The list of the 15th China's top 100 counties with most outstanding economic strength and basic competitiveness was released in Beijing on August 22.There are four Hunan counties from Hunan included, namely, Changhsa County, Liuyang City, Ningxiang County and Liling City.After ascending to the China’s Top 10 Counties list for the first time last year, Changsha County moved up one place to 8th this year, still playing a leading role in Midwest China. Liuyang City moved ahead to 28th from 60th in 2012, entering the Top 30 for the first time and making the fast progress in top 100 counties. Ningxiang County ranked 39th and improved the most increased by 11 places compared with the previous year. Liling County has increased by 2 places to 82th.Translator: Yang ChengfeiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Located at the Taihe Tower of Zhijiang Peace Cultural Park, the Hunan Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall was officially open to the public on August 21, initiating Hunan’s campaign of exhibiting the history of Anti-Japanese War.Director of the Publicity Department of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee Xu Yousheng (L) and vice chairman of the CPPCC Hunan Provincial Committee Liu Xiao (R) jointly unveil the plate of Hunan Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall.Exhibits at the Hunan Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall.Director Xu (R2) is visiting the exhibition.Exhibits at the Hunan Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall.Exhibits at the Hunan Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall.Translator: Wang XiaoluSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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The China Southern Airlines will launch the first direct flight from Changsha to Tokyo on October 26, 2015. Changsha passengers to go to Tokyo will never make a transfer. It will only take three and half hours from Changsha to Tokyo, to cut nearly half of the travel time.The flight will be operated by Airbus A320. Every Monday and Friday, it (Flight No.: CZ8415) takes off from Changsha at 9:00 and arrives at Tokyo International Airport at 12:30. Then, it (Flight No.: CZ8416) departs from Tokyo for Changsha at 13:30 and lands at 18:10. All the above time is Beijing Time.The China Southern Airlines has opened the regular flights from Changsha to Shizuoka and Osaka. With the season changes, the company plans to launch the flights from Changsha to Nagoya, Hiroshima and Fukuoka to provide various choices for Hunan passengers' Japanese tours.Translator: Lv XuefenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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A tea garden in Chenzhou, Hunan Province in Central China opened to visitors on August 18, 2015.The move is being welcomed by enthusiasts who want to experience tea harvesting while on country excursion.The city of Chenzhou is known for its tea culture and authorities hope moves like this will help boost local economy through tourism.Visitors attracted to tea picking in the tea plantations in Chenzhou, Hunan Province in Central China on August 18, 2015.Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

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In the scorching sun, the “Yuan River Boatmen Haozi” ballad was sung loudly by the boatmen working in the surging river. Recently, an ancient rafting scene reappeared in the Yuan River in Hunan’s Hongjiang ancient commercial city, also called China First Commercial City. A group of experienced boatmen whose upper bodies were bare were rowing the raft hard against the surging water while singing aloud the ancient haozi, performing the long lost “Yuan River Haozi”. The thundering sound of the Haozi once drifted along the banks of the Yuan River, the third largest tributary of the Yangtze River, but has been endangered since 1980’s due to the decline of water transportation. In recent years, the Hongjiang Region in Huaihua City called up and organized tens of long laid-off boatmen, and arranged for the “Yuan River Haozi” and had it spread among the public in order to inherit this intangible cultural heritage. Additionally, the activity of hewing bamboos, cutting bamboo strips, tying the rope, and tying rafts won the strong support of the old boatmen and the local people. Boatmen sing the Haozi (Labor Songs) while arranging the wooden boat by the Yuan River. Translator: Cui YiyangSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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From August 19th to 23rd, the Imperial Ice Stars dubbed “Ice Star Troupe” will perform at Hunan Grand Theatre.Imperial Ice Stars, a representative troupe of theatrical ice shows, was formed in 2004. To prepare for this show, Hunan Grand Theatre will cover its stage with 8-cm thick ice in a weight of about 12 tons.On the occasion, 26 World, European and National Championship winners from the troupe will show off their complex and stunning skating skills in the classic shows like Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake on ice, which is rare to see even in the Winter Olympics.Stage PhotoTranslator: Zhou XinSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On the morning of August 13, the 8th Tour de Hunan Cycling Race was launched in Qiaotou Village of Guidong County. A total of 150 cyclists from Russia, Turkmenistan, India, China and other countries were invited to the race. Translator: Lu XuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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The Environmental Protection Department of Hunan published on August 12 air quality indices of its 14 cities and prefecture in July. The days reaching standard hit 96 percent on average. According to the ranking, the top three cities are Jishou, Zhuzhou, and Zhangjiajie, while the bottom three ones are Loudi, Xiangtan, and Yongzhou. The Hunan Provincial Environmental Monitoring Center said that the number of days with air quality meeting the national standard (GB3095-2012) in the 14 cities and prefecture ranged from 86.7 percent to 100 percent in July. An average of four percent of days was moderately or lightly polluted, with the main atmospheric pollutant being suspended particulates smaller than 2.5 μm in aerodynamic diameter (PM2.5). Translator: Liu FenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal 

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