The Hunan-Guangxi High-speed Railway is set to open to traffic on January 1, 2014. By then the travel time between Changsha and Nanning will be shortened from 15 hours to 6 hours. In an attempt to promote tourism development, seven cities along the high-speed railway formed a tourism cooperation alliance in Hengyang on September 13, setting up a fast and convenient tourism route from Hunan to Guangxi.The move is to follow the tourism trend of taking high-speed railways and experiencing a slow-lifestyle journey. The seven cities, including Hengyang, Yongzhou, Guilin, Liuzhou, Laibin, Nanning and Chongzuo, will grasp the opportunities upon the opening of the high-speed railway, which offers a "golden path" for tourism.The seven cities in the alliance nominated their typical scenic spots for unified promotion. The first batch of scenic spots to be promoted includes Hengyang's Shigu (Stone Drum) Academy, Yongzhou's Jiuyishan Mountain, Guilin's Xiangbizui (Elephant Trunk) Hill, Liuzhou's Miao Village, Laibin's Great Gorge, Nanjing's Jiulong Waterfalls and Chongzuo's Youyi (Friendship) Gate. According to the alliance agreement, after the opening of the Hunan-Guangxi High-speed Railway, these seven cities are supposed to set up tourism service centers at the stations to promote the scenic spots and release important tourism events.Translator: Wang XiaoluSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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From September 14th to September 15th, Lin Zhongsen, The chairman of Taiwan Straits Exchanges Foundation comes to Zhangjiajie for inspection along with his accompanies. Feng bo, The director of Hunan’s Taiwan affairs office and Liu qun, the member of Zhangjiajie’s standing committee and the director of Zhangjiajie united front work office, and join this inspection.On September 14th, Lin Zhong sen along with his accompanies visit Huangshi village, Yuanjiajie and Tianmen Mount and other scenic spots. They are deeply impressed by towering mountains and trees, and take photos whenever they come to a site.During this inspection, Lin Zhong sen inquires the construction and management in the site. He says as Zhangjiajie’s beautiful scenery is unique, tourism should be combined with public benefits when exploring resources, so that Zhangjiajie’s popularity can be expanded and enhanced. Besides, the communication and interacts between Zhangjiajie and Taiwan should be strengthened.They also appreciate the large landscape live musician drama–Tianmen Fairy Fox–New Liuhai Cutting Firewoods. Lin Zhong sen holds the drama is successful combination of tourism and ethnic culture.On September 15th, Lin Zhong sen along with personnel from the foundation have a meeting with some representatives from Taiwan investment companies in Zhangjiajie. Lin Zhong sen says the communication and cooperation between mainland and Taiwan are more frequent with 19 agreements and 9 meetings came to reality. The two sides also have made great agreements on bilateral economic and trade cooperation, high school exchanges. The Taiwan Straits Exchanges Foundation will strengthen the work to Taiwan business in mainland, build up mechanism for DSB and establish offices on both sides, which will create more conditions for Taiwan businessmen. On the meeting, Lin Zhong sen conducts contacts and solutions about the questions that put by Taiwan businessmen.By Crystal

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When 2013 ZJJ music week still remains its affection in the tourists’ heart, the opening ceremony stage of the music week triggers heat pursuit among tourists. On September 17th, tourists across the country take their cameras and take photos before the the opening ceremony stage.With a cover of 500 square meters, the opening ceremony stage revealed to tourists on August 25th. It sets the background by towering mountains and with the Tujia Diaojiao building on the left side. On August 31, 30 foreign music bands gathered here to uncover the opening ceremony of the 2013 ZJJ music week.“When I saw the reports about ZJJ music week on Hunan TV, I was impressed by the music week’s logo, especially the harmony between the stage and the surrounding scenery makes us feel very close to the music week” says a tourist from Shanghai.The person in charge of Yellow Dragon Cave Investment Co., ltd that undertook the three ZJJ international country music week indicates the country music week has become a infinite cultural symbol and settled in Zhangjiajie, and as a landmark attraction of the opening ceremony stage, it brings tourist a visual feeling and makes them feel more “Close to” the country music week.By Crystal

