It's not exactly going to be Disneyland -- but this new "theme park" is unlikely to have many imitators.
The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, which lies 3,000 kilometers west of Beijing, is shelling out some RMB 6 million (US$960,000) to transform China's former atomic test site Malan Base into a tourist hot spot, according to state-run Xinhua News Agency (link in simplified Chinese).
The project will turn the country's former top state secret into the Malan Military Expo Park (?????) to showcase national defense legacy. Local government also regards it as a way to drive tourism, the report said.
Construction crews broke ground on October 10.
Located in Bayingol Mongolian Autonomous Prefecture, about 380 kilometers southwest of provincial capital Urumqi, Malan was the research and test site of China's first atomic bomb, which was exploded in October 1964.
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