Recently, in the sixth tourism leisure EXPO in Hunan, more than 180,000 viewers saw the dragon ladder propaganda film and Zhangjiajie scenery.In the film, the dragon ladder and the sublime beauty of Zhangjiajie received consistent high praise, by many businessmen and tourists at home and abroad.It is reported, Hunan tourism leisure EXPO since its first exhibition in 2010, has successfully held five sessions, has become the largest central market and the most complete forms of the international tourism professional exhibition.Zhangjiajie the dragon ladder as an essential spot in Zhangjiajie, is the best way to Yuanjiajie. The dragon ladder has always been adhering to the people-oriented idea, at the same time of constantly upgraded, continued to improve its service idea. It wants to be the combination of the natural landscape and man-made miracle.Zhangjiajie Dragon ladder is known as “World first ladder”, running at 326m, with “The highest outdoor elevator” in the guinness book of world records.Translated by Sophia

News 2015-10-24 11:14 View：1022

The year of 2015 is the 10th anniversary of Hash House Harriers in Changsha. Hash House Harriers (abbreviated to HHH or H3, or referred to simply as hashing) is simply an international group of non-competitive running social clubs. To celebrate the event, a 6.5-kilometer hash run was reportedly held in Huatian Town of Huitang in Ningxiang County. More than 500 sports enthusiasts from home and abroad participated in.After the hash run, the participants visited scenic spots featured revolutionary significance and red culture such as Huaminglou, Huitang General Health Resort, and Miyin Temple in Weishan Mountain. Through the sightseeing tour around Ningxiang, they paid tribute to revolutionary martyrs while appreciating folk customs and beautiful scenery here.Translator: Xiao JuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2015-10-24 10:51 View：1341

Zhangjiajie local writer and tourism scholars Mr Dai Chuzhou published 《World Wonder Zhangjiajie》recently.《World Wonder Zhangjiajie》is a comprehensive, concise, scientific and authoritative tourism book. With the exquisite colorful pictures and a total of more than 250,000 words, It is divided into six chapters, including scenic spots, miao people and rhyme and tourism services.The publication of《World Wonder Zhangjiajie》serves people from all walks of life both at home and abroad, can also be used for assessment of Zhangjiajie UNESCO world geological park provide relevant material.Translated by Sophia

News 2015-10-23 11:15 View：1595

The Silk Road Forum 2015, was opened in Madrid on Wednesday with the participation of around 300 guests from over 30 nations and international institutions.The Forum is co-organized by the Development Research Centre of the State Council of China, the Centre for International Relations and Sustainable Development and the Chinese Embassy in Spain.The objective of the forum is to unite the Think Tanks of countries involved in the Silk Road and promote communication at an international level, with the aim of uniting institutions, promoting the flow of commerce and communication to build a high-end platform.The Director of the Development Research Center, Li Wei, commented in his opening speech that the initiative is an important tool to help escape the financial crisis and help establish stability and recovery in the global economy.He said the Silk Road and the Maritime Silk Road are also tools to escape structural contradictions and lead to the next phase of prosperity in the global economy.His speech also highlighted that in order to resolve regional and global structural contradictions, all nations need to cooperate and the solution to domestic structural contradictions in many countries also depends on cooperating with other nations.Li indicated that in order to build an immense and open economic 'Noah's Ark, we need to have the following relationships: first of all the relation between long term development and effort, while remaining realistic.Secondly relations between specific interests in each country and the common needs of the region; thirdly, competition and cooperation, and finally, cooperation on a regional and extra-regional level.China's ambassador to Spain Lu Fan said that Spain, which marked the western limit of the old Silk Road, was one of the creators on the Maritime Silk Road.This year is the tenth anniversary of the Integral Strategic Association between China and Spain and for that reason it is especially significant that this year's event is being held in Madrid.Wednesday also saw the opening of the International Think Tank Network for the Silk Road.The first Silk Road Forum was held in Istanbul, Turkey, this is the second and it is hoped that a Forum will now be held every year in a country which is on the Silk Road.Source: Xinhua

