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Located in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, Greensboro is the county seat of Guilford County and the third largest city in the state. The historic city is known for the Greensboro Sit-In of 1960, an important milestone in the U.S. civil rights movement, and today there is a memorial to the Sit-In in downtown that bears witness to the history of the struggle for equality. As a key part of the Research Triangle Park, Greensboro has a vibrant economy with biotechnology, advanced manufacturing and innovation industries based on top research institutions such as Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The city boasts quality educational resources such as the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG), as well as an abundance of cultural venues and green space parks, making it highly livable. Conveniently located within an hour's drive of Raleigh-Durham International Airport, the city continues to showcase the South's blend of modern charm and heritage as it attracts businesses and residents to relocate to the area.
Baoding, a prefecture-level city in Hebei Province, is located in the northern part of the North China Plain, constituting a golden triangle with Beijing and Tianjin, and is known as the "Gateway to the Gorge" and the "Southern Gate of the Capital". The city has a long history, since the Neolithic era, there will be the first people to flourish, the Warring States period for the junction of Yan and Zhao, the Yuan Dynasty, set up Baoding Road, to "defend the metropolis, stabilize the world," the Ming and Qing Dynasty for the capital of the Zhili province, is one of the political and cultural centers of northern China's modern times. There are many scenic spots and monuments in Baoding, including the Governor's Office of Zhili, one of China's top ten museums, the national 5A scenic spot Baiyangdian, and the thousand-year-old temple Mancheng Han Tomb, etc. Baoding has a rich cultural heritage. Cultural heritage, Baoding Military Academy is known as "China's modern military cradle", training a large number of military personnel; food culture is unique, Baoding dishes, locust Mao pickles, white Yunzhang buns and other famous. Nowadays, Baoding, as a regional center city in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei world-class urban agglomeration, is relying on the advantages of its location to vigorously develop new energy, automobile manufacturing and other industries, and is a livable city with both historical heritage and modern vitality.