China’s 30th Parallel, a Chinese photographic exhibition which is expected to run until February 14 at the Linden Economic Advancement Programme (LEAP) building and the Linden museum, was officially launched at the LEAP headquarters on Friday.The event, which is being hosted by the Chinese Embassy and LEAP, is the first of its kind in the mining town.Among those in attendance were Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, Ambassador Zhang Jungao,Cheap Jerseys Wholesale, and Regional Chairman Mortimer Mingo.Prime Minister Samuel Hinds,cheap jerseys, speaking at the opening, noted that China, as the third largest economy in the world, only came into public awareness recently as a rising power behind the USA and Japan.He posited that it would be most important for us to learn how things were in China only 60 ago — in 1949,Cheap Jerseys USA, the year of the Chinese Revolution, when that country was poor and underdeveloped; and how much hard work and sacrifice were put into the China we see today by its citizens.The Chinese Ambassador, Zhang Jungao, said that the exhibition is an important aspect of celebration of the 30th anniversary of China’s reform and opening up.“Over the past thirty years, profound changes have taken place in China.“We have successfully realized the transformation from a highly concentrated planned economy to a vigorous socialist market economy,” the ambassador declared. He also pointed out that, over the past thirty years, the average annual GDP growth rate was approximately 10 per cent.The photo exhibition, the ambassador further pointed out, would help give viewers a general idea of the country.Among the scenic beauty found in the exhibition are the Land of Snow and Ice, in the Himalayas, and the Land of Fish and Rice in East China.Bosai’s head office in China also forms part of the photographic collection. Bosai is currently running the bauxite industry in Linden.China’s 30th Parallel starts in the Himalayan mountain range.Moving from west to east, it encompasses seven provinces, two municipalities and one autonomous region.After crossing 5000 kilometres of mainland,NFL Jerseys China, it meets the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean.It encompasses many types of geography and blends the vivid diversity of human culture; thus the exhibition comprises three categories,Wholesale MLB Jerseys 2018, namely “Unparalleled splendor”,Cheap NFL Shop, “Like a song”, “Like a painting” and “Historic corridor”.