Right after the baptism of a sudden rainstorm, Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan became much purer instead. At the same time, Baofeng Lake,Yellow Dragon Cave and other scenic spots in Zhangjiajie were also enveloped by tidal visitors everywhere.Since late August, summer vacation turned into its epilogue gradually, students in various regions successively returned their schools after the vacation. However, Wulingyuan scenic spot still remained hot, especially self-service travel and self-driving travel. According to the incomplete statistics, the daily average tourists’ amount received in Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan exceeded 20,000.Translated by Becky

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Wei Jicheng, an outstanding Chinese entrepreneur and chairman of Australia ABC Tissue Products Co., Ltd., donated 5000 cotton-padded clothes and 2500 sets of hearing aids to Hunan on September 3. This aid was presented to rainstorm disaster victims and hearing-impaired children.   Wei also showed great enthusiasm to develop his hometown--Jieyang in Guanggong Province. Several years ago he made a monetary contribution for the establishment of "Kindergarten with Careful Nurture" at Mei'er Village of Yuhu District in Jieyang City. In 2001, Wei and his wife built a computer room equipped with 123 computers in Mei'er primary school.   Furthermore, the couple donated tens of thousands of cotton-padded clothes and funds in several disaster relief activities, including 1998 mega-flood in Jiangxi, 2002 flood in Yueyang of Hunan and 2002 flood in Fengyang of Anhui. Their philanthropy work has and is continuing to help many throughout the country. Translator; Xiao JuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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August 15th,The large special program, North Latitude 30 °,Traveling China , which belongs to The Distant Home from CCTV4 ,going into the zhangjiajie. It has successively taken photoes and made interview in CiLi, SangZhi, YongDing area and WuLingYuan, counting for 15 days. By 30th, the crew has satisfactorily completed all the interviews in zhangjiajie.The interview in zhangjiajie station has two sets. After the fabrication of the program being completed, it will show in The Distant Home of CCTV4,thus turning up to audience in Asian, Europe and American edition. Later on,it will be made into special edition to play in prime time, at the same time, it will also be produced to HDV in CCTV HD channel. It not only plays an immeasurable role in the promotion of zhangjiajie and hunan,but also improves the regional popularity and good reputation, thus promoting the development of tourism economy.Translated by Sophia

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On August 31, the press conference for the Third Changde China Cup World Go Celebrity Championship was held in Changde, Hunan Province. It is the third time for Changde to host this event. The event will be held beside the Liuye Lake from September 9 to 13. Hosting the event for the third time, Changde will bring together current winners of the champion's title from China, Japan and Korea again to present a brilliant game among the most skilled. The contestants, young and skillful, outstanding in the global range, and with average skill level, are to perform a high quality competition to the audience. There will be three knockout rounds. First, one of the contestants will be selected by means of ballot to compete with the loser in the first round, and then the winners of the above two rounds will enter the finals. The event features a total prize purse of 600 thousand yuan, with 300 thousand yuan for the champion, 200 thousand yuan for the second place and 100 thousand yuan for the third. Translator: Hao Jingru Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2012-09-02 14:04 View：1055

Since the launch of free public transport in Changning City, a county-level city in Hengyang, 800 motorcycles and private cars have decreased their daily trip, reducing emission by more than 35,000 m3 and saving a lot of fuel.In the past, motorcycles and private cars were main means of transportation in Changning; the stream of people, heavy traffic, and disorder in some sections caused safety risks. Thanks to the free public transport, the traffic order has been greatly improved.The less traffic flow has reduced noise pollution. There has been more public space, which plays a good role in creating a livable environment.Translator: Lv XuefenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal 

News 2012-09-01 13:55 View：1632

Located in the Suo riverside, Xibu Street rises to fame right from its opening. Now, it has entered the final sprint phase for the creating of a national 3A scenic spot.Xibu Street, a unique compound tourism commercial pedestrian street in China, specializing in overwater bar, Chinese special snacks, folks of western Hunan and so on.Last September, Xibu Street successfully undertook the second Hunantourism commodity exposition. This January, it is marked as a “Hunan tourism shopping demonstration”. This year, on May, 16th,Xibu Street opened to the public officially. The whole street is based on the local custom of Tujia and Miao nationality in western Hunan. It is self-evident that the street is a perfect combination of those two kinds of local customs, and also a fully presentation of intangible cultural heritage.Since its coming out, Xibu Streetis praised to be the first cheerful old street and a tourism cultural collection of Wulingyuan scenic spot that cannot be duplicated.Translated by Becky

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Promoting hunan culture, thus to inherit beauty of SanXiang. On the morning of August 28th, “splendid embroidery of HuNan —— 2012 The art performance of Hunan world heritage sites and scenic spots ” was held in XiangXi grand theatre of WuLingYuan.Nearly 30 world heritage site units from all over the province, has given a rich and wonderful performance report. Through judgements of expert, “Chasing Love for zhangjiajie” program which from XiangXi grand theatre won the “special contribution award” in the literature and art joint performance. At the same time, more than 20 programs from other units got the first,second and third prize as well as “best planning award”, “best performing award”and so on.Translated by Sophia

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In order to improve water quality of the Xiangjiang River, Changsha has vigorously implemented water resource management regulations since January 1, 2012. The regulations prohibit breeding farms to discard untreated livestock manure into rivers, reservoirs, pools, and irrigation canals; to dump, store or bury various wastes on shoaly lands and bank slopes; to empty residues, carcasses, pollutants, toxic or hazardous contaminants into waters and to catch and kill underwater animals with explosives or poison. In addition, 123 sand and gravel plants were dismantled in response to the city's restriction on gravel mining. Translator: Guo Yan Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2012-08-30 08:11 View：1081