A retrospective exhibition was held Thursday in southwest
China's Chongqing municipality to mark the 20th anniversary of the
implementation of China's Archives Law, adopted in 1987.
As part of the exhibition, visitors can find from it a complete
and vivid archives of 25 mayors of Chongqing, who have served the
city since its establishment in 1927.
This is the first time that all 25 mayors of the municipality
"are together meeting the public" via their pictures and detailed
documents, re-telling visitors a true story of Chongqing in its 80
years of development.
According to statistics displayed at the exhibition, the current
population of Chongqing has reached 31 million, marking a 150 times
increase over the number of eighty years ago.
The exhibition is scheduled to be moved to the city's liberation
monument for permanent display after the show.
A retrospective exhibition held on Wednesday,
September 5, 2007, introduces 25 mayors who served Chongqing over
the past 80 years.?
(CRI.cn September 7, 2007)
