SINGAPORE, May 28 (Xinhua) -- Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and his Singapore counterpart K.Shanmugam held talks on Monday on bilateral relations, regional cooperation, as well as regional and international issues both care about. Yang said the momentum in the bilateral relations has been sound, with frequent exchange of visits by the leaders of the two nations. The bilateral cooperation has been proceeding smoothly in fields such as trade and economy, investment, finance, education, culture, defense, law enforcement and human resources.China will keep on with its efforts to grow the long-term friendly ties and cooperation with Singapore, which it considers an important and special cooperation partner, the Chinese foreign minister said.Yang called on both sides to work together further boost the exchanges and bilateral cooperation across various fields.Yang said that China shall continue to support the efforts of Southeast Asian nations to build the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) community, and that it looks forward to working together with the ASEAN member nations, including Singapore, to push for further progress in the China-ASEAN strategic partnership.The sustained development and prosperity of Asia depend on the common efforts of the countries in the region, the Chinese foreign minister said. China is willing to boost the exchanges of views and coordination with Singapore, and it is willing to work together with Singapore to push for the continued healthy and steady development of the East Asian cooperation on the right track, Yang said.The Singapore foreign minister said that his country is willing to boost the exchanges and cooperation with China, and share and draw on the experience of each other in the course of development. It is willing to constantly expand the scope of its pragmatic cooperation with China. Singapore is also willing to make common efforts together with China to contribute to the regional development and prosperity, he said.The two foreign ministers also exchanged their views on international and regional issues that both care about.Yang arrived in Singapore on Monday for a two-day visit. He also met with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Deputy Prime Minister, Coordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Home Affairs Teo Chee Hean on Monday.Source: Xinhua

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Chaling is named after Tea and produces the best drink in the world. Chaling County is the only well-preserved stone city dating back to the Song Dynasty (960-1279 AD). Yunyang Mountain is known as "The Ancient Nanyue" and it was the first place that Xu Xiake was eager to visit. The Former Site of Chaling Soviet Government is the first county-level soviet government.The 2012 China (Hunan) Red Tourism Festival will be held in Chaling on May 30. This event aims at improving the tourism in Chaling and developing the Yunyang Mountain and Dongyang Lake into a praying place and an ecological resort respectively, upgrading the old district into a historic cultural city, promoting the Former Site of Chaling Soviet Government into an educational base for patriotism and anti-corruption and forging the Chinese Tea Culture Industrial Park into a spiritual home of tea lovers around the world.Theme activities include large-scale self-drive tour, group wedding ceremony for 100 couples on Yunyang Mountain, signing ceremony of investment attraction, opening ceremony of Mijiang Academy, opening ceremony the event & performances, and cuisine festival.Former Site of Chaling Soviet GovernmentMishui RiverIndustrial Park of Tea Ancestor CultureMijiang AcademyYunyang MountainAncient Nanyue PalaceThe Ancient City of the Southern Song DynastyTranslator: Zhang ShuSource: Zhangjiajie Official Web Portal

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BEIJING, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Georgia has officially become a new travel destination for Chinese citizens, according to an agreement reached between tourism authorities of the two countries.The decision was announced Friday after officials of the two countries signed an Approved Destination Status (ADS) Memorandum of Understanding Friday in Beijing.Zhu Shanzhong, vice director of the National Tourism Administration, said the signing and implementation of the MOU is expected to bring a new wave of Chinese tourists to the country.He also suggested Georgian tourism authorities to focus on promotion in China and develop more tourism products that are particularly tailored for Chinese tourists.Tourists have flocked to Georgia in recent years to bath in hot springs in the capital Tbilisi or relax on the country's Black Sea coast beaches.Source: Xinhua

