On the small holiday(Labor Day), ZJJ Wulingyuan scenic area welcomes 230,300 Visitors,Which increasing 11.95% than last year. ZJJ Wulingyuan makes full emergency preparedness due to various stakeholders in the brigade unit, With scientific dispatching command, So it does not appear significant tourist complaints and disputes.Translated by Sophia

2014-05-12 12:20 View：864

On little long holiday, A comprehensive display of “China’s best tourist cave” Wulingyuan huanglong cave scenery picture album “The beautiful wonder huanglong hole” was published in public.The scenery picture album consists of 60 huanglong hole scenery photography creations in recent five years. It uses light and shadow art to reflect the huanglong hole “Underground wonder” and beautiful pastoral scenery. Intoxicate with Chinese, English and Korean three languages, It has the high travel guide, art collection and photography exchange value.Translated by Sophia

2014-05-06 12:18 View：1314

On May 2nd, The world natural heritage Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan scenic area has a small travel peak. Many people turn in Tianzi mountain, Huangshi village, Water around four doors, Yuanjiajie, and so on.In order to ensure the orderly, Wulingyuan, According to the traffic status, makes reasonable tourist guide to ten miles galleries, Huangshi village and Yuanjiajie scenic spots. In order to ensure the visitors be in and out smoothly, The environmental passenger rail company selectes 229 eco-cars.In Wulingyuan district, Traffic policemen are along the main transportation. With adding more than two thousand new parking lots, more than 300 volunteers give guide service.Translated by Sophia

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The “Zhangjiajie National Forest Park Low-carbon Scenic Spot Implementation Plan” has recently been approved at Hunan’s low-carbon pilot program assessment meeting, marking the establishment of Hunan’s first low-carbon pilot scenic spot.The target of building zero-carbon scenic spot proposed in this plan conforms to the park’s development situation, and is of great significance to publicize the province’s low-carbon development strategy, ecological civilization construction and the park’s mode-transformation and quality upgrading.The park has always followed the principle of “protection first, and development second”, pushing for ecological civilization villages and an integrated development of scenic sites and villages in an innovative way. It is expected that by 2015, the park will take the lead in reaching greenhouse gas emission peak among China’s well-known scenic spots, and by 2018, it is projected to finish constructing China’s first zero-carbon scenic spot while realizing the objective of green building taking up 100% among newly-built constructions, and the usage rate of electric vehicle and bicycles accounting for 100% in public transportation.Translator: Hao JingruSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

2014-05-12 11:18 View：734

Women of Miao ethnic group wear bamboo hats as they prepare to take part in a folk festival in the Phoenix (Fenghuang) ancient city, central China's Hunan Province, May 6, 2014. Local citizens of Miao ethnic group celebrated the folk festival on April 6, the eighth day of the fourth month in Chinese lunar calendar. (Xinhua/Li Ga)Source:Xinhua

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Girls of Miao ethnic group celebrate a folk festival by singing on a boat in the Phoenix (Fenghuang) ancient city, central China's Hunan Province, May 6, 2014. Local citizens of Miao ethnic group and guests of Rukai ethnic group from the Pingdong county in southeast China's Taiwan gathered in the Phoenix ancient city to celebrate the folk festival, which falls on the eighth day of the fourth month in Chinese lunar calendar. (Xinhua/Li Ga)People of Miao ethnic group (L) and Rukai ethnic group (R) celebrate a folk festival in the Phoenix (Fenghuang) ancient city, central China's Hunan Province, May 6, 2014. Local citizens of Miao ethnic group and guests of Rukai ethnic group from the Pingdong county in southeast China's Taiwan gathered in the Phoenix ancient city to celebrate the folk festival, which falls on the eighth day of the fourth month in Chinese lunar calendar. (Xinhua/Li Ga)Source:Xinhua

