Rushan prepares for Mother Love Cultural Festival
- Source: Global Times
- [03:40 April 26 2011]
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Authorities in Rushan, a city in East China's Shandong Province, are busy selecting the theme song for the Fourth China Mother Love Cultural Festival, an annual festival that will fall on May 8 this year.
The local government of Rushan designated the festival to fall on the second Sunday of May, also Western Mother's Day, and the festival has been observed by the city for three consecutive years.
Co-organized by the Women's Federation, the Department of Culture, and the Department of Tourism of Shandong Province, the festival will feature a series of activities, including a photography exhibition, cultural forums, and the opening and foundation-laying ceremonies for the Mother Love Culture Square and Mother Love Culture Museum.
The festival will also be a platform for foreign trade and international economic cooperation in the fields of new energy, new materials, information technology, biological technology, agriculture and tourism.
More than 60 companies from numerous countries and regions have registered to participate in trade negotiations during the festival, organizers said.
Xinhua
