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

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ZJJ Grand Gorge received 26 thousand domestic and foreign guests, Increased more than 8% than the same period of last year.A sampling survey revealed that guests not only speak highly of the fair ecological environment and clean fresh air, but also praised the fine service in the scenic area. “It is not enough to just spend 3 days here. It is a good place to foster health life and go on a vacation.” Mr Li, A guests from Shenzhen said.During the first 2 days, It was sunny. Streams, rainfall, mountains and bridges under blue sky and white clouds made domestic and foreign guests breathtaking to enjoy a healthy relaxing ecological trip. Though it was rainy on the third day, it would not damped the guests. The gorge was surrounded by spreading mist above the stream, like a wonderland.ZJJ Grand Gorge carried out a human and convenient serve though measures like setting up consultant desks in key crossing, issuing useful materials for self-driving guests. Thus, a good order was kept in there during 3-day holidays.Translated by Zumi

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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

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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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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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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

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On April 29th, Zhangjiajie national forest park ticket management station was awarded the 2014 national pioneer group.The station is located in the entrance of Zhangjiajie national forest park. It is one of the main window for the domestic and overseas tourists to visit the World Natural Heritage Wulingyuan.In 2013, It launched a smiling recount channel, All-weather standardized service with a smile. At the same time, The service staff also carryed out standardized services, Considerate service and sincere service. All of these were well received by domestic and overseas tourists. It set up a good image of Wulingyuan.Translated by Sophia

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On the first day of Small Vacation, Zhangjiajie national forest park has a small tourism peak. According to incomplete statistics, Nearly ten thousands of tourists enjoy fresh travel in Zhangjaijie.Tourists are intoxicated with the landscape. The big oxygen bar makes visitors enjoy mountain scenery. In addition, in order to let visitors travel more convenient and quick understanding of information, in Huangshi village scenic area, people set up wisdom park equipment. Visitors through touching screen, know the location of the scenic area of the map, The current address and experience the fun of wisdom travel.Translated by Sophia

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