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On May 25 to 27, premier Wen Jiabao came to Guzhang county, Jishou city, and Huayuan county lying in Tujia and Miao autonomous region of western Hunan, to do the research aiming at promoting the development of the Poverty-stricken areas. Having gone deep into the heart of the mountains and visited the villages, farmers, schools as well as enterprises, he got known the production and life situation of the local people. Besides, he hosted a work discussion meeting about helping the poor and making substantial progress.On-the-spot investigation on the longest hanging bridge of the worldOn Friday afternoon, premier Wen investigated the Shutouxi and Morong town of Guzhang, the county settling in the deep heart of WulingMountain. The next morning, he tended to the Aizhai hanging bridge just built and opened the traffic. With the length of 1176 meters and the biggest span between canyons among the worldwide, this steel truss hanging bridge was regarded as an important poverty alleviation capital project.After that, premier Wen visited Gongjianao village of Zhangjiajie and Guzhang county of western Hunan successively. At the same time, he gave sincere greeting to the teachers and students in Shuangxi and Maoping village of Guzhang.Saturday afternoon, Wen Jiabao chaired the cross-province poverty alleviation discussion meeting of Wuling area in Jishou.Translated by Symbol

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Shaoshan folk song has been listed among the third batch of Hunan's intangible cultural heritage items issued recently. Shaoshan City is pleased to announce Mao Aixia and Mao Jiyu as representative inheritors of the city's first intangible cultural heritage items.Legend has it that Emperor Shun once played Shao (music of Shun) on Shaoshan Mountain during his southbound trip and "when all nine parts of Xiaoshao music were completed, phoenix arrived appropriately", hence the place was named Shaoshan.In the gradual blending of the gentle and soft Shao music with local customs throughout history, the Shaoshan folk song, featuring varied tunes and beautiful melody, takes shape.Translator: Liu FenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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BEIJING, May 23 （Xinhua） -- More than 260 prefecture-level Chinese cities are building digital geographic systems to provide better services to citizens, the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation （NASMG） said on Wednesday.The NASMG said in a statement that over 100 of those cities have put their systems into full operation, including Taiyuan and Jincheng in Shanxi province, Huizhou and Foshan in Guangdong province, Yantai and Weihai in Shandong province.In the meantime, about 10 lower-level counties have also finished the construction of digital geographic systems.The digitalization of cities has become an important instrument for the government's decision making, and also helped improve citizens' quality of life, the NASMG explained.The statement said the country will build a digital geographic framework of China by 2015.It said the NASMG will choose some cities with well-developed digital geographic systems as pilot sites to build "smart cities," referring to urban centers administered with intelligent technology such as cloud computing.Source: Xinhua

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The firework show of Central China Expo opening in Changsha-the capital city of Hunan Province sets five world records. The first 100 ,000 sq m rectangular LED firework show on water in the whole world; The longest and largest firework picture supported by the steel-wire net with a length of 856 meter; The pioneer of a diverse firework show ,a mixture of lasers,lights,music and firework controlling; The initiator to combine firework show with natural scenery for a panoramic view; The most accurate and frequency firework show tops 200,000 times. Supported by Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government ,this firework is the most splendid one all over the world ,and technically,surpasses that of Beijing Olympic Games and Shanghai Expo. Six ships' gentle coming marks the opening show,which on the behalf of six provinces in central China.Suddenly ,six beam of lights soaring to the sky for welcoming all the guests.Then all the firework pictures of Zhou dunyi (a philosophy ) Wang fuzhi (a thinker)Wei yuan(a statesman and writer) Chairman Mao and Qu yuan (a statesman and poet) and the surrounding natural scenery come into eyes,which earn a thunderous scream and praises.In closing, six ships each with a cultural symbol are sailing into the sea with dignity . Translated by Aileen

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On the night of May 20th, Avenue of Stars screened a special program——“On the Wings of Song”, because of National Day of Assistive, which was broadcasted in the CCTV variety channel. Obviously, a good cast of characters was seen that night. Besides past contestants in Avenue of Stars like Li Yugang, Wang Erni and many other famous stars, as well as the lineup consisted of Paralympic champions such as Li Rui, Yang Bozun, Wang Ruixue, and Jiang Fuying. There were also numerous talented disabled people invited to show here. The Zhangjiajie blind girl Liu Sai, who won the champion of CCTV Avenue of Stars in 2011, offered a song “listen to the world”. According to this song, Liu Sai eulogized disabled people who pursued their lives stubbornly. At the same time, it gave great encouragement to those disabled children on the set. Using this song, Liu Sai gained warm applause.Translated by Becky

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