Workers arrange an artificial landscape at the intersection of Dongdan along the main thoroughfare of Chang'an Avenue in downtown Beijing September 5, 2009, in the lead-up to the National Day celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. The People's Repulic of China was founded on October 1, 1949.

Beijing is setting up a total of 22 large-scale solid parterres with over 3.3 million flowers along the Chang'an Avenue, the east-west axis of Beijing, in a move to beef up the happy festival atmosphere for the upcoming National Day celebrations. [Xinhua]