Xu Shousheng, governor of Hunan Province, met in Urumqi with Zhang Chunxian, Party chief of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and Nur Bekri, vice Party chief and chairman of the Government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on the evening of September 2, 2012. Mr. Xu conveyed Secretary of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee Zhou Qiang's cordial greetings to Mr. Zhang, Mr. Nur Bekri and other Xinjiang leaders, and sent his congratulations on the great achievements Xinjiang has made in economic and social development. Xu said that Hunan and Xinjiang share profound historical ties. Since modern times, Hunanese have made great contributions to defending, building and developing Xinjiang. Specially, since Hunan began the pairing assistance to Xinjiang in 1998, the two sides have established close ties in complementary development and mutually beneficial cooperation. Hunan has finished the tasks of pairing assistance delivered by the CPC Central Committee, promoting mutual cooperation.Zhang, on behalf of the CPC Xinjiang Committee and Xinjiang government, welcomed the Hunan delegation attending the Second China-Euroasia Expo held in Urumqi. He said that Hunan has given long-term selfless support and help to the reform, development, and stability of Xinjiang. The Hunan cadres aiding Xinjiang, with sincere feelings and great responsibilities, have pushed forward Xinjiang's all-round development in economy, education, culture, talents, livelihood, etc. Translator: Lv XuefenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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At Lituo expressway motor station, people can find a medicine chest filled with various kinds of common medicine for cold, band-aids, essential balm and Huoxiangzhengqi Solutions placed on the "Xinyi (Heart Wings)"etiquette service platform. These medicines are available to passengers' any time. "The station is far from the hospitals, so emergency medicines will surely help when passengers have any common sickness." said the staff of the "Xinyi" etiquette service center. They also provide service cards to the passengers to help them look for cars, buy tickets, deliver tickets and provide 24 hours tourism information with 360 degree view of the customer. "The software makes up for the deficiency of hardware, and the service makes up for the shortage of conditions." said the Chief of Changsha's Bureau of Transportation. The transportation system has always tried to integrate civilization education with industry administration, innovate in measures, and improve civilization development. They have developed various activities in civilization development and spared no effort to create civilized and harmonious transportation system. Translator: Hao Jingru Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

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For a long time, the most famous glass bridge worldwide has been Skywalk of American Colorado Grand Canyon. However, in Zhangjiajie, Hunan province, a world’s tallest, longest glass bridge will be started building within this year. At that occasion, this grand glass bridge will play an important role of a new landmark of the central tourism.This glass bridge will be about 365 meters’ length, 3.2 meters’ width and 400 meters’ high from the ground. It will be located in the Zhangjiajie Great Gorge scenic spot. What’s more, it may soon become one of well-known designer Haim Dotan’s masterpieces. As we all know, Haim Dotan is also the constructor of Israel pavilion during the Shanghai world exposition.It is said that the new glass bridge floor will be paved by some kind of special glass. On a whole, it is an all-glass construction. Standing on this glass bridge, you will have a panoramic view of the Great Gorge. As estimated, the glass bridge will be opened to the public at the end of next year. At that time, visitors can not only enjoy walking in the air, but also challenge the highest Bungee Jumping globally.Translated by Becky

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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：1076

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：1654