The 2013 First Longping International Forum was held in Changsha on the afternoon of November 30. Boasting its highest level in the field of hybrid rice, the forum attracted the participation of numerous governmental officials, technical specialists and industrial representatives from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Ministry of Agriculture of the People's Republic of China, and Asian, African, and Latin American countries. During the conference, a topic on "Hybrid Rice and World Food Security" was probed among these participants and academicians such as Yuan Longping, Xin Shiwen and Xie Hua'an, as well as CEOs (chief executive officers) of 12 top-level enterprises in seed industry of China.In the section of exchange and communication, several foreign governmental officials joined hands with experts to analyze hybrid rice development in the past 40 years as well as future development tendency in China. They also co-worked to probe approaches for China to export hybrid rice and to seek international cooperation for seed industry, as well as the construction of international seed cities and international strategies for seed industry in China.Translator: Li XuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Flocks of migratory birds have started arriving in wetlands of East Dongting Lake for winter since late October. According to staff at the East Dongting Lake National Nature Reserve, the lake has predicted an inflow of 120 thousand migratory birds this winter and the period between mid-to-late November and early December is the best season for bird watching.Dongting Lake is one of the best-known bird watching destinations nationwide. Since November, a good population of bird-lovers has thronged there to go birding and take photographs. The greatest charm of autumn and winter there is birding and it is currently the peak season for bird migration at Dongting Lake.Pied avocets flying up and down the lake shore.Grey crowned-cranes foraging in wetlands.Translator: Liu FenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

2013-12-02 23:01 View：849

ZJJ Tianmenshan Tongtian Avenue has 99 turns symbolizing that the Heaven has nine palaces. It is worth the title – Wonder of highway in the world. Through Tongtian Avenue, One reaches directly the Tianti – celestial ladder. The grand celestial-like scene came into view.Translated by Sophia

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ZJJ Tianmen Mountain Temple was first built in the Tang Dynasty as a center of Buddhism in the area of western Hunan.The present Tian Men Mountain Temple is rebuilt on the basis of the original site with a plot area of more than 10,000 sqm. It adopts an official style of the Qing Dynasty and the buildings in the Temple compare well with the famous classical houses at home. The Temple is located in the mountain hollow with a broad vision. If one gazes into the southeast, all the hills seem to be so small that the Temple is really like an overlord.Translated by Sophia

2012-08-15 11:47 View：1403

Yangjiajie Scenic Area is one of the must-see attractions in Zhangjiajie. Yangjiajie is located in the southwest Zhangjiajie, Next to the Tianzi Mountain.ZJJ Yangjiajie, There is a lot of wonders. White Crane Lawn is a rest place for white cranes, thus it gets the name. If you have a chance to appreciate white cranes here, you will find a life of Shangri-la. The best time to enjoy scene in White Crane Lawn are morning times and evening times. In the morning, white cranes will spread their wings and begin to fly with dulcet tweets. And in the evening, white cranes come back with the dusk scene as the background. They will play with each other for a period, and then, become quiet gradually in the night.Translated by Sophia

2012-06-06 11:46 View：3493

Wulingyuan Tianzi Mountain has four scenic wonders, namely Cloud Billows, Moon Brightness, Sun Glow and Winter Snow. The cloud billows are ever changing, morning and evening sun glows vast sky, moon shines in the still night, winter snow falls enchanting the scenery, like a lyric, like a landscape painting. Here in the Tianzi Mountain, scene majestic is in all its variety. There are five main scenic zones and over ten scenic spots in Tianzi Mountain area. They include more than 80 natural platforms to take in the magnificent scenery. Highlights in Tianzishan: Helong Park, West Sea Stone Forests, Divine shrine and Immortal Bridge. 6 tourist areas have been built to accommodate visitors and they include more than 80 natural platforms to take in the magnificent scenery. Visitors can also reach the peaks of the mountain by cable car.Translated by Sophia

2013-11-27 11:45 View：905

The National Forest Park had been given the name of Zhangjiajie after the name of a small village located within its bounds, and now a popular tourist attraction within the park.

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On November 27th, A group of Taiwan visitors are pleased to see the beautiful pastoral scenery. With the implementation of 2013 direct flights between Taiwan and Zhangjiajie, Taiwan visitors are expected to exceed 150000 people, 15 times up to 10 years ago. The data shows that a new overseas market development. Taiwan has become a major overseas tourist market after South Korea, southeast Asia.In recent years, zhangjiajie has increased publicity. So far, zhangjiajie has set up “Tourism image shop” in Taipei and kaohsiung cities, to advertise Zhangjiajie tourism products for Taiwan compatriots. At the same time, Zhangjiajie actively invites Taiwan salesman, entrepreneurs and media friend to visit Zhangjiajie to strengthen the exchanges and cooperation in tourism market.Taiwanese tourists love Zhangjiajie, and greatly increase the confidence of investing in Zhangjiajie.Translated by Sophia

2013-12-07 11:42 View：932

In order to realise quality upgrade of Zhangjiajie grand canyon scenic spot, and build a new bright spot, CiLi tujia township people’s government jointly agrees to launch land registration work.Glass bridge construction project involves Chestnut village and Wu Wangpo village. Bridge from the bottom to upper has a relative height of about 400 meters, with a total length of about 370 meters. The bridge deck are all made of transparent glass. In the center of the bridge, it will have the world’s highest bungee center. With unreinforced support, the whole project is a kind of full glass structure. Visitors can have the experience of “walking” in the air and then view the rainbow waterfall in the sky.The project has a total investment of 260 million yuan, which expected completion in 2014.Translated by Sophia

2013-12-05 11:42 View：1202

Learn from Wulingyuan tunnel management, Old Muyu tunnel will implement mechanical and electrical system energy saving transformation from December 2rd to December 31st.This engineering adopts the night construction mode, implementing the half range road section step-stone ceiling air operations. During the period of construction, vehicles and pedestrians will obey time-sharing piecewise points control.Old Muyu tunnel is an important traffic arteries in Wulingyuan district, with a total length of 2121 meters. In 1999, it has greatly improved the in and out of the core Wulingyuan scenic tourist traffic environment.Translated by Sophia

2013-11-28 11:41 View：866