The first Hengyang Tourism Commodities Fair is scheduled to be unveiled on May 12, 2012. The two-day event is to highlight the unique charm of local tourism commodities including a series of famous specialities in the city.The fair aims to promote R&D, manufacturing and marketing of Hengyang's characteristic tourism commodities, and further increase the added-value of tourism products and boost the city's tourism industry.Besides the opening ceremony and closing ceremony, the fair entertains visitors with three theme activities: Tourism Commodities Fair, Tourism Commodity Packaging Design Contest and Happy Tour in Hengyang in celebration of the coming China National Tourism Day on May 19. Folk customs in the city will also be presented at the opening ceremony.Translator: Guo YanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Recently, the tourism sectors in Jianghua County of southern Hunan's Yongzhou City, signed cooperation agreements with six travel agencies of Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other provinces, listing Jianghua as one of the tourist destinations in their promotions. And then, the tour themed as “Experiencing Yao Nationality” was initiated. Thousands of visitors from Hong Kong, Macao and Guangdong will experience the distinctive culture of Yao Nationality in Jianghua. These days, the county has received the first Hong Kong tour group, marking the official launch of the event.The Jianghua Yao Autonomous County is located in the southern border of Hunan Province and is known as the Town of Yao Nationality. There are nearly 50,000 mu （3,333 hectare） primitive forests, which is called “natural oxygen bar”. Since March this year, a Taiwan tour group consisting of 50 people started from Taipei, traveled to Lianzhou of Guangdong Province and then reached Jianghua. After visiting the Totem Wall, Changgu Copper Square, Panwang Temple and other scenic spots, they were deeply impressed by the profound culture of Yao and the natural beauty there.Translator: Li LingSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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The departure ceremony of retaking the tea road from China to Moscow will be held in Changsha this July, according to a press conference held in Changsha on April 12. In 1693, a business group dispatched by Russia to China excited the whole Beijing. Around 320 years later, a 120-camel group with tea from China will spend two years revisiting Moscow. Starting from Inner Mongolia, these camels will first go to Hunan to fetch tea. It will take seven months to cover a route of over 4,000 kilometers. The domestic event will be finished by the end of this year. Over this period, a series of activities will be held, including Tea Road Forum, the Photography Contest on Tea Road, and charity auction of the Chinese Tea Development Fund. During the 12th Five-Year period (2011-2015), endeavors will be made to build productive and high-quality tea parks covering an area of two million mu (about 133,333 hectares) and develop Hunan into a large and powerful province of green tea, Chinese black tea, yellow tea, and black tea, with the Chinese black tea to yield 100,000 tons. The foreign exchange earnings from tea export will hit 200 billion USD, and the output value of the tea industry will reach 50 billion yuan from 2011 to 2015 and 100 billion yuan by 2020. Translator: Lv XuefenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Guizhou and Hunan will strengthen the cooperation on tourism industry and jointly build the Hunan-Guizhou Golden Tourism Zone, in a bid to boost the bilateral tourism integration.The two sides inked the Framework Agreement on Enhancing the Strategic Cooperation between Guizhou and Hunan in Guiyang City on the evening of April 11. According to the agreement, mutual efforts will be exerted to build a Hunan-Guizhou Golden Tourism Zone and promote such quality tourist routes as Zhangjiajie-Fenghuang-Fanjing Mountain. Great endeavors will be made to integrate the red tourism resources, create classic red tourism routes, open up green channels for red tourism and explore the tourism resources of Qingshui River.The two provinces proposed to implement cross-provincial plan for tourism and leisure by co-organizing tourism cultural exchange meetings, tourism fairs as well as tourism promotion conferences. The two sides will also map out the tourism cooperation plan, with traffic lines as its link and key scenic spots as its base, so as to develop classic tourist routes.Translator: Ma HuiqinSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Recently, it was heard from Sangzhi County Energy Office that National Energy Administration,Ministry of Finance and Agriculture jointly issued  Sangzhi County ,Zhangjiajie was dubbed as the National Green Energy Model County with other 107 countys for its well-developed renewable energy sources exploration system.According to the policy, each model county will get financial assistance from central government ,which hits 25,000,000 RMB for developing and utilizing green energy.Such as biological energy, solar and wind power, geothermal energy, etc, which is in a bid to optimize the energy structure, drive the clean and modernization progress of rural energy, as well as improving peasants' living conditions.Translated by Aileen

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Exhibition: Close to Dongting Lake held in hunan Yiyang city10 April, with the support of Publicity  Dept and another departments of the CPC Yiyang Municipal Committee ,the two-month photo and specimen exhibition of wetlands wildlife was held in City Museum.Photos of wetlands birds shot by Lizhijian,a well-known photographer and specimens of endangered animals are the topic of this exhibition .The adoption of large mural paintings and imitated natural scenes contributes to show the beauty of Dongting Lake and natural environment of wetlands.The activities of prize-giving writing and excursion ,which related to protect animals and close to nature will follow correspondently.Translated by Aileen

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It is reported that the journey to Taiwan of guides in Zhangjiajie ,which aiming for  enhancing their comprehensive quality and promoting cultural communication ,started after mourning our national hero--Liu Mingdeng in April 2.This journey is estimated ten thousands li(a Chinese unit of length) from Zhangjiajie to Taiwan Island.Ten excellent guides will present cultural performances,viz.  Yangxi(a drama shaped in Zhangjiajie) ,folk songs and Tujia waving dance during the communication period in Taiwan . Translated by Aileen

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In 7 April ,the first Rapeseed flowers festival was held in Tongjinpu town,Zhanjiajie.The beauty of a sea of Rapeseed flowers attracted hundreds and thousands of visitors.Activities ,such as bike race,bonfire party,cultural performances and enjoying rape flowers etc were organized by the festival promoter.It is claimed that this festival will be lasted till Labor' s Day and aim at creating a good investing environment for building a brand of agricultural tourism.Translated by Aileen

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