Gao Xiaosong (R), a famous Chinese pop song composer, arrives at the 2013 Zhangjiajie International Country Music Week, in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province, Aug. 31, 2013. The five-day music week, which attracted 22 overseas bands and eight domestic bands in total, kicked off Saturday in the famous tourist attraction Zhangjiajie.Colombian musician David Frandal (R) performs at the 2013 Zhangjiajie International Country Music Week, in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province, Aug. 31, 2013. The five-day music week, which attracted 22 overseas bands and eight domestic bands in total, kicked off Saturday in the famous tourist attraction Zhangjiajie.A member of the "Making Faces" from the US performs at the 2013 Zhangjiajie International Country Music Week, in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province, Aug. 31, 2013. The five-day music week, which attracted 22 overseas bands and eight domestic bands in total, kicked off Saturday in the famous tourist attraction Zhangjiajie.Gao Xiaosong (L), a famous Chinese pop song composer, communicates with the audience attending the 2013 Zhangjiajie International Country Music Week, in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province, Aug. 31, 2013. The five-day music week, which attracted 22 overseas bands and eight domestic bands in total, kicked off Saturday in the famous tourist attraction Zhangjiajie.Source:Xinhua

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Hu Zhongxiong, mayor of Yiyang and deputy secretary of the CPC Yiyang Municipal Committee, led a government delegation to visit Bulgan Province of the Mongolian People's Republic, Almaty City and Ust'-Kamenogorsk City in East Kazakhstan Province of the Republic of Kazakhstan for economic and cultural exchange from August 21 to 29, 2013.  Hunan Provincial Baishaxi Tea Industry Co., Ltd. and Bulgan Trade Union inked a joint trade agreement of Anhua Black Tea in Mongolia. During the visit in Kazakhstan, Yiyang government team carried out inspection in modern cities like Astana, capital city of Kazakhstan, and Almaty city, the third biggest of the Commonwealth of the Independent States (CIS). Mayor Hu met with the president of the Industrial and Commercial Administration of Almaty and signed a memorandum to promote Anhua Black Tea. The delegation signed a friendship agreement with Ust'-Kamenogorsk City in East Kazakhstan Province of Kazakhstan. Meanwhile, the two cities reached agreement on industry cooperation during the meeting.  Translator: Wang BilianSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Nearly 200 Harley-Davidson Motor riders from home and abroad gathered in Changsha on the evening of August 30 to set out to the main venue of the 2013 Zhangjiajie International Country Music Week, 300-plus kilometers away. The perfect combination for riding and music brought fashionable element to the event. Translator: Tang LiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal   

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The Department of Commerce of Hunan Province and the Trade Development & Cooperation Center of CCPIT announced on August 30 that the 7th China (Hunan) International Food Expo is to be held at Hunan International Conference & Exhibition Center from November 8 through 11, 2013.  The annual expo, the most influential one in central China, has become a great event for Hunan food industry. The expo is themed “Green, Safety, Development”. Its exhibition area covers nearly 22,000 square meters, with 800 standard booths being established. Over 600 domestic and international food and relevant enterprises will be invited, regarding food raw materials, agricultural and sideline products, cold and fresh food, dairy beverages, tobacco products, confectionery, health food, children's food, packaging machinery, marketing services, etc. Among them, green food exhibitors account for over 45%. The expo will attract not only various local food, but also Taiwan food, Vietnam specialty, Thailand cate, Malaysian tea, German beer, etc. The organizing committee of the expo says that more than 70,000 people are expected to attend the expo for visit, business negotiation, and procurement. Translator: Lv XuefenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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According to the Shaoyang Municipal People’s Government on August 28, Shaoyang Wugang Airport officially made its preparation work on August 27 to ensure the starting construction at the end of October. Approved by the State Council and the Military Commission of the CPC Central Commission, the civil airport is a feeder airport in China. To meet an annual throughput of about 250,000 visitors and annual freight delivery of 500 tons in 2020, a runway of 2,600 meters, a terminal of 3,000 square meters, and 4 places for planes at station site will be built in the current phase of the project. The airport will also be equipped with production facilities regarding communication, navigation, weather, fire rescue, and power, water and oil supply. The airport is located near Hetang Village of Toutang Township in Wugang City, with a total investment of 957 million yuan. Filling the blank of civil airport in central Hunan, the project is beneficial for improving Hunan’s layout of civil aviation airports, enhancing external traffic of Shaoyang and its neighboring areas, optimizing investment environment, and propelling local economic development and tourism resources exploration led by Langshan Mountain. Translator: Zhu Mengxia Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

