Qinhuangdao to host fireworks festival

Chinanews, Shijiazhuang, July 27 - From September 8 to 13, the first Shanhaiguan Pass Fireworks Festival will be celebrated in Qinhuangdao, Hebei Province.
During the festival, 6 fireworks teams from Germany, Australia, Portugal, Chinese mainland and Hong Kong SAR will compete in a fireworks contest, to entertain the people with a brilliant visual feast.
One of the important purposes of the festival is to give publicity the forthcoming 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. It will also serve as a preview for the grand fireworks show at the opening ceremony of the Games, which, in fact, has become an Olympic tradition.
It is said that the festival will also be the biggest of its kind in China, and Qinghuangdao is confident in making it a new tourism brand of its own.