China is my motherlandthat is a great country. It has a long history of more than five thousandyears. It’s one of the Four Great Ancient Civilized Nations in the world and it’sthe only one that still exists. Therefore, there are many brilliant heritagesleaving by our ancestors, such as paper-making, gunpowder, compass and so on.Moreover, it’s a modern country now. In the past sixty years, China has greatlychanged and is one of the fastest growing countries in the world. People’s lifestandards have been increasingly improved that no one could imagine before.After the Beijing Olympic Games and Shanghai World Expo, the influence of Chinaon the world has greatly enhanced. Therefore, there are more and moreforeigners visit to and work in China, because they are so curious about ourcountry and to some of them, it’s the land of hope. I am so proud of mymotherland and I am sure that it will be better in the future.