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The Hunan Provincial Railway Department revealed on May 6 that the preliminary design scheme of Huaihua-Shaoyang-Hengyang railway has been approved by the China Railway Corporation and the Hunan Provincial People's Government. The project to be commenced at the end of this June is scheduled to be completed in four and a half years. This project would reduce the travel time from Huaihua to Hengyang to less than 2 hours, five hours shorter than the original journey along Hunan-Guizhou Railway via Loudi City and Zhuzhou City.The new state-level railway grade I covers 318 kilometers with the designed speed for passenger trains 200km/h. It will transport 50 pairs of passenger trains per day and 50 million tons of cargo per year.With a total investment of 32.4 billion yuan, the railway will greatly shorten the distance among north-western China, south-western China, Western Taiwan Straits Economic Zone and Pearl River Delta. The exploitation of tourism and mineral resources along the route will be boosted. The railway is expected to better facilitate the industrial transfer from Pearl River Delta and Western Taiwan Straits Economic Zone.Translator: Guo YanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On May 4, Chen Li, member of the Hunan Photographers' Association (HPA), returned from London, England, with great honor. His winning image, "Rain in an ancient town", stood out in selected display of the Sony World Photography Awards, hosted by the World Photography Organisation (WPO), making him the general champion of open photographer and honoring him the title of annual photographer, which is a great achievement in this event. This is the first time that a Chinese contestant has been awarded as the general champion in this event. Chen Li is from Fenghuang County of Hunan Province. His work "Rain in an ancient town" was drawn from the Fenghuang ancient town, portraying his affection and love for his hometown. The work presents the theme of misty and rainy Fenghuang, with ancient residential buildings as background and typical Chinese stone mounds s as foreground. It adopted slow shot technique, combining Chinese traditional artistic style and modern photographing techniques, fulfilling spiritual worth. The Sony World Photography Awards, hosted by WPO, is one of the most influential photography awards in the world. This event included four categories- open group, professional group, youth group, and professional student group, and over 100 thousand works of photographers from all over the world participated in the contest. Translator: Hao JingruSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

2014-05-07 11:10 View：1002

Hunan Provincial People’s Government, China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd. and Hunan Airport Management Group officially signed a tripartite agreement on joint operation of Guangzhou-Changsha-Frankfurt Flight on the afternoon of May 4. As Hunan’s first nonstop international flight to Europe, it will play a positive role in accelerating Hunan’s economic and social development and vigorously promoting the rise of central China.Hunan Provincial People’s Government has attached great importance to the opening of this flight and held many conferences for its coordination and preparation. Following the example of customs clearance mode adopted by Guangzhou-Urumchi-Moscow Flight, a special hall for international transit has been set up in the interlayer of Changsha Huanghua International Airport. A rented VIP lounge for international guests has been provided with a fixed lounge bridge. Passengers can get “a through ticket” and enjoy other transit services. Initiated by the Port Administration Office of Hunan Provincial People’s Government, the policy of 72-hour visa-free stays has been launched. The Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Hunan Province has made great efforts to ensure quick visa application to Germany for tour groups and individuals, as well as for official and business purposes. In addition, great efforts have been exerted to gradually improve hardware and software conditions for international transit in an attempt to support the operation of this flight.Translator: Wang XiaoluSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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CHANGSHA, May 4 (Xinhua) -- China Southern Airlines will launch the first direct air route between Germany and central China's Hunan Province, the company announced on Sunday.The route, which will link Frankfurt, Hunan's provincial capital Changsha and the southern metropolis of Guangzhou, will begin operation on June 23 with three round-trip flights a week, the airline said in a statement.Using Airbus A330-200 planes, outbound flights will leave every Monday, Wednesday and Friday and take off at 9:30 p.m. from Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province. The plane will arrive in Changsha at 10:45 p.m., and head for Frankfurt 70 minutes later, according to the statement.The opening of the route will help Hunan travellers save between five and eight hours in transfer time and cut their costs by 1,000 to 3,000 yuan (160 to 479 U.S. dollars). Currently passengers in the province traveling to Europe have to take connecting flights via Shanghai, Guangzhou and Beijing.A transfer hall will be set up at Changsha Huanghua International Airport's arrival lounge to speed up transit, the statement said.The airport will also allow 72-hour transit visa exemptions and facilitate visa applications for Germany.As the biggest airport in Germany and one of the largest in Europe, Frankfurt Airport is a major air hub for passengers and goods. Official statistics show that Frankfurt is the destination for nearly half of annual Germany-bound travellers from China.China Southern Airlines is China's largest airline by fleet size.Source: Yang Yi

2014-05-05 11:07 View：715