Shijiazhuang, in Hebei Province, and Wuhu, in Anhui Province, have also applied to obtain financing for straddling bus systems, Mr. Song said, while Luzhou in Sichuan Province has shown interest.
Highways and expressways extend to surrounding cities such as Leshan, Yibing, and Luzhou.
Luzhou, although an ancient city, remained for a long time essentially a river port.
While remaining a major market and commercial centre for the densely peopled and fertile plain of the lower Tuo River, Luzhou also has developed industries manufacturing machines and fertilizers.
Luzhou, Wade-Giles romanization Lu-chou, city, southern Sichuan sheng (province), China.
Until the completion of the Chengdu-Neijiang-Chongqing-Yibin rail network in the mid-1950s, which bypassed the city, Luzhou was the main port outlet for such commodities as the salt and chemicals of Zigong, the sugar of Neijiang, and the agricultural goods of the region to the north.
Examples of such cities are Luzhou, at the juncture of the Yangtze and Tuo rivers, and Leshan, at the confluence of the Dadu and the Min.
Luzhou is a river port at the junction of the Yangtze River (Chang Jiang) and the Tuo River.
Luzhou's economic decline of the 1950s and '60s, however, turned around dramatically in the 1980s.
The charge against the lawyers is based on accusations from the Luzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court of Sichuan Province, where the lawyers defended Yang Ming, the Falun Gong practitioner, nearly a year ago.
"As an organ with public power, the Luzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court should examine its own unlawful acts," the lawyers said.
