The National Water Skiing Championship 2013 that coincided with a motorboat exhibition match is taking place on the Lishui River in Zhangjiajie, Hunan Province. More than 120 athletes of 13 teams from Hong Kong, Beijing, Zhejiang, Guangdong, and Hunan are competing in nine different items of the event. Preliminary rounds in six events (slalom, jump, wakeboard, kneeboard, ski racing, and barefoot) are held on November 1. On November 2, the opening ceremony will be held, together with some individual finals and a wide variety of aqua shows, including trick water skiing and motorboat performance. Audiences can experience firsthand the thrilling water skiing and motorboat racing. November 3 features the championship finals, the motorboat racing finals, and the award ceremony. Combining performance, art, excitement, and skills, the event is expected to bring unprecedented visual impact of water sports to audiences and visitors.Translator: Liu FenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2013-11-02 20:23 View：835

On the morning of Oct 31st, “Hunan Changsha·HK Week” & “Style Hong Kong Show in Changsha” starts its opening ceremony in Hunan International Convention and Exhibition Center. The five-day shopping feast of the “Style Hong Kong Show” is gathered with 170 deserving HK companies and over 300 fashion brands series, providing Changsha citizens with high-end fashion clothes, jewelry, horologe, household effects, food, gifts and beauty products. He baoxiang, the vice-governor of Hunan province and Fang shunwen, The vice-chairman of HKTDC, attend the opening ceremony.Supported by Changsha People’s government, Hunan Commercial Bureau and Hunan Trade Development Association, the grand event is held, while “Style Hong Kong Show” highlights the activity. Taken the slogan of “Style HK Shines in Star City”, over 10,000 hot products including many HK famous brands are on the show, such as Chow Tai Fook, D Gold, MODèLE de PRUDENCE, Rugged, COSIMODA、Kenny & Co, B.Duck、MOMAX, etc.Except the “Style Hong Kong Show”, “Hunan Changsha·HK Week” Arranges over 170 one-to-one business matching meetings focused on local companies, enabling the HK exhibitors to have a face-to-face contacts with Hunan large department stores, such as YOUR-MART, Tong cheng large store, etc, for cooperation chances.Fang shunwen indicates the substantial economic power of Hunan and the frequent contacts with HK is a land full of business opportunities for HK companies that wish to open domestic markets; since the opening-up of high-speed rail, the distance between Hunan and HK is narrowed and so it facilitates the economic cooperation; as the capital of Hunan province, and a major city in Center China, Changsha has strong radiating capacity to surrounding areas and huge development potential, which can bring in huge business opportunities for HK companies.By Crystal

News 2013-11-01 21:28 View：1938

Recently, Performers from Cili old people recreational activity center are invited to Taiwan to take part in 2013 middle-aged and aged literary tour. On that occasion, they brought abundant entertainment programs to Taiwan compatriots.In total, This activity invited more than 40 teams nationwide. The invited Cili entertainment program once took part in 2010 Xiangxi dancing competition. After that, some staff in ministry of culture art service center found their program online. Cili people showed 3 programs which are full of Tujia customs. Among these programs, one named happy old lady takes a Tujia old woman as its theme and shows spirituality of contemporary old people. It fully shows old people’s love to arts and life. What’s more, this program was prized as gold award.Translated by Becky

News 2013-11-01 21:17 View：838

On November 1st, Zhangjiajie will welcome 2013 China Water-skiing Championship and the performance of jet skis. 13 representative teams coming from Hong Kong, Beijing, Zhejiang, Guangdong, Hunan and so on, including about 120 players. They will compete in 9 competition items.This is the first time for China Water-skiing Championship and the performance of jet skis enter Zhangjiajie, which means a organic integration of water-skiing and world natural heritage. That will also help improve the popularity and reputation of Zhangjiajie. Without doubt, Zhangjiajie will be positively driven to build a world-known tourist attraction.Translated by Becky

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On Oct. 29th,The fourth session of China’s most desirable places has been held in Beijing, Sponsored by China TV Association of tourism and undertaken by BTV, the laurel has been granted to 20 scenic spots including Hunan Hongjiang Ancient Commercial City,Shanxi Pingyao Ancient city, and Shandong Mount Tai Scenic spot.Located in the convergence of Yuan River and Wu River, It originated from the Spring and Autumn periods, formed in the flourishing Tang Period and then thrived in Ming and Qing Dynasty. It is renowned for purchasing tung oil(China wood oil), wood,white wax,opium. As a material distribution center of five provinces including Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hunan and economic, cultural, religious centers in southern part of western Hunan, it has been crowned as “Xiangxi(Western Hunan) Pearl”, “Small Nanjing”, and “Southwest Metropolitan”. Today, according to experts, The Ming and Qing ancient buildings are still well-preserved in the ancient commercial city, with a total of 380 several buildings covering an area of about 200,000 square meters,such as the sub-cellar houses, temples, Escort agencies(Chinese security company), banks, traders, importers, workshops, shops, inns, brothels, newspapers, tobacco shops.By Brenda

News 2013-11-01 21:14 View：1122

On the morning of October 30, Second Hunan Internet Cultural Festival, jointly sponsored by the Publicity Department of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee, the Internet Publicity Office of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee, and the Provincial Internet Information Office, opened in Changsha.Centered on "Chinese Dream: Hunan Chapter", this internet cultural festival focuses on the idea of "Dreaming". Seventeen internet cultural activities have been specifically undertaken by such units as Hunan Official Web Portal .These activities include a series of activities related to "My Chinese Dream--- Dreaming Hunan", the government affair microblog forum themed "Hunan is My Home, Construction by All the People", the “Growth Road of Young Mao Zedong” internet pilgrimage, the internet broadcast exhibition of “Discovery of Beautiful Hunan”, the “Chinese Dream, Hunan Love” thematic cartoon creation competition, and "International Friends Eye on Hunan" internet micro-film show.The "International Friends Eye on Hunan" internet micro-film show, undertaken by the Hunan Official Web Portal, is the only activity specially held for international friends living in Hunan. The activity is aimed at displaying international friends' living experiences in Hunan and Hunan's impression in their eyes via photographing their experiences, and providing a platform for international friends to show, exchange and communicate, and integrate in Hunan. The activity is scheduled to officially start in the middle of November this year. Details of the activities will be released on the Hunan Official Web Portal soon.Translator: Hao JingruSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2013-11-01 20:15 View：1843

ZJJ Wulingyuan late autumn, The landscape is like a painting. The yellow and red leaves dresses up the whole scenic spot, making the Chinese and foreign tourists become intoxicated to ZJJ Wulingyuan core scenic.It is understood that since late October, everyday ZJJ Wulingyuan appreciates more than 10000 tourists from home and abroad.Translated by Sophia

News 2013-10-31 15:55 View：3011

Zhangjiajie Government and Hunan raising livestock Bureau of aquatic products held a conference meeting related to protect Zhangjiajie giant salamanders in Changsha. Deputy Mayor of Zhangjiajie city Xiang Zuoyi introduced, by 2017, Zhangjiajie will own 1.3 giant salamanders per person, with a increasing income of about 3000 yuan. And the overall production value will get to about 5 billion yuan.ZJJ Giant salamander is the existing largest amphibian in the world. They live three hundred and fifty million years on the earth. Besides, they are contemporary “Earth monuments” and “Living fossil” together with dinosaurs. They are listed the lists of secondary national protected aquatic wildlife.Translated by Becky

News 2013-10-31 15:53 View：1087