The News Conference for launching the competition was held in the office of Tangshan Urban Planning Bureau (TUPB) on May 18, 2007.

Tangshan city is fast developed since the establishment of Kailuan Coal Mine, it is a city with over one hundred years of history in heavy industry. The modern coal shaft, standard-track railway, locomotive, cement, toilet ceramics in China were all firstly manufactured in Tangshan. Caused by coal production excavation, an area of 28 hectares in south part of the city is sinking, now the sinking land is constructed as Nanhu Park.