Luoyang balances traditions and modern industries

Chen Junwu, an engineer with the Luoyang Petrochemical Engineering Corporation of Sinopec and a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has lived in Luoyang, Henan province, for more than 50 years. He said it is a place worth fighting for.

"I have witnessed the city's progress. In recent years, it has had so many big development opportunities, and its growth has entered the fast lane. Innovation is still an important force driving the ancient city's development today," he said.

Luoyang is renowned as one of the six ancient capitals of China. It is also one of the eight key industrial cities that took shape during the First Five-Year Plan (1953-57), when seven large State-owned enterprises were established there.