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On September 14, the third "Ancient City, Ancient Town and Ancient Village" Cultural Tourism Festival & Cultural Tourism Month across the Straits was launched in Huaihua, Hunan Province.Themed "Legendary Huaihua, a Paradise of Ancientry", the opening ceremony bubbled with songs and dances presented by performers in front of the Drum Towers of the Dong minority. The audiences savored the ancient culture as the performance went on or enjoyed the ancient view under the large screen at the site. Coming from Taiwan, some veterans of the Anti-Japanese War (1937-1945) even choired to memorize their victory over Japan in Zhijiang in 1945 and eulogize peace. It is reported that the festival aimed to demonstrate the profound historical and folk culture of Huaihua, to set up a cultural tourism brand of ancient city, ancient town and ancient village, and to promote the culture of peace in Zhijiang. Cooperating with such related areas as Hunan Province, Chongqing City, Guizhou Province and Guangxi Province, Huaihua will spare no efforts to boost the development of cultural tourism industry around the Wuling Mountain.Li Hui, mayor of Huaihua City, declared the festival open and extended her warm welcome to visitors from all around the country. According to the sponsor, such series of activities as the Promotion Seminar on Cultural Tourism across the Strait & the Strategic Investment Cooperation Agreement Signing Ceremony, Memorial Ceremony for Martyrs in the Anti-Japanese War and Workshop on Tourism of Culture of Peace will get started as well during the festival.Translator: Li XuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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The Third China Venture Capital Forum, organized by the Financial Affairs Office of Hunan Provincial People's Government and Securities Times and undertaken by the Hunan High-Tech Venture Capital Co., Ltd. (HTVC), was held in Changsha. Representatives from domestic renowned venture capital organizations aired views on low carbon economy, urbanization, the changes in technology, media, and telecom, etc.According to the speech delivered by Vice Governor of Hunan Province Sheng Maolin at the forum, more than 30 Hunan-based enterprises had realized private equity financing of 1.5 billion yuan by the end of this August. There are now over 300 venture capital enterprises in Hunan, with the registered capital exceeding 50 billion yuan.Since this year, Hunan has taken various measures to vigorously develop venture capital. A series of major project matchmaking events have been carried out, including the Training on the Overseas Listing of Hunan Enterprises in 2013 and the 2013 Forum on the Investment of Hunan Potential Enterprises for Going Listed.At the awarding ceremony held on the same day, President of the HTVC Huang Ming was crowned as China's Venture Capital Figure, and the HTVC was honored as the Most Competitive Venture Capital Institution.The Third China Venture Capital Forum is hosted in Changsha.Sheng Maolin, vice governor of Hunan Province, delivers a speech at the forum.Translator: Lv XuefenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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The opening ceremony of the 2013 China Shimen Citrus Festival was held on September 13, 2013 on the Orange Isle in Changsha. It is the first time that Shimen County (in Changde, Hunan) celebrates the citrus festival outside the county availing the opportunity of Hunan Tourism Commodities Exposition to let more people learn about Shimen County and its citrus.New promotion channels such as e-commerce platforms on websites like New Countryside (nc.mofcom.gov.cn), Supply and Marketing Cooperatives of Shimen County (shimen.coop168.com) and Shimen Citrus (www.shimenganju.com) were opened on the same day to further upgrade the citrus marketing platform and allow online purchase.Shimen County is the major production base of citrus in Hunan. The county’s citrus planting covers an area of 440,000 mu (about 29,333 hectares). Its annual production stands at 400,000 tons and the fruit has been exported to 16 provinces and municipalities nationwide and to nearly 30 overseas countries and regions like Russia, Canada and South Korea. The annual citrus festival has been held for 12 successive years since 2011. It functions as an effective platform for promoting Shimen County and marketing its citrus. Translator: Wang BilianSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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According Zhangjiajie Official Website, Zhangjiajie is preparing for the peak in the double festivals since September 18th.With the upcoming of Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, The city is to face another tourist peak. By the news from ZJJ Tourist Administration, Self-driving and Self-organized travelers should pay attention to the newest updated traffic source since the rebuilding of 5 roads in rural areas. Considering this situation, The Government will strengthen the work of traffic organization. In addition, To make sure of the safety and order of guests, the scenic area will put more guards on duty. The check and improvement for the scenic facilities will end before the festivals.By Zumi

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On September 15th, Du fanglu, member of ZJJ standing committee and executive vice mayor, meets the counselor–Ma Tianning and his accompanies from Wuhan French embassy. The two sides have friendly communications.Du fanglu first expresses his hearty welcome to Ma Tianning and his accompanies, and makes brief introduction about Zhangjiajie’s basic information. He indicates, as w young city in China, Zhangjiajie has only 25 years since it as a city; with minorities taking up over 70% of the total population, Zhangjiajie is endowed with rich tourism resources and profound cultural deposits, especially the unique“ZJJ landform”makes Zhangjiajie honor many international brands, such as“The first world natural heritage in China”, “The first batch world geo-park”; Zhangjiajie not only belongs to Zhangjiajie’s citizens, but also to the people across the whole world; he hopes Ma Tianning can have more journey in Zhangjiajie and the tw parties can carry out deep contacts on tourism, trade, sanitation, culture and education.Ma Tianning delivers his sincere gratitude to Zhangjiajie’s hearty reception and thinks highly of Zhangjiajie’s beautiful scenery. He exclaims he has learned Zhangjiajie’s beauty and wanted to visit Zhangjiajie once his take-over office; these French friends who are engaged in different businesses come to Zhangjiajie and wish to cooperate with Zhangjiajie in terms of tourism economy, sustainable development and culture exchanges.By Crystal

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