Time Zone |
Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Time Zone |
Asia/Dushanbe |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+5 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Located in the western part of Guangdong Province, Luoding is a county-level city under the administration of Yunfu City, known as the "Gateway to Western Guangdong" and the "Breadbasket of Lingnan", situated at the crossroads of Guangfu and Bagui cultures, with a long history of more than 1,400 years since it was established in the Southern Dynasty, and is one of the "Ancient Cultural Counties of Guangdong". It is one of the "Ancient Cultural Counties of Guangdong". The Changgangpo Ferry Trough in the county is known as the "Red Flag Canal of the South", which is a model of modern water conservancy engineering; Luoding has abundant products such as rice and cinnamon, and has deep agricultural roots. As an important node of the Maritime Silk Road, Luoding integrates the diverse cultures of Guangfu, Hakka and Lingnan, and retains a rich human heritage of ancient villages and ancestral halls. Nowadays, Luoding, relying on the advantages of the transportation hub, is accelerating its integration into the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and writing a new modern chapter of the millennium-old town with the synergistic development of eco-agriculture, cultural and tourism industries, and manufacturing industry.
Located on the Vakhsh River in southern Tajikistan, about 75 kilometers from the capital city of Dushanbe, the Nurek Dam is one of the most important hydraulic hub projects in the country and even in Central Asia. As one of the world's tallest earth and stone dams, its dam height is 300 meters, the length of the top of the dam up to 700 meters, the total water storage capacity of 10.5 billion cubic meters. With a total installed capacity of 3,000 megawatts (MW), the hydropower plant provides more than 90% of Tajikistan's electricity supply, and also serves the comprehensive functions of irrigation and flood control, which is of irreplaceable strategic significance for local economic development and energy security. The construction of the Nurek Dam has fully demonstrated Tajikistan's capability in the development of water resources and has become an important landmark project in the country.