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Shang Yi county No. 3 middle school (2015 CyberFair Project ID 8006)
China, Hebei province, Zhangjiakou city
Official Status: Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 7. Environmental Awareness

We estimate 3 student(s) from 15 to 15 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: At the south rim of the vast inner Mongolian Plateau, beyond the Great Wall, at the “North Gate” of the capital, there is a magical land with the area of 632.47 square kilometers and the population of 200 thousand, and this is Shangyi County Heibei Province! This is an area of fertile soil which is a developing area full of hope! Shangyi has long history, lasting culture, industrious and intelligent citizens, simple and bold folk custom as well as ritual upholding tradition. Shangyi is located in the northwestern part of Hebei and in Bashang on the southern edge of Inner Mongolia Plateau, enjoying convenient transportation conditions with National Highway 207 and Dongshang Highway trans throughout, making it the key point of communication between the north and the south as well as connecting Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi and Inner Mongolia. Shangyi is 288km away from Beijing, with an average altitude of 1300m and a continental monsoon temperate semiarid climate, featuring distinct seasons, sufficient sunshine, fresh air with rain heating up the corresponding period and an average annual temperature of 3.5? as well as an average annual precipitation of 413.6mm. Whenever the South encounters intolerable heat, this place is with cool breeze blowing and a pleasant climate, making it an ideal natural summer resort. Near to Beijing and Tianjin, Shangyi has obvious regional advantages. The climate in Shangyi County is unique, with nice and cool summers and autumns, sunny, with abundant sunlight and clear air, the rainy seasons are the hot seasons, with large temperature differences between day and night. The special climate environment and specific geographic position provide advantaged conditions for the pollution-free vegetable production, and is suitable for the cultivation of high quality vegetable and nutrition accumulation of crops, and is called as the “Home of Vegetables” in Hebei Province. Shangyi is rich in mineral resources, with huge development potential. With stable and abundant wind power resource, Shangyi is one of the regions with best wind power resources in North China. With abundant tourism resources as well as unique ecotourism, Shangyi has three kinds of tourism types of national customs, humanity history and ecological tourism. With convenient traffic and communication, sufficient power supply and sufficient labor resources, these advantages build an excellent investment environment for Shangyi.

Project Description: In this theme plan research, it is known that there are various snack foods categories with attractive packages, and all sizes of food wholesale and retail stores are distributed everywhere. Referring to the self experience, the group members interview in the retail stores repeatedly and hold theme class meetings, to further understand that the snack foods in villages are closely related to the local economic development situation, and the low economic development level is the main reason of snack foods flushing. In the interview and publicity of this activity, we learn not only that the snack food is a scenery line in rural market, but also that they have endless harms to teenagers. Besides, we understand that we have the responsibility and obligation to contribute to the economic development of our hometown, and eliminate the potential hazards of snack foods fundamentally, to make the snack foods as the necessities of our lives.

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