Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli said the country has maintained steady economic and social development since the beginning of the year, but warned of "difficulty and problems" in the economy.
Citizens view huge "huamo", a kind of steamed bread, during a "huamo" sharing activity at Yingze Park in Taiyuan City, north China's Shanxi Province, March 27, 2013.
The Herons Nest, in the city of Yuncheng, Shanxi province, has become an important place where locals are taking action to protect the birds by creating a good environment for living and breeding.
Shanxi province and the Ministry of Agriculture signed an agreement, in Beijing, on March 11, for strategic cooperation in developing Shanxi’s characteristic agriculture.
Spring is here and Shanxi province’s prominent Hukou Fall, on the Yellow River has sprung back to life again, after March 6, with the end of Jingzhe (one of 24 solar terms on the Chinese lunar calendar) and the coming of warmer weather which has melted the ice sheet on the fall.
