HONG KONG, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Hong Kong International Airport was awarded the Airport Carbon Accreditation "Optimization" certificate Friday, which turned it to be the first and only airport in the Asia-Pacific to achieve this standard.The certificate was awarded by the Airports Council International Asia-Pacific's Regional Director Patti Chau to Airport Authority Chairman Marvin Cheung at a ceremony here.Officiating at the ceremony, Secretary for Transport & Housing Prof Anthony Cheung said the accreditation is an important milestone towards a sustainable future."Environmental protection has always been an integral aspect of the airport's development, and this is also one of the policy priorities of the new government, so it is rewarding to see the airport become a pioneer in the Asia-Pacific region and an exemplar of environmental excellence," he said.The Airport Authority said the airport reduced carbon intensity by nearly 14 percent in the last two years, and is on track to meet the goal it set in 2010 of a 25 percent reduction by 2015 on 2008 emission levels.Airport Carbon Accreditation was initially launched in June 2009 and expanded to the Asia-Pacific in November 2011. As the only institutionally-endorsed carbon management certification standard for airports, the program independently assesses airports with four progressive levels of accreditation, including "Mapping", "Reduction", "Optimization" and "Neutrality".Source: Xinhua

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Welcome to Zhangjiajie Language Speaking Guide Service(Hunan-XZL-International Travel Service Co., Ltd),We look forward to your visit,and surely make your holiday wonderful with our Language guide.Our good organization of tour itinerary,our thoughtful service, our well-qualified multilingual guide service, our well-chosen hotel partners and good transport service build your dream trip in Zhangjiajie as well as across China.

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On March 14th, “ZJJ Charming of Xiangxi” Performance won the appreciation of Zhouhui who is the national level actors.Zhou Hui believed that “ZJJ Charming of Xiangxi” Performance impressed him with three aspects. Firstly, the rich ethnic customs. From the performance hall chairs, tujia building and all kinds of decoration, to the stage sets, costumes, it all showed national wind,and let people be intoxicated. Secondly, the characteristic of song and dance show. The mysterious xiangxi corpse, humorous crying marriage of folk songs were all attractive and very local characteristics; Finally, a superb actor. Zhou Hui said the entire performance team is very professional,with superb techniques.Translated by Sophia

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Along with the increasingly frequent economic cooperation and cross-strait tourism market, in order to meet the market demand, further promote exchanges and cooperation in zhangjiajie area with Taipei region, southern airlines will open zhangjiajie scheduled flights to Taipei.The maiden voyage of the flights will be on April 15th, models for A320 / A321, flight number for CZ3025/3026. The flight starts from Taipei in 11:35, after about 3 hours flight, it arrived on zhangjiajie at 14:40. The flight from zhangjiajie to Taipei is at 15:30 to 18:30.Translated by Sophia

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According to the latest Chinese citizens travel attention report, zhangjiajie was rated as one of ” the 20 most popular domestic tourist city”.The 20 list domestic tourism cities were: Beijing, Chengdu, Sanya, Guilin, Lijiang, Aba Tibetan and qiang autonomous prefecture, Hangzhou, Kunming, Dali bai autonomous prefecture, Xiamen, Suzhou, Shanghai, Nanjing, Xian, Lasa, Zhangjiajie, Leshan, Chongqing, Harbin, Haikou.Translated by Sophia

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On March 18th, the core scenic spot WuLingYuan transportation enforcement team formally come into tianzi mountain, Yuanjiajie core scenic area, strengthen the traffic operation management.In recent years, the illegal operation of the vehicle is on the rise in tianzi mountain, Yuanjiajie. In order to have a crackdown on illegal trading phenomenon, wulingyuan combines with traffic police, public security, and other departments, to develop joint law enforcement, but little effect. To really strengthen the traffic order of the core scenic area, wulingyuan wants to crack down illegal operation of the vehicle.Translated by Sophia

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On March 17th, 2013, “Zhangjiajie tour guide with a ten thounsand miles” groups went into the famous, historical and cultural national city Handan. They invited the handan residents to take a beijing-guangzhou high-speed rail to resort of zhangjiajie on spring. Then enjoying flowers, mountains, and drama. This was the first zhangjiajie tourism promotion activities since beijing-guangzhou high-speed opening.During the period of handan, 10 excellent tour guides, dressed in a uniform and went into depth community, factory, school. And distributing zhangjiajie publicity material to the citizens of handan. Later on, performing zhangjiajie lanterns, SangZhi folk songs, and so on.Translated by Sophia

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On March 14th,2013, Zhangjiajie scenic spot Yuanjiajie, with the theme of “for tomorrow, don’t harm human “, held a grand old’s 23rd annual hunting ceremony.ZJJ Yuanjiajie is located in the core of the world natural heritage wulingyuan scenic spot.It belongs to a race of tujia villages, with hunting and farming for a living, and there was a “cliff” of tujia villages.Translated by Sophia

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On the morning of March, 19, Hunan provincial leaders such as Governor of Hunan People's Government Xu Shousheng and Chairman of the Hunan Political Consultative Conference Chen Qiufa, accompanied with other local cadres, took part in the voluntary tree-planting activity held in Yanghu Wetland Park in Changsha Pioneering District on the West Bank of the Xiangjiang River. More than 200 trees were planted that day.This year, the voluntary tree planting is themed with " Carry on citywide tree-planting activity to build a green Hunan". Xu continuously planted five osmanthus trees. He said, "As the lung of the earth, forest has many ecological functions such as air purification and water conservation. We should take the afforestation work seriously and carefully, and build a green Hunan together."Yanghu Wetland Park is the largest of its kind in South Central China. Xu subsequently inspected the construction of the park. He exhorted relevant principals that a favorable plan for the park shall be formulated to greatly combine the ecology and tourism.Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

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The Yueyang Tower is an ancient architectural treasure on the shores of Dongting Lake in Yueyang City, Hunan Province. It is known as one of the four famous Chinese towers,. The other three are the Yellow Crane Tower in Hubei Province, the Penglai Pavilion in Shandong Province and the Tengwang Pavilion in Jiangxi Province.The tower was first built around 220 during China's Three Kingdoms Period (220-280), when Lu Su, commander in chief of the forces of Wu, was sent to the area to fortify it and he trained the fleet there. The main tower bears a flying eave and helmet roof with wooden constructions in a unique style.Standing on the tower, visitors can enjoy a panoramic view of Dongting Lake.

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