Guangzhou Expands CBD Domain
Guangzhou's Central Business District (CBD) will expand from Zhujiang New City to the nearby region of Yuancun and the Pazhou area across the Pearl River. Our journalist Lin Shuhua has more:

Director of the Guangzhou Urban Planning Bureau research center Lu Chuanting introduced the details of the new strategy:
"Yuancun will be developed into a complementary area for the financial business of Zhujiang New City, mainly as the headquarters of multinational companies. Pazhou continues as the focal point for exhibitions, including Canton Fair, already the biggest in the world"

Lu added that factories in Yuancuan will be relocated to make way for the new development. The Bureau is inviting planning proposals from home and abroad, which should consider the renovation of villages in the city, protection of its proud heritage and the utilization of remaining industrial resources. 

(blueprint of Zhujiang New City CBD/photo from ycwb.com) 

Cross-Strait Charter Flights Start for Festival
China Southern Airlines will conduct charter flights tomorrow between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan for the traditional Duanwu, or Dragon Boat Festival, which falls on June 8 this year. There will be four flights from Guangzhou, two before the festival and two afterwards. 

35,000 People Suffer from Rainstorms
More than 35,000 people from 27 counties and towns have suffered from the continuous downpour that has been pounding Guangdong over the past week. Rainstorms have flooded farms, blocked roads and damaged one reservoir. As of yesterday (June 5), one person was reported to have been killed and 163 houses had collapsed.