Landmarks in Beijing to be illuminated to mark the 75th founding anniversary of PRC

Tourists visit the Qianmen Street and the Zhengyang Gate Arrow Tower in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 26, 2024. Beijing will activate over 2,800 nighttime illumination facilities from Sept. 29 to Oct. 7 to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Upgraded illumination effects will be applied to landmarks along the Beijing Central Axis such as the Yongding Gate and the Bell and Drum Towers for the upcoming National Day holiday. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Tourists visit the Drum Tower in Beijing, the capital of China, on Sept. 26, 2024. Beijing will activate over 2,800 nighttime illumination facilities from Sept. 29 to Oct. 7 to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Upgraded illumination effects will be applied to landmarks along the Beijing Central Axis such as the Yongding Gate and the Bell and Drum Towers for the upcoming National Day holiday. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

The Bell and Drum Towers are pictured in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 26, 2024. Beijing will activate over 2,800 nighttime illumination facilities from Sept. 29 to Oct. 7 to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Upgraded illumination effects will be applied to landmarks along the Beijing Central Axis such as the Yongding Gate and the Bell and Drum Towers for the upcoming National Day holiday. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

The Bell Tower is pictured in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 26, 2024. Beijing will activate over 2,800 nighttime illumination facilities from Sept. 29 to Oct. 7 to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Upgraded illumination effects will be applied to landmarks along the Beijing Central Axis such as the Yongding Gate and the Bell and Drum Towers for the upcoming National Day holiday. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Tourists visit the Qianmen Street and the Zhengyang Gate Arrow Tower in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 26, 2024. Beijing will activate over 2,800 nighttime illumination facilities from Sept. 29 to Oct. 7 to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Upgraded illumination effects will be applied to landmarks along the Beijing Central Axis such as the Yongding Gate and the Bell and Drum Towers for the upcoming National Day holiday. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

The Yongding Gate and other landmark buildings along the Beijing Central Axis are pictured in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 26, 2024. Beijing will activate over 2,800 nighttime illumination facilities from Sept. 29 to Oct. 7 to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Upgraded illumination effects will be applied to landmarks along the Beijing Central Axis such as the Yongding Gate and the Bell and Drum Towers for the upcoming National Day holiday. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Tourists visit the Qianmen Street and the Zhengyang Gate Arrow Tower in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 26, 2024. Beijing will activate over 2,800 nighttime illumination facilities from Sept. 29 to Oct. 7 to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Upgraded illumination effects will be applied to landmarks along the Beijing Central Axis such as the Yongding Gate and the Bell and Drum Towers for the upcoming National Day holiday. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

The Yongding Gate and other landmark buildings along the Beijing Central Axis are pictured in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 26, 2024. Beijing will activate over 2,800 nighttime illumination facilities from Sept. 29 to Oct. 7 to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Upgraded illumination effects will be applied to landmarks along the Beijing Central Axis such as the Yongding Gate and the Bell and Drum Towers for the upcoming National Day holiday. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

Tourists visit the Qianmen Street and the Zhengyang Gate Arrow Tower in Beijing, capital of China, Sept. 26, 2024. Beijing will activate over 2,800 nighttime illumination facilities from Sept. 29 to Oct. 7 to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Upgraded illumination effects will be applied to landmarks along the Beijing Central Axis such as the Yongding Gate and the Bell and Drum Towers for the upcoming National Day holiday. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

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Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan Founder & Chair, Global Silk Route Research Alliance

Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…

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