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Xitang (Chinese: 西塘; pinyin: Xītáng; lit. 'West Pond'), formerly known as Xietang (Chinese: 斜塘; lit. 'Oblique Pond'), Pingtang (Chinese: 平塘; lit. 'Flat Pond') and Xutang (Chinese: 胥塘; lit. 'Xu Pond'), is a historic town in Jiashan County, Zhejiang, China. It borders Luxu Town in the north, Yaozhuang Town in the east, Ganyao ...
Largest construction firm in the world, The company furthers China's "Belt and Road" initiative, a strategic push by the Chinese government to extend the country's international influence by funding infrastructure projects abroad. 28 Industrial and Commercial Bank of China: $214,766.3 427,587
Xu Garden was built in 1915 on the site of the former Peach Blossom Dock (t 桃花 塢, s 桃花 坞, Táohuā Wù) garden. [2] Designed by Yang Bingyan, the garden was established by locals in appreciation of Xu's protection and patronage. [ 3 ]
Xu Wenrong was born in Dongyang, Zhejiang in 1935. [10] He grew up in Hengdian town, at the time a poverty-stricken farming village. [11] He was a primary school dropout, leaving school when he was just 13 years old, [12] due to poverty and the misfortune of spending his childhood years during the wars (the anti-Japanese war from 1938 to 1945 followed by the civil war until 1949).
The Kangxi Emperor visited Xu Garden five times during his six inspection tours of Jiangnan between 1684 and 1702. When the forces of Hong Xiuquan occupied Nanjing during the Taiping Rebellion (1851–64), the residence became the Heavenly King's Palace and the park its West Garden. The garden was entirely destroyed by the Qing army during its ...
Hengdian Group (Chinese: 横店集团 [8]), abbreviated as HG, [9] is a Chinese private conglomerate founded by Xu Wenrong [10] in 1975 in Hengdian, Zhejiang. [11] It focuses on the fields of electrical and electronic, [12] pharmaceutical and chemical, [13] film and entertainment, [14] and modern services. [15]
The headquarters of the electric utility company State Grid in Beijing. It was China's largest and the world's third-largest company by revenue in 2021, with annual revenues of over US$460 billion. [1] The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China was both China and the world's largest company by assets in 2021, with over US$5.5 trillion in total ...
Location of Hong Kong. Hong Kong is an autonomous territory of the People's Republic of China on the Pearl River Delta of East Asia. [1] Hong Kong is one of the world's most significant financial centres, with the highest Financial Development Index score and consistently ranks as the world's most competitive and freest economic entity.