The session of the city clusters in middle reaches of Yangtze River, one of the events at Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2013, was convened in the conference center of the BFA in south China's Hainan Province on April 8. The session was jointly held by the four provinces in central China, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangxi, and Anhui. Xu Shousheng, secretary of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee, attended the session and delivered a keynote speech.At 12:00 that day, more than 200 important guests gathered at the session, including Yasuo Fukuda, chairman of BFA Board and former Japanese Prime Minister; Zeng Peiyan, vice chairman of BFA Board and former vice premier of China's State Council; Zhou Wenzhong, secretary-general of BFA; Zhao Qizheng, former director of the Information Office of China's State Council; and Long Yongtu, former secretary-general of  BFA.Secretary Xu said that the city clusters in middle reaches of Yangtze River are like shinning pearls on the golden waterway of the Yangtze River. With the development conditions of Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan city cluster improving incessantly, he invited more global investors to central China and Hunan for investment and participation in construction of this city cluster.Translator: Lv XuefenSource: hunan.gov.cn

News 2013-04-09 01:52 View：984

On April 5, a farmer in Dongma Village of Paiwu Township, Huayuan County has begun ploughing his fields with the help of an ox. Local farmers engaged in spring plowing during Tomb-Sweeping festival find the rainy season facilitates the plowing and sowing.Translator: Yin XiaodongSource: Hunan Official Web Portal 

News 2013-04-08 01:53 View：952

The ceremony for picking tea in Nanyue Mountain, following the traditions of ancient times, was held on April 7th.  This marked the start of Yunwu tea season in Hengshan Mountain, Hunan province.  After conducting the ceremony - offering sacrifices and declaiming eulogies, the representatives from tea associations and tea growers of various provinces gathered to be the first in harvesting the Yunwu tea - a tribute to the emperors since Tang dynasty and a pilot field for cultivating organic tea.Translator: Xie RunchaoSource: hunan.gov.cn

News 2013-04-08 01:50 View：966

As tourists visiting Fenghuang will be required to buy tickets beginning April 10, millions of tourists swarmed into the ancient town during the three-day Tomb-Sweeping Festival. The town met its highest visitor peak on April 5, with many “No Vacancy” signs hanging outside hostels and hotels.From April 10, Fenghuang will adjust the current tourism service management system by charging a standard 148 yuan to enter the greater scenic area instead of offering tickets to individual scenic spots. A visitor to the old town said that he thought the 148 yuan entrance ticket is reasonable and expressed his hope that effective moves will be made by the government so that the money earned would be used toward the management and conservation of the old town.On the first day of Tomb-Sweeping Festival, Fenghuang received 31,600 tourists, a year-on-year rise of 69.89%; however, only about 2,000 tourists bought tickets to scenic spots. “Figures like these put a great deal of pressure on the entire ancient town.” said Cai Long, deputy chief of Fenghuang County.Translator: Yin XiaodongSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2013-04-07 01:55 View：994

ZJJ Wulingyuan scenic area has the theme of “green”, “low carbon” and “sustainable development”, with the “Zhangjiajie landform”, successfully and strongly describes the “ecological forest oxygen bar” at home and abroad. It attracts countless Chinese and foreign visitors to come in a throng “natural oxygen bar tour experience”.According to statistics, the beginning of spring, Wulingyuan has the reception of foreign visitors over 100000 people, year-on-year growth of double. At the same time, Baofeng lake,HuanglongCaveand other scenics are also around the “environmental protection, ecological protection” issue, in the spring, launching “a paradise to enjoy the folk customs”, ” beauty products exhibition on ecological square” and a series of ecological tourism products, thus catching the tourist favor.Wulingyuan will also continue to enrich the connotation of ecological forest oxygen bar tour, this year. And they will strengthen cooperation with the relevant scientific research departments, strengthen the monitoring of forest of negative oxygen ions, and gradually establish a scenic spots of negative oxygen ion content broadcast mechanism, making a “ecological forest oxygen bar” for Wulingyuan. Then wulingyuan will have a piece of a gilded signboard.Translated by Sophia

News 2013-04-07 00:21 View：1257

On tomb-sweeping holiday(Ching Ming), Zhangjiajie has rain and fog day, creating good conditions for the formation of clouds wonders. The emergence of clouds mainly occurs in fairy flowers, Shen Tang Wan, Yubi peak. With the big fluidity of the valley wind, the sea of clouds will change unpredictably, and grandly. Sometimes, it like a piece of prose poetry, with rich rhyme; sometimes, it like a painting, with deep image of beauty.Meteorological department forecast, in April 6th, the last day of tomb-sweeping holidays, Zhangjiajie will turn cloudy day to sunny weather. At the appointed time, Wulingyuan sea of clouds landscape will be more magnificent.Translated by Sophia

News 2013-04-07 00:21 View：1074

In April 4th, the first day of the holiday, a group of people fromHubeimiddle school students in tianzimountainofWulingyuanDistrict to worship the tomb of He Long. With their own practical action, they show great respect to the proletariat revolutionary marshal He Long.Along with the red tourism, He Long park has become a perfect place for a vast number of tourists to travel. Until martch, He Long Park has reached the reception of 400000 people, and the year-on-year growth of twice.Translated by Sophia

News 2013-04-06 00:20 View：923

In April 4th, the first day of the holiday, the world natural heritage Wulingyuan scenic area ushered in a small peak. According to incomplete statistics, only in the morning, the people to Tianzi mountain, Huangshi village,HuanglongCave,BaofengLake, reached 15000 passengers.In Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan, despite the bad weather, sometimes fog, sometimes accompanied by rain, the tourists in the world were still very strong. Especially scenic mountain flowers were in full bloom, new leaf embellished in between peak forest hills, a spring was in the air., let tourists intoxicated. A breeze blew, scenic mountains in the misty clouds was partly hidden and partly visible, the tourists praised with scream.Translated by Sophia

News 2013-04-06 00:19 View：991