On April 20th, the Second International Network Photography Competition in Zhangjiajie–“Bao Feng Lake Cup” is released. Among 1,000 selected works, Judges from the photographers’ association in state,Hunan and Zhangjiajie select 6 premium collection works with reward of 10,000RMB respectively,14 gold collection works with reward of 3,000RMB respectively,28 silver collection works,42 copper collection works,70 excellent works and 20 popular works.The persons who have premium collection works and gold collection works are conferred “The Mountain Man” and given the right to visit the core scenic spots in Wulingyuan all their life without any charge.Li shufeng, the major judge of the competition and deputy chairman of China Photography Association, thinks highly of this event.He holds that this competition is a great success and it combines various elements like photography arts, cyber language, low-carbon tour, with plentiful high-quality works.The assessment embodies openness, fairness and just with the award-winning works fully displaying beautiful natural scenery and special cultural customs in Zhangjiajie.Meanwhile, Zhangjiajie is holding photography competition for “Beautiful Yellow Dragon Cave” with a total reward of 400,000.The deadline is due on July. In this year, Zhangjiajie is continuous to organize such high-end photography competition.Translated by Crystal

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On April 19th, the second “Zhangjiajie Tourism Image Store” is set up in Taiwan.It is the second tourism office in Taiwan after the first one set by Zhangjiajie in Taipei in 2011.Chen danfeng, Committee of Zhangjiajie standing committee and deputy mayor, and Xu chuansheng, director of the tourism department of Kaohsiung, attend the ceremony and inaugurate the tourism office.Chen danfeng says, the establishment of “Zhangjiajie Image Store” in Kaohsiung and Zhangjiajie tourism office are aimed not only to provide tourists in southern Taiwan with more consultation services, promote Zhangjiajie tourism products,tour lines and policy for investment and business, but also to encourage more Taiwanese to travel and do business in Zhangjiajie, further expanding economic, trade and travel cooperation between Zhangjiajie and Taiwan. Meanwhile, the tourism office is favorable to carry out cooperation in terms of tourism management and resources sharing between the two sides.Xu chuansheng highly expresses his support to the operation of “Zhangjiajie Tourism Image Store” and looks forward to visiting Zhangjiajie,boosting bilateral cooperation on tourism.Translated by Crystal

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On April 18th, 2013, Zhangjiajie Oil Painting association will have painting exhibition in the lotus art museum. The oil painting exhibition displays 92 works. These works are made by zhangjiajie oil painting association, more than 20 members go to longshan xiangxi. The works mainly reflect the hunan local conditions, customs and folk customs, etc. With a strong sense of art, the works are deeply favored by the general audiences. In subject matter, technique, style and innovation connotation, the works represent the mainstream of zhangjiajie oill painting level.Translated by Sophia

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On 21th, April, the campaign “Splendid Hunan on the theme of the natural beauty : the most beautiful scenic spot in Hunan” has unveiled its results. Zhangjiajie, Yueyang Tower, Fenghuang, Love Dusk Pavilion on Yuelu Mountain, Orange Island and Heng Mountain in Hunan outstand themselves and rank the top six among the seventy candidates in Hunan.And a large amount of tourists from both inside and outside the province have witnessed this moment in Love Dusk Pavilion on Yuelu Mountain.Since its launch on 3rd, April, the campaign has attracted great popularity from all walks of life. Hundreds of thousands of citizens, readers, netizens have participated in it through Internet, cell phone,and text message or on the scene and the poll totals 150,000.By Brenda

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On April 20th, the 2013 China Guiyang Travel Fair opens to the public and among thousands of booths, the booth for Zhangjiajie is teemed with sight-seers.People from different places of Guiyang are keeping flocking into Travel Fair of Guiyang International Fair Center. An old couple, stepping in front of Zhangjiajie display area, excitedly talk their travel experience in Zhangjiajie with the sales staffs from Zhangjiajie.A duo, a singer from Xiangxi , dressed in ethnic minority costumes, ardently sings a song, which excites the exhibition hall and draws many citizens.“Zhangjiajie not only has beautiful scenery, but also has beautiful costumes and inviting songs”,says a lady from Zunyi,and eager to take photos with A duo.In this travel fair, Zhangjiajie presents plentiful tourism products in terms of catering, accommodation,entertainment,shopping and traveling,etc, featured with tourism brand “Happy Huan, Charming Zhangjiajie”.It also sets up several best tour lines, such as Zhangjiajie natural journey, cultural tour,health and leisure trip and so on, meeting tourists’ different demands.It is reported that this fair consists of five exhibition halls with 2,131 booths, covering a area of 41,538 square meters.Nearly 1,500 exhibitors related with tourism industry, such as travel agencies,beauty spots,hotel and media, gather in Guiyang.Translated by Crystal 

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According to the results of "Hunan's Most Beautiful Scenic Spots" themed "Splendid Hunan and Natural Beauty" released on the afternoon of April 21, six scenic spots namely Zhangjiajie, Yueyang Tower, Fenghuang (Phoenix) Ancient Town, Aiwan Pavilion (Autumn-admiring Pavilion), Orange Isle and Nanyue Mountain have made a mark as the most beautiful scenic spots in Hunan from amongst the province's 70 nominated spots . Visitors from Hunan and other provinces attended the award ceremony held at the Aiwan Pavilion.This ceremony has attracted great attention since the official launch of the project on April 3, with over 100,000 people participating as on-the-spot, on-line, via calls or SMS voters. With over 150,000 polls, the panel of judges selected the 6 Most Beautiful Scenic Spots, 3 Best New Scenic Spots namely Hongjiang Ancient Commercial Town, Meishan Dragon Palace and Mount Tianmen Fox Fairy, and 3 Best Scenic Spots for Participation including Dongjiang Lake, Zilongwan Hot Spring and Nanshan Pasture.Translator: Wang XiaoluSource:hunan.gov.cn

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An official, in charge of the tourist administration for ZJJ Wulingyuan scenic area, reveals that Xibu Street is initiating to bid for a national 4A tourist scenic spot on an all round way and is aimed to build into the biggest comprehensive tourist spot of Huan Province combined with sightseeing, entertainment, shopping and catering. According to the report,ZJJ Xibu Street is about to upgrade the whole block on a large scale from block circumstance, folk custom performances, cultural sights, productm mix,etc.Last year, under the guidance of three level tourist departments,namely province,city and district, and in line with the evaluation standard of national 3A tourist area, ZJJ Xibu Street restructured hard and software facilities of the whole block and finally succeeded in crowning the national 3A tourist area after comprehensive assessment from tourist department of Huan province.It is reported that from this year,ZJJ Xibu Street will spend five years on constructing loving wall and Xiu Qiou stand( an ancient activity to select bridegroom by throwing a ball made of silk strips), displaying the Xilan Square for Tujia blind date and love and remodeling water wheel square of production, life and farming culture by the Xiangxi ancestors and so on.All these activities increase the participation, interaction of tourists and activate the travel atmosphere of the block.We are looking forward to seeing a most original, most natural and most harmonious scenic spot unfolding before us.Translated by Crystal

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The first certification test fight of RNP by the Civil Aviation Administration of China in mid-south China concluded with a success on April 19, indicating that great reformation will take place in the flight mode of inbound and outbound airplanes at Zhangjiajie Hehua airport.RNP is popularly referred to as required navigation performance. The technology enhances the airspace capacity, safety performance and flight efficiency of this airport.Translator: Wang BilianSource:enghunan.gov.cn

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