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China is a great mixture of agriculture, world famous heritage and expanding cities. The country's economic growth has been estimated to hit 10 percent in 2010. Featured images are taken by an award winning Photographer George Steinmetz.
These impressive solar power plants direct the Sun's rays onto vacuum tubes containing transfer fluid, heating it to 390 degrees Celsius. The fluid passes through a heat exchanger, which is used to boil water for steam turbine generators.