A grand concert was held in Chongqing city on June 14, raising the
curtain on the celebration to mark the 10th anniversary of the city
being named as China's fourth municipality.
Nearly ten thousand local people went to the Liberates Stele
Pedestrian Street to take part in the carnival. The concert was
hosted by veteran Chinese dubbing artists Qiao Zhen and Ding
Jianhua. Ballad queen Li Guyi performed several of her most popular
numbers as well as a song written specially for Chongqing.
A fireworks show illuminated the sky of Chongqing. The audiences
were entertained and several times, they even joined in with the
songs they knew.
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10 years ago, the city was authorized to upgrade to become the
fourth municipality together with Beijing, Shanghai and
Tianjin.
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(CRI June 16, 2007)
