A student takes a closer look at Zhongwei No.6 Middle School's new American-style school buses on Feb. 23, 2012. The school, in Shapotou District, Zhongwei City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, held a ceremony the same day to mark the beginning of operations for the fleet. Since this semester, both the local government and enterprises has invested 153.376 million yuan (US$243.8 million) on the purchase of 40 special school buses for about 2,000 students from local middle schools, primary schools and kindergartens. [china.com.cn] |