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China DailyPicturesque Qiandao Lake and Chunyang Highway in Hangzhou's Chun'an county. In the 1970s and 1980s, it was the site of a limestone mine that contributed more than 3 million yuan to the village every year, making over 200 villagers wealthy. On Aug 15, 2005, President Xi Jinping, then Party secretary of Zhejiang province, brought about the concept of "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets" during an inspection of Yucun. A huge television screen shows the inner world of the most symbolic sight in Hangzhou, West Lake, through livestreaming with the help of robotic underwater cameras. "People always see the surface of West Lake, but it must be their first time to see what's under and how clear the water can be in summer," says Xu Bin, director of the photography department of Zhejiang Daily, one of the key curators.
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