People visit the international ceramic art expo in Zibo, one of the five major ceramic cities in east China's Shandong Province, Sept. 6, 2009. The fair attracted more than 1,500 ceramic enterprises and dealers across the country. [Xinhua] 

Photo taken on Sept. 5, 2009 shows a giant parterre in the shape of a flying dragon, at the intersection of business downtown of Xidan, in Beijing. Beijing Municipality is setting up a total of 22 large-scale solid parterres with over 3.3 million flowers along the Chang'an Avenue, the east-west axis of Beijing, in a move to beef up the happy festival atmosphere for the upcoming National Day Celebration on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. [Xinhua]