Changsha Mayor Zhang Jianfei met with Mr. Kep Chuktema, mayor of Phnom Penh, Cambodia who led a delegation to Changsha for a friendly visit. The two sides signed a letter of intent to enter into a formal Sister City relationship.The two sides intended to carry out friendly cooperation and communications on the basis of mutual benefit, to formally sign the agreement on establishing sister city relations when the time is ripe, to develop various communications and collaborations in fields of economy, trade, education, culture, agriculture, tourism, health and personnel, to arrange mutual visits between governments and enterprises, and to offer warm reception to visitors.Mayor Zhang extended sincere welcome to the five delegates and briefed them on the social and economic development of Changsha City. He said that, as two developing cities in developing countries, the two sides should carry out a variety of exchanges and cooperation to realize win-win results.Mr. Kep Chuktema expressed his gratitude for the hospitality they received in Changsha and said that officials and relevant departments from the two cities should hold regular exchanges to facilitate the coordination and discussion on issues of common concern.Translator: Liu FenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2011-06-14 00:48 View：1667

The Luzhou Laojiao Cup Gala to celebrate the implementation of Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Law and Presenting Ceremony of Hunan's First Accreditation of Intangible Cultural Heritage was held in Changsha on the evening of June 12. The programs performed on the gala were representative of intangible cultural heritage items. The opening dance Huayao Minority Girls presented the scene of Huayao minority girls in Longhui County happily frolicking in the village after farming work, which embodied the girls' satisfaction with present life and a great longing for a better life in the future. Going through recommendation, re-exanimation, review, primary selection, public notice, inspection, voting and final appraisal, the accreditation activity lasted for five months and finally chose Hunan's ten most charming intangible cultural heritage items and recipients of other three awards. Wang Xiaoqin, vice chairwoman of the CPPCC Hunan Provincial Committee and veteran comrade Zhu Dongyang presented awards and conferred plates to the finalists winning the four major awards. Vice Chairwoman Wang and other leaders went onto stage to give ten people such as Lei Xiaoda the Special Contribution Award for protecting the intangible cultural heritage.Translator: Xie LingliSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2011-06-13 00:56 View：1762

Various theme activities were held across Hunan's provincial capital Changsha to mark China's 6th Cultural Heritage Day falling on June 11, 2011.It is the first Cultural Heritage Day celebrated in the country after the passage of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Law of the People's Republic of China (Hereinafter referred to as the ICH Law) on June 1 this year.Hunan Provincial Department of Culture commenced a series of intangible cultural heritage exhibitions, performances and promotion activities across the province to publicize the law.According to the preliminary statistics, 158 promotion activities have been carried out in Hunan to celebrate the Cultural Heritage Day, involving a participation of 1.7762 million people.Promotion booths were set up in Changsha City to distribute the ICH Law and relevant publicity materials.In addition, a special symposium on Intangible Cultural Heritages in Hunan was well received by the public.Translator: Liu FenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2011-06-12 00:53 View：1657

Good rain knows the time, the Dragon Boat Festival for three consecutive days of rain, not only greatly eased the drought in southern China appeared,and also to bring clouds Zhangjiajie scenic spot. June 7 morning, after the rain, sunny,Zhangjiajie scenic spot the white clouds will Tianzishan "Zhangjiajie Landscape " behave like Wonderland general.Many tourists and photographers take the ropeway up the mountain early to watch and photograph this rare natural beauty.Originally peaks such as bonsai general landscape, Wulingyuan more Penglai fairyland in the clouds.  

News 2011-06-10 22:54 View：4867

One of the world’s top directors, a sci-fi aficionado–James Cameron–has been tipped to become the first tourist to take a trip to the Moon.The man behind the two highest-grossing blockbusters in history, Avatar and Titanic, has reportedly purchased a $150 million ticket from Space Adventures, a US company organizing exclusive trips to the International Space Station. Only two seats on board the flight of the Russian Soyuz spacecraft are reportedly up for grabs, with the highly-anticipated flight scheduled to take place in 2015. Canadian-born Cameron has been dreaming of space for years. Back in 2000 he had reportedly passed a number of medical exams to get fit for a historic flight to Russia’s landmark Mir space station. Needless to say, the trailblazing Hollywood director was planning to go on the space mission with his camera. He has maintained friendly and professional ties with the team of Mir scientists since 1997, when the experienced Russian explorers were involved in shooting of Titanic.

News 2011-06-10 22:54 View：4737

June 8, Zhangjiajie City, Mayor Zhao Xiaoming on the U.S. "Avatar" a sequel film is scheduled to meet Chinese-American Emma Li and Charlie Wang.The film production process for several years, the United States "Avatar" movie with a lot of beautiful scenery elements of Zhangjiajie, Zhangjiajie and knowledge. "Avatar" also failed to notify over Zhangjiajie. Today, more than the event last year, according to several U.S. sources said that the director wanted to make Cameron "Avatar" sequel. Chinese-American Miss Emma Li and Mr. Charlie Wang now lives in Boston, is mainly engaged in international arts and cultural international exchange activities. They said that in March 2010 (China on "Avatar" the argument of the day), they have been with the U.S. film "Avatar," director in charge of the office have had two in-depth nature, serious discussion.During the meeting, Miss Emma Li and Mr. Charlie Wang repeatedly to elaborate on their role as a bridge, and want to get Authorized agent on this matter of Zhangjiajie Government. Zhao Xiaoming said: This is done by Zhangjiajie Municipal Tourism Association and the first non-official authorized to access. Finally, the two sides to expand Zhangjiajie tourism market in the eastern United States, for the communication and exchange of views.

News 2011-06-09 22:44 View：2558

President of the French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China (CCIFC) Gan Anyi headed a delegation for Hunan on June 8 at the invitation of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Hunan Sub-council and China Chamber of International Commerce Hunan Sub-chamber.During their stay, their part signed a cooperation agreement with China Chamber of International Commerce Hunan Sub-chamber with the witness of Vice Director of the Standing Committee of Hunan Provincial People's Congress Chen Shuhong.Established in 1992, the organization is one of the largest and most robust overseas chambers of commerce and industry in China, which has more than 1,200 member companies.According to the agreement, the two sides are planning to hold regular economic and trade exchanges in hope of enhancing the communication and cooperation in areas of machinery and equipment, automobile, electronic information, agriculture, new energy, bio-pharmaceutical and environment protection.Vice Director Chen welcomed the delegation coming from afar. And he expected the two sides to propel mutual exchanges and cooperation in such fields as economy and trade, science and technology, education and environment protection by taking advantage of this opportunity.Translator: Xie JingjingSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2011-06-09 22:39 View：1797

Recently, from the Hunan Provincial Communications Department received the latest news. Zhangjiajie to Sangzhi highway construction, was the first priority in Hunan Province in 2011 included the construction of the project implementation plan; Anhua to Cili highway construction, are included in the first implementation of the 2012 Hunan Province, the construction project. In the near future, the completion of the two highways, the traffic would bring great Zhangjiajie Tourism convenient!

News 2011-06-08 22:42 View：1766