in high-speed railway

construction and management since it was

the only nation in the world that had car-

ried out large and complicated railway pro-

jects over the past decade, some of which

were in harsh environments such as the

high-altitude Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and

in bitterly cold Northeast China. Besides,

though China imported high-speed trains

or built them under technology transfer

agreements with foreign train-makers at

the beginning, Chinese engineers are now

able to build indigenous high-speed trains

that can reach operational speeds of up to

380 km/h.

China is now looking outwards and helping

other countries with its expertise in high-

speed railway technologies, and is seeking

to expand its cooperation with other coun-

tries all around the world which have plans

to develop their own high speed railways,

and ready to bring the life-changing tech-

nologies to more people on the planet.

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On 31 July 2015, at the 185th IOC Session

in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, the President

of the IOC, Thomas Bach, announced that

the 2022 Winter Olympics were awarded

to Beijing.

The 2022 Winter Olympic Games will be

held in Beijing, which will lead 300 million

Chinese people, especially teenagers, to

participate in winter sports in various ways,

and promote the development of winter

sports in China, the world’s most populous

nation. The Winter Olympic Games will

also help to effectively spread positive and

healthy lifestyles, improve people’s phy-

sique, establish a healthy China, and better

realise people’s dreams on pursuing a good

life. At the same time, it will further expand

the coverage of winter games, and bring

new opportunities for the vigorous devel-

opment of Olympic Movement and winter

sports industries worldwide.

Beijing’s bidding process of the 2022 Win-

ter Olympic showed the value of promoting

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da 2020, create a new record for the same city to host both

the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games, and

make new contributions to the promotion of the Olympic spir-

it.

With “pure ice and snow”, Beijing will invite friends from all

over the world to a “winter rendezvous with joy and passion”

at the foot of the Great Wall, upon the traditional Chinese

Spring Festival of 2022.

The special exhibition, The First Emperor -

China’s Terracotta Army, kicked off at the

Moesgaard Museum on the outskirts of

Aarhus on 1 April 2015, and will run until 30

September 2015. Her Majesty the Queen

Margrethe II and His Royal Highness the

Prince Consort attended the opening cer-

emony, while Chinese president Xi Jinping

sent a message to Her Majesty Queen

congratulating upon the inauguration of

the exhibition.

CELEBRATING SINO-DANISH RELATIONS This exhibition is a part of a series of cul-

tural celebrations to commemorate the

65th anniversary of the establishment of

the diplomatic relationship between the

People’s Republic of China and the King-

dom of Denmark. It serves as a wonderful

example of cooperation between muse-

ums of China and Denmark. 120 pieces of

cultural relics from Qin and Han Dynasties

are on display, among which are 10 pieces

of large terracotta in the form of soldiers,

civil servants and horses. They were pro-

vided by 10 museums from Shaanxi prov-

ince. The preparation of this exhibition took

over three years. The Chinese and Danish

specialists have worked together to design

and setup the exhibition. Since its opening,

this exhibition has attracted a large num-

ber of visitors from Denmark and abroad.

According to the statistics, up to the be-

ginning of this September, there are over

280,000 visitors to the exhibition, which is

much higher than the expectations.

A special exhibition at Moesgaard Museum, not to be missed!

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THE FIRST EMPEROR - TERRACOTTA ARMY EXHIBITION

Emperor Qin Shihuang (259 B.C.- 210 B.C.) was the first em-

peror of a united China. He subjugated the rival states to es-

tablish the Qin dynasty in 221 B.C. In order to consolidate the

nascent empire, he reformed the politics, economy and cul-

ture, and indeed had a profound influence on Chinese society.

The mausoleum of Emperor Qin Shihuang, located at the

east of Xi’an city, Shaanxi Province of China, is unparalleled

among Chinese imperial tombs in terms of its size and mag-

nificence. The construction of the mausoleum lasted about 40

years, and involved over 700,000 labourers. The mausoleum

complex covers an area of 56.25 sq km. Modern surveys of

the site show that the mausoleum is composed of the under-

ground chamber, a tomb mound, walls, gates, attendant pits

and tombs, accessory buildings, and a funerary city. The ter-

racotta army was excavated from three of the attendant pits

which cover an area of over 20,000 sq meters and contain

approximately 8,000 life-sized terracotta warriors and hors-

es. They were made to protect the emperor in his afterlife. In

1987, UNESCO added the mausoleum of the First Emperor to

the list of World Heritages.

