About 10,000 young people from south China's city Shenzhen and
the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) will celebrate
the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China in
Shenzhen.
The celebration, said to be the largest celebration of the
anniversary held on the mainland, is co-organized by the Shenzhen
government and the HKSAR government.
Participants include 5,000 Shenzhen-based university students
and about 5,200 Hong Kong youths from 115 organizations and
communities, of whom 1,000 are on their first trip to Shenzhen.
Most of the young people from Hong Kong came by bus through the
newly-inaugurated Shenzhen Bay Port (or Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western
Corridor), the fourth border crossing for vehicles between Shenzhen
and Hong Kong.
They will visit the city museum, universities and high-tech
districts, attend forums and perform hiphop dances, karate, sword
play and fashion shows.
Later Sunday, they will go to a gala attended by celebrities
from Hong Kong and the mainland.
In Hong Kong and the mainland, celebrations are being held to
mark the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's return. In Harbin, capital
of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, residents displayed a
1,000-metre-long painting to mark the occasion.
Sunday's celebrations in Hong Kong began with a flag-raising
ceremony, attended by more than 1,000 people, including Chief
Executive Donald Tsang, and will end with a grand fireworks display
in the evening.
(Xinhua News Agency July 1, 2007)