News 2015-10-23 10:44 View：1052

Located in the world natural heritage, Zhangjiajie world geological park museum has announced outward, in honor of being identified as hunan science and technology popularization base, from October 23rd to October 29th, Zhangjiajie world geological park museum “5D Experience” will be free to tourists worldwide to propaganda Zhangjiajie landform geology science knowledge.Zhangjiajie world geological museum has reopened after upgrading, which is an important tourist distributing center. It is also Zhangjiajie world geological park iconic venues for universal geological science knowledge. Museum, the introduction of new electronic reading machine, photoelectric 3D projection, sound and light combination of three-dimensional Zhangjiajie geological park sand table, etc. Especially in the world geological park, the world’s first integration of sound, light, electricity, audio-visual, body feeling shows in Zhangjiajie landscape “5D Experience” project, which becomes the new bright spot.Zhangjiajie world geology museum played an important role in the United Nations “Big test” in 2014. Experts of the United Nations have given high evaluation of Zhangjiajie world geological museum. They thought it was “The world’s best geological museum and the geological popular science education base”.As an important platform of the world natural heritage Zhangjiajie landform, Zhangjiajie world geological museum takes the lead in applying high-tech import scenic tour experience, for the global tourists and students to get more intuitive understanding of Zhangjiajie landscape changing process. It aims to promote and popularize knowledge of Zhangjiajie landform. Late October last year,experts through on-the-spot investigation and strict review by the science;technology department of Hunan province, Zhangjiajie the world geological museum is regarded for 9 bases in Hunan science and technology popularization.Translated by Sophia

News 2015-10-22 11:16 View：1407

The 14thHunan (International) Cultural Relics Expo was officially launched on the morning of Oct. 21.The launching ceremony coincided with a Cultural Relics Exhibition taking place from Oct. 21 to 25 at the fourth floor of Dalu Zhenbao (Treasure) Antique Market. More than 200 collections provided by Hunan Provincial Museum, Changsha Municipal Museum and collectors across the country are exhibited at the occasion. It is learned that even one collection alone is worth nearly one million yuan. Over 3,000 exhibitors from home and abroad and more than 30,000 antique enthusiasts are going to participate in the Expo.An antique lover appreciates the item displayed at the preview of the 2015 autumn antiquities & artifacts auction on Oct. 21.A set of jadeware of Warring States Period (475 - 221 BC) make debuts at the 14th Hunan (International) Cultural Relics Expo.A wooden statue of Sakyamuni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, carved by royal craftsmen in late Ming and early Qing dynasties, amazes visitors at the expo.Translator: Xiao JuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2015-10-22 10:54 View：667

Tourism visas for visitors to Britain from China are to be valid for two years as from 2016, Prime Minister David Cameron announced Wednesday.The extension of the visa period from the current six months is aimed at bringing significant benefits to the British economy by making it easier for visiting Chinese residents, said Cameron.A new 10-year multiple entry visa is to also be made available to Chinese visitors.At the same time, the mobile fingerprinting service which makes it easier to apply for a British visa is to be expanded from nine to 50 Chinese cities.Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office said the government was also discussing with the Chinese government the potential to expand the existing network of 12 British visa application centers.Cameron said: "China is becoming one of our fastest-growing tourism markets so making it easier and more convenient for Chinese visitors to come to the UK is extremely important.""That is why the announcement I'm making today is great news for our tourism industry and great news for the British economy enabling us to maximise Chinese spending power even further," he said."It will mean that Britain has the best offer in Europe for Chinese tourists and will build on our already strong people-to- people links, strengthening UK-China relations further," the premier said.Richard Dickinson, chairman of the UK-China Visa Alliance, said: "Prioritising longer lasting visas is a significant step forward in the campaign to encourage more Chinese visitors to the UK. It's great value and reduces the need to apply for a new visa for every trip. We warmly welcome this initiative."The standard six-month British visitor visa currently costs 85 pounds (132 U.S. dollars). The new two-year visitor visa and the 10-year visitor visa, when they are introduced, will cost the same as the standard visitor visa no matter how many visits are made.Chinese tourists currently contribute around 775 million U.S. dollars annually to the British economy with record numbers visiting Britain.Overall inbound tourism, one of Britain's fastest growing services, was worth more than 42 billion U.S. dollars to the British economy in 2013. It means the benefits of increasing Chinese tourism can also be seen in job creation, with an extra job created for every additional 22 Chinese visitors to Britain.British fashion brands are particularly popular with Chinese visitors, and visiting a luxury store is also reflected in high-spending across the Chinese market, with almost 40 percent of Chinese visitors heading to luxury stores, said a spokesman for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.Source: xinhuanet

News 2015-10-22 10:40 View：1513

China, Russia and Mongolia have signed a string of cross-border tourism cooperation agreements as part of the efforts to push the construction of the economic corridor among the three countries.The ten cooperation projects, worth 1.4 billion yuan (220 million U.S. dollars), were signed by government authorities and enterprises during the first China-Mongolia Expo which opened in Hohhot, capital of north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on Friday.They include cross-border tourism route development, tourism personnel training as well as hotel and resort zone construction. The trilateral cooperation involves a tourism route which links Hohhot, Ulaan Baatar, Ulan-Ude and Irkutsk."Cross-border tourism is an important part and platform of the China-Mongolia-Russia economic corridor," said Wei Guonan, head of the Inner Mongolia Tourism Administration.In 2014, Inner Mongolia received 810,000 tourists from Mongolia and 630,000 from Russia, statistics with the administration show.Source: Xinhua

News 2015-10-21 10:43 View：1311