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The first 8 volunteers for the 2013 Zhangjiajie International Country Music Week arrived in Zhangjiajie on the morning of August 29. Through careful selection for three months, 8 teachers and students from Shanghai International Studies University, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, and Zhejiang Yuexiu University of Foreign Languages are singled out to serve as interpreters of various languages such as Hindi, Russian, Spanish and German. The event is slated for August 31. These volunteers will officially launch their work after receiving a series of trainings on reception etiquette, local customs and featured products, and background information about the music week. During the previous two sessions of the event in 2009 and 2011, volunteers played an excellent role in providing sound services for musicians from all over the world. Yue Ni, a volunteer from Indonesia in this session and the winner of Indonesia Preliminary Contest for the 9th “Chinese Bridge” Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students, said that as it was the first time for her to be a volunteer at such a great event, she felt excited and nervous and would fully prepare for the volunteer work. Translator: Wang XiaoluSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Train NO K181:Guilin to Liuzhou 15:46PM－18:02PM；Soft sleeper tickets Cost CNY119/PP+Service charge CNY20/PP=CNY139/PP；Hard-seat tickets Cost CNY29/PP+Service charge CNY10/PP=CNY39/PP

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From October 13th to 15th,2013,The 2nd Wing-outfitted Flight World Championship will be held in ZJJ Tianmen Mount. Top eight competitors of last season will contend with this year’s 8 competitors standing out from preliminaries.According to the sponsor, competitors will have to fly down from a cliff which has a altitude difference of about 700 meters and continuously make three-time turns in the gorges with a hourly speed of 120 kilometers. They will time it until competitors cross the ropeway line finally. Who uses the shortest time will win.Wing-outfitted Flight World Championship is the first globally wing-outfitted flight competition. In October, 2012, The first season was also held in Tianmen Mount, Zhangjiajie City.Translated by Becky

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On September 4th, The closing ceremony of 2013 Zhangjiajie International Country Music Week, Zhaobenshan will head all seven seasons’ actors of Country Love Story to gather together for the first time.Besides splendid performance that will be brought by 33 top country music bands from all over the world during 2013 Zhangjiajie International Country Music Week, closing ceremony is also a watching focus. Not only the previous 6 seasons’ actors of Country Love Story will get together, but also newly confirmed actors of Country Love Story 7 will appear on the stage of 2013 Zhangjiajie International Country Music Week. They will show comedy skits and the northeast song-and-dance duets and exchange with international country music artists.Translated by Becky

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White Water Cave scenic zone, situated in Xinshao County, Shaoyang City in central Hunan, long before Ming Dynasty, is a resort favored by poets and literary men.“A Journal of White Water Cave”by poet in Qing Dynasty ever recorded beauty of White Water Cave.Shaoyang White Water Cave is famous for its elegant mountain and serene water, magical cave and stone, rich human landscape and literary. At present, here stands over 480 scenic spots with 30 first-grade spots and 8 important provincial preserved cultural relics. Natural scenery includes Luoshan Reservoir, flowing spring and flying waterfall, underground karst caves group, thin strip of sky, heaven’s door in cave, white dragon cave etc.Shaoyang White Water Cave is of splendid beauty. The most wonderful waterfall must be flying rainbow waterfall and water curtain waterfall. It does not exist in Zhangjiajie,Nor Suoxiyu scenic zone. It belongs to White Water Cave’s unique beauty. Flying waterfall down from one-hundred mile cliff with foggy water spraying and colorful rainbow formed when sunlight shoots in weave picturesque scenery. Walking through under rock inside waterfall, tourists could see another higher, larger, more beautiful waterfall. It’s really a wonderful experience.By Patricia

2013-03-28 01:34 View：2784