Being away from the hot weather is many visitors’ pursuit in this extremely hot summer vacation. Then Zhangjiajie becomes an ideal resort timely. Being continuously influenced by the policy of carrying out free ticket to students, tourist amount in world natural heritage site Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan steadily goes up.One day in August, core scenic spot of Wulingyuan received more than 37.7 thousand visitors in total, witnessing a year-on-year growth of nearly 11 percent. And this was the most tourist reception this year since the core scenic spot started to implement free ticket policy to primary and secondary school students under 19 years old.Translated by Becky

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Wulingyuan Scenic Area in Zhangjiajie witnesses a peak in student travel, summer relief voyage, and water-entertainment tours since July this year, receiving more than 1.4 million tourists at home and abroad.Despite the summer heat, Wulingyuan is still popular among tourists due to its surrounding sound ecological environment. The forest coverage rate in its core area is as high as 98%, with 80,000 to 100,000 negative oxygen ions per cubic centimeter. Ancient trees tower towards the sky, casting welcoming shade, and the forest has a great impoundage. Therefore, streams here still flow even without sufficient rainfall for a month. Scenic spots, such as Golden Whip Stream, Suoxi Lake, Yellow Dragon Cave, and Baofeng Lake, are particularly charming with their sweet-sounding streams.The scenic spot is famous as "natural air conditioner" and "natural oxygen bar" for its cool and unique climate and fresh air, a favorite summer resort. The People's Government of Wulingyuan District and the CPC Wulingyuan District Committee have prepared an emergency plan to battle summer heat, scientifically managing the resources like water and electricity, and focusing on storing and protecting water, thereby ensuring adequate supply for tourists and residents.Translator: Lv XuefenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Zhangjiajie version of Youth News-Tourist Special recently met with visitors on Beijing-Shenzhen high-speed rail. This is the first time for Wulingyuan to promote its world natural heritage at length.Current Youth News-Tourist Special showed rare Zhangjiajie landform, abundant national customs, transport lines, main receiving hotels, special foods and entertainment with pictures and accompanying essay, which making another attracting visiting card for the publicity of Wulingyuan.It is reported that after Youth News-Tourist Special was put into circulation on Beijing-Shenzhen high-speed rail, good repercussion was received so that many visitors were attracted to Wuliingyuan. One Guangdong visitor who intended to go to Beijing for traveling initially changed train in Changsha and came to visit Zhangjiajie for three days specially after reading Youth News-Tourist Special.Translated by Becky

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Since July 25th, Huanglong Cave scenic area launch the night tour, which favored by the market gradually. The scenic spot gaines over 2000 visitors at one night.In Summer, Zhangjiajie scenery is alone wonderful. Each big scenic spot has a shade of summer tourists piles. For the travel convenience of tourists, huanglong hole enriches the zhangjiajie tourism products, specially the summer night tour booking service. Visitors who want to travel huanglong hole, just make an appointment ahead of time, then people can enter the huanglong hole on or before 19:00PM in the evening. The ticket fares is unchanged, still RMB100/Person.Huanglong Cave scenic spot controller introduces, at night, the scenic area in addition reserves staff, also brights ecological square hole, to ensure the value of experience for all throughout the night visitors.Translated by Sophia

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Recently, Zhangjiajie Wulingyuan Business Bureau indicated that the investment promotion of broadly concerned Baofeng mountain holiday village has made substantial progress. The district government has signed a cooperation agreement with Shenzhen Sichuanghuike Investment and Development Company Ltd. According to this cooperation agreement, Shenzhen Sichuanghuike Investment and Development Company Ltd will initially invest 2 billion yuan (total investment is 5 billion yuan) on the construction of Wulingyuan international holiday village.It is reported that Wulingyuan international holiday village is famous forBaofengTemplewhich was firstly built in Song Dynasty. Baofeng mountain holiday village covers an area of about more than 5000 mu. And it is a large comprehensive holiday village that combines scenic sightseeing, entertainment and relaxing on holiday.Translated by Becky

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According to Quanzhou, Fujian Southeast China Moring Newspaper, the 2013 Young Reporters’ Summer Camp of Southeast China Moring Newspaper will open the camp activity on August 20, lasting for 6 days, of which ZJJ National Forest Park–the summer resort has become the first choice.The organizer of the activity introduces that their decision of Zhangjiajie as the first choice of the summer camp is not only for taking a fancy of the policy of free charge for global primary and secondary school students under the age of 19, but also taking much attention to Zhangjiajie’s landscape scenery with sound ecological environment and high-quality air, which can bring a happy journey full of words inspirations to these young reporters. Except experiencing freshness in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, they will take the number one elevator–Dragon Elevators to feel Avatar’s fairyland, and also visit Yellow Dragon Cave for exploring Karst landform.Before the release of the upcoming summer camp, many students and parents call for consultation and application.This summer camp’s first choice of Zhnagjiajie is epitome of ZJJ’s successful marketing promotion in Fujian market. In the middle of July, Wulingyuan launched tourism promotion activity in Fujian, which themed with“Away from summer heat, fresh in Zhangjiajie”. Especially, Wulingyuan signed with many travel agencies and media in Fujian in terms of tourism tour line promotion, gave ads subsidies and offered preferential awarding policy, which arouse large receptions among primary and secondary schools in Fujian.By Crystal

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The tryout of the Tenth World Robot Olympiad in China was held in the gym of Mingde Middle School of Changsha on August 10. More than 1,500 competitors from 326 teams of 24 provinces, municipalities, prefectures and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region participated in the five events including creation competition, football competition and green city competition. Contestants from Shanghai team installed the "robot cleaning glazed tiles of palaces of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1840)".Translator: Zhang MinsiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Relying on natural landscape，using the biggest waterwheel in Zhangjiajie as stage background, the stage is flowed through by a river in the front. The opening stage of international country music week which will be kept as a symbolic scenic spot is under construction now.The important festival activity international country music week was launched the count-down on its official website. International country music week is held every two years, and it has been kept as an important festival activity in Zhangjiajie. At the same time, the iconic stage which is set up between rice fields and a waterwheel, covering about 1000 square meters has also been kept along with international country music week. The organizer indicated that this birth land of international country music week, which is also a symbolic scenic spot and another newly increased spot of Yellow Dragon Cave will meet visitors on August 25th. On the occasion, much unexpected surprise will appear in this stage.Translated by Becky

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