The 2015 Changde Tourism Festival is expected to kick off at the Liuye Lake on June 6. As a highlight, Changde Happy Waterworld, the world’s first water theme park on island, will officially unveil its curtain.Focused on the water culture, the waterworld is to be built into an amusement park for people of all ages. Apart from world-class water recreations, tourists can enjoy themselves at artificial beach, interactive water castle, SPA oasis and the world’s first lavender park on island. Visitors can also experience exotic customs here by appreciating performances by international elite teams from Russia, Brazil, etc.Translator: Yang ChengfeiHunan Official Web Portal

News 2015-05-20 16:38 View：711

Maidservants in the white dress serve the brides during a group traditional Han wedding in an ancestral hall in Rucheng, central China's Hunan Province, May 20, 2015. "May 20" in Chinese language is pronounced similar to "Wo Ai Ni", which means "I love you", and a traditional group wedding for 10 couples was held at the ancestral hall in Rucheng on Wednesday. The ancestral hall is a Chinese temple dedicated to deified ancestors and progenitors of surname lineages or families in Chinese culture. And today the ancestral hall in Rucheng has become the place to protect and inherit the traditional culture. (Xinhua/Li Ga)A bride and a bridegroom show the eggs symbolizing long-lasting perfection at a group traditional Han wedding in an ancestral hall in Rucheng, central China's Hunan Province, May 20, 2015. "May 20" in Chinese language is pronounced similar to "Wo Ai Ni", which means "I love you", and a traditional group wedding for 10 couples was held at the ancestral hall in Rucheng on Wednesday. The ancestral hall is a Chinese temple dedicated to deified ancestors and progenitors of surname lineages or families in Chinese culture. And today the ancestral hall in Rucheng has become the place to protect and inherit the traditional culture. (Xinhua/Li Ga)Maidservants in the white dress serve the brides during a group traditional Han wedding in an ancestral hall in Rucheng, central China's Hunan Province, May 20, 2015. "May 20" in Chinese language is pronounced similar to "Wo Ai Ni", which means "I love you", and a traditional group wedding for 10 couples was held at the ancestral hall in Rucheng on Wednesday. The ancestral hall is a Chinese temple dedicated to deified ancestors and progenitors of surname lineages or families in Chinese culture. And today the ancestral hall in Rucheng has become the place to protect and inherit the traditional culture. (Xinhua/Li Ga)Food is seen at a group traditional Han wedding in an ancestral hall in Rucheng, central China's Hunan Province, May 20, 2015. "May 20" in Chinese language is pronounced similar to "Wo Ai Ni", which means "I love you", and a traditional group wedding for 10 couples was held at the ancestral hall in Rucheng on Wednesday. The ancestral hall is a Chinese temple dedicated to deified ancestors and progenitors of surname lineages or families in Chinese culture. And today the ancestral hall in Rucheng has become the place to protect and inherit the traditional culture. (Xinhua/Li Ga)Brides and bridegrooms attend a group traditional Han wedding in an ancestral hall in Rucheng, central China's Hunan Province, May 20, 2015. "May 20" in Chinese language is pronounced similar to "Wo Ai Ni", which means "I love you", and a traditional group wedding for 10 couples was held at the ancestral hall in Rucheng on Wednesday. The ancestral hall is a Chinese temple dedicated to deified ancestors and progenitors of surname lineages or families in Chinese culture. And today the ancestral hall in Rucheng has become the place to protect and inherit the traditional culture. (Xinhua/Li Ga)Source: Xinhua

News 2015-05-19 16:36 View：1215

In recent years, Hunan has witnessed rapid development in environmental protection industry. According to the Environmental Protection Department of Hunan, Hunan has been included in the top ten list of China’s environmental protection industry. Its number of environmental protection enterprises has increased from 760 in 2008 to over 1,100 in 2014, with the output value growing from 40.7 billion yuan to 135 billion yuan. At present, Hunan has three environmental protection enterprises with a turnover of one billion yuan. The environmental sanitation equipment produced by Environmental Industry Company of Zoomlion Heavy Industry, with its 6 billion yuan of turnover in 2014, occupied the largest share in domestic market. The Yonker Environmental Protection Co., Ltd. has made great efforts in such fields as air pollution control, refuse disposal and soil remediation, earning a revenue of over 0.9 billion yuan. Statistics showed that the annual growth rate of output value of Hunan environmental protection enterprises has reached above 25% in recent years.The rise of “Green Hunan” has relied greatly on its strong research and development as well as advanced environmental protection technology. Now Hunan has over 10 national and provincial research centers in heavy metal pollution prevention and industrial waste gas pollution control. With the combination of industry, university, research center and capital, Hunan environmental protection enterprises have taken part in the decision-making in formulating national environmental standards and have taken the lead in zero release of industrial furnace, control of PM 2.5, plant environmental management, heavy metal pollution regulation and environmental monitoring.Translator: Zhu MengxiaHunan Official Web Portal

