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  • Opera Carmen debuts in Harbin

    2013-08-13

    French composer Bizet’s Carmen, performed by the Shanghai Opera House, was put on stage at the Harbin International Convention and Exhibition Center on the evening of August 8 for the first time.

  • Part of Sino-Russia border island submerged

    2013-08-12

    Downpours and water discharge from a reservoir along a China-Russia border river has submerged 90 percent of China's part of an island shared by the two countries, local border control authorities said on Sunday.

  • Harbin invests to raise quality of life locally

    2013-08-08

    Authorities in Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang province, have set their sights on gaining recognition as a national civilized city, and they are calling on all local people to join in the efforts.

  • Evidence of Japanese germ warfare found

    2013-08-08

    HARBIN -- Chinese experts recently uncovered more than 40 items in Southwest China's Yunnan province that offer fresh evidence of Japanese germ warfare activities during World War II.

  • Harbin presents love song singing activity

    2013-08-08

    The Qixi Festival Love Song Singing Activity, organized by the Old Street Music Festival, the Harbin Blind Date Festival and Harbin TV, will kick off on August 10 in the square of the Flood Control Monument.

  • Women arts and crafts association set up

    2013-08-07

    The “Harbin Ingenious Women” Arts and Crafts Association was founded at Harbin Women’s Training School on the morning of Aug 2. More than 130 representatives of handicraft dealers and craftswomen attended the founding ceremony.

  • Harbin offers intangible cultural heritage exhibition

    2013-08-06

    The first Harbin Exhibition of Representative Works of Intangible Cultural Heritage and a related awarding ceremony kicked off on July 31 at the square of the Memorial Tower of Fighting against the Floods of the Songhua River.

  • Harbin industrial production grows in first half-year

    2013-08-05

    Harbin has maintained stable growth in the total output value of large-scale industrial enterprises in the first half of 2013, according to the Harbin industry and information committee.

Sun Island celebrates song's legacy

The iconic song On the Sun Island was performed by soprano Yu Hongfei on Harbin's picturesque Sun Island 45 years after its debut.