As large-scale sculpture, the terracotta figures display real-

istic images of Qin warriors and reflect the aesthetic taste of

the time. Originally the figures were painted in bright colours,

but while standing guard underground for over two thousand

years, most of the paint has faded and worn off and now only

traces of paint can be seen on some of the statues.

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Shaanxi lies in the geographical center of

China, spanning an area of 205,800 km. It

has a population of 37.62 million, ranking

16th nationwide. Shaanxi has 13 cities under

its jurisdiction, including its capital Xi’an.

Located along the middle reaches of the

Yellow River, Shaanxi serves as a hub that

connects eastern and central China, north-

western and southwestern China. The

shape of the province is long from north to

south and narrow from west to east. Qinling

Mountain runs across the province, dividing

it into three regions, the Loess Plateau in

the north, Guanzhong Plain in the middle

and Shaannan Region in the south.

CRADLE OF CHINESE CIVILIASATIONShaanxi Province is one of the most impor-

tant cradles of Chinese archaic humans and

the Chinese civilisation. Shaanxi served as

the capital city of 13 dynasties in Chinese

history for total a period of 1,072 years.

Shaanxi is one of the first Chinese regions

to be open to the outsides world. Chang’an

(the ancient name of Shaanxi’s current cap-

ital city, Xi’an) is the starting point of the an-

cient “Silk Road”. Since Han Dynasty (202

BC-220 AD), Chang’an has been serving as

the center of China’s political, economic and

cultural exchanges with other Asian and Eu-

ropean countries.

ECONOMY ON THE RISESince the Reform and Opening up, espe-

cially the implementation of Western De-

velopment policies, Shaanxi Province has

achieved sound and rapid economic devel-

opment, with its GDP ranking rising from 21st

to 16th in China and annual GDP growth rate

reaching 12.8%. In 2014, its GDP was 1.7689

trillion RMB.

Shaanxi has an urbanisation rate of 50.2%.

We are actively promoting the synchronised

development of industrialisation, IT applica-

tion, urbanisation and agricultural modern-

isation. 31 key demonstration towns have

been identified to drive the urbanisation

process, combined with population reloca-

tion, restructuring of towns and encourag-

ing farmers to move into cities.

Shaanxi has a well-developed transport

system. Baotou-Xi’an Railway and Baot-

ou-Maoming Highway run across the

province from north to south and Lian-

yungang-Lanzhou Railway and Lianyun-

gang-Horgos Highway extend from west to

east. The bullet train system makes it pos-

sible to travel from Xi’an to Beijing in five

hours and to Guangzhou in eight hours. The

highway network crisscrosses the province

DISCOVER SHAANXI PROVINCEFrom its ancient wonders to bustling cities, Shaanxi Province is worth a visit.

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with a total mileage of 4,360 kilometers. A

civil airline network has taken shape with

Xi’an in the center, Yan’an, Yulin, Hanzhong,

Ankang city in four directions.

A TOURIST’S DELIGHTShaanxi adopts the strategy of driving the

development of the cultural industry with

key programmes. It is home to 221 muse-

ums, 114 public libraries and 10 state-level

cultural demonstration bases. Shaanxi ac-

tively promotes heritage site protection,

and nine sites have been enlisted as world

cultural heritages.

Shaanxi offers a variety of choices for tour-

ists. Xi’an features historical and cultural

attractions, including the ancient city wall,

Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses and

historical museums. Xianyang City boasts

the mausoleums of ancient emperors. The

Yellow River scenic tour, featuring Hukou

Waterfall is the major attraction of Yan’an

City. Han Cheng City is typical of farming

and folk culture. Baoji City is best known

for its Western Zhou Dynasty culture epito-

mised by Temple of Duke Zhou and Bronze

Ware Museum. Buddhist attractions include

the Wild Goose Pagoda and Famen Tem-

ple. Hanzhong and Ankang provide a range

of beautiful scenic spots.19

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