News 2015-05-18 16:34 View：667

May 15th, 2015, Okay Airways opened direct routes (Zhangjiajie to Guilin & Zhangjiajie to Wuhan). Greatly improving the Zhangjiajie Tourism traffic convenience.Fly Date: May-October.1.Between:Zhangjiajie and WuhanBK2801：Weekly 1,2,3,4,5,6,7;Zhangjiajie to Wuhan  07:40am-08:55am;BK2802：Weekly 1,2,3,4,5,6,7;Wuhan to Zhangjiajie  09:25am-10:40am;2.Between:Zhangjiajie and GuilinBK2759：Weekly 1,2,3,4,5,6,7;Zhangjiajie to Guilin  15:20pm-17:05pm;BK2760：Weekly 1,2,3,4,5,6,7;Guilin to Zhangjiajie  17:35pm-19:20pm;

News 2015-05-17 08:39 View：813

On May 2nd, After a rain, Zhangjiajie Huangshi village scenic spot has added green, with a pair of wonderland picture scroll of recurring gesture to meet visitors.Clearing the clear sky with white clouds stretch, standing at the top of the hill, people can overlook the beautiful scenery. Every leaf and petal free extension with new power to sway, sunshine on each person’s face with a surprise to find beauty, and Zhangjiajie Park Huangshi village is in silence.Translated by Sophia

News 2015-05-16 11:41 View：767

Farewell to little holiday, The world natural heritage huanglong scenic area still attracts many people.On May 6th, the principal of the scenic area has said, in the past four months, A total of 300,000 tourists from home and abroad has visited Huanglong hole, the growth of thirty percent year-on-year.Since earlier this year, Zhangjiajie Huanglong scenic area has launched a special VIP service, opened the regular night tour and upgraded the quality of the big folk cultural program misty rain in Zhangjiajie, and strengthened the ecological landscape configuration of the square. It makes Huanglong scenic area brighter.All of these improve reputation, and win the favor of the tourism market, becoming a major attraction for the Chinese and foreign visitors.ZJJ Huanglong scenic area is located in the east end of the world natural heritage site Zhangjiajie. With more than 30 years of development and construction, the tourism income is more than 100 million yuan, becoming tourist cave leader in China.On the brand construction, huanglong hole also gets synchronous development, is awarded “China’s best tourist cave”, “China well-known trademark”, the world famous tourist caves and other honorary titles.Translated by Sophia

News 2015-05-15 11:43 View：882

In recent years, Hunan has witnessed rapid development in environmental protection industry. According to the Environmental Protection Department of Hunan, Hunan has been included in the top ten list of China’s environmental protection industry. Its number of environmental protection enterprises has increased from 760 in 2008 to over 1,100 in 2014, with the output value growing from 40.7 billion yuan to 135 billion yuan. At present, Hunan has three environmental protection enterprises with a turnover of one billion yuan. The environmental sanitation equipment produced by Environmental Industry Company of Zoomlion Heavy Industry, with its 6 billion yuan of turnover in 2014, occupied the largest share in domestic market. The Yonker Environmental Protection Co., Ltd. has made great efforts in such fields as air pollution control, refuse disposal and soil remediation, earning a revenue of over 0.9 billion yuan. Statistics showed that the annual growth rate of output value of Hunan environmental protection enterprises has reached above 25% in recent years.The rise of “Green Hunan” has relied greatly on its strong research and development as well as advanced environmental protection technology. Now Hunan has over 10 national and provincial research centers in heavy metal pollution prevention and industrial waste gas pollution control. With the combination of industry, university, research center and capital, Hunan environmental protection enterprises have taken part in the decision-making in formulating national environmental standards and have taken the lead in zero release of industrial furnace, control of PM 2.5, plant environmental management, heavy metal pollution regulation and environmental monitoring.Translator: Zhu MengxiaSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2015-05-13 17:13 View：671

This year, ZJJ Wulingyuan scenic area has received more than 83,000 South Korean team visitors.According to understand, with a total of 120,000 overseas team visitors, it is up 13% from a year earlier.The top five countries and regions which come to Zhangjiajie, in turn, is South Korea, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong.South Korean tourist facilities accounted for about 68%, year-on-year growth of 27%.Translated by Sophia

News 2015-05-13 11:41 View：798