In Pictures: Designed in China

The Guo Shoujing Telescope, or Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fibre Spectroscopic Telescope.

The Guo Shoujing Telescope, or Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fibre Spectroscopic Telescope, is named after the 13th Century Chinese astronomer and is aimed at bringing Chinese astronomy into the 21st Century.

Prof Chen Chuang Tian, is a leading figure in China's Academy of Sciences and is behind groundbreaking research on crystals which have industrial applications.

China's new nuclear power station in Sanmen, one of the largest infrastructure projects in the country, is based on US technology but is being developed further by Chinese scientists.

Xu Zhen is a conceptual artist working across different media. His pieces often challenge Western preconceptions about Chinese art and confront social taboos in modern China.

The Forbidden City, a fusion of classical Chinese and East Asian architecture, has influenced the development of modern architecture in China.

Hung Huang, one of the pioneers of promoting Chinese fashion, is the publisher of i-Look, a magazine that focuses on the rise of fashion designers in China.

Ma Yan Song, 38, is a Chinese architect. His company, MAD architects, is responsible for some of the most provocative designs in Chinese architecture.

The Great Wall of China is the world's largest man-made structure. It was built mainly between 500BC and 220BC and stretches for more than 8,850km (5,500 miles).

Neil Shen, centre, is one of China's leading investors and entrepreneurs who has made a success of backing a string of high-flying digital start-ups.

Prof Chen Jia-er was, until recently, the head of China's National Natural Science Foundation which has ambitions to promote home-grown research and development.