Recently, not only Wulingyuan scenic spot set a historical record on the tourist quantity, but also a lot of other surrounding caves, lakes, science museums and characteristic tourist attractions.According to the statistics, during this 8-day holiday,Yellow Dragon Cave was hugged by a flood of visitors every day. Totally,Yellow Dragon Cave received more than 70 thousand tourists these days, seeing a 36.9% increase on year-on-year basis. Especially self-driving tours, almost took up 1/3 of the total number, rose 164% on a year-on-year basis. Also, Baofeng Lake enjoyed a similar scene. Baofeng Lake received over 37,000 visitors, growing 56.9% on a year-on-year basis.At the same time, science, religious culture, shopping and other special tourism products were favored by tourists all over the world. Without doubt, we have the reason to believe that there is surprise waiting for your discovery in Zhangjiajie all the time.Translated by Becky

2012-10-13 15:30 View：1309

On October 11th, member of federation of trade unions of hunan province, the discipline inspection team leader HuangXinMin and other provinces and cities union leaders came to zhangjiajie national forest park management office, to give nameboard of “National Workers′ Bookstore” to zhangjiajie national forest park .Zhangjiajie national forest park management office, regarding construction of “the workers′ bookstore ” as an ascending to team quality, thus making some active cultural action. Adhering to the scientific layout, with the standardization construction and operation, making a staggered achievement. Through strengthening management, perfecting the system, “the workers′ bookstore” hits to a great cohesion.Reagarding “workers′ bookstore” as a platform, to carry out various forms of reading education activities. In the workers, spreading advanced culture, popularizing knowledge of science and technology, bringing about the new high tide of “elegant, zhangjiajie reading month”activities. Increasing investment, and constantly promoting the construction to a new level. Park management office in recent years invests more than 300 thousand yuan on trade union activity room to carry mass transformation. The library has more than 5000 books, making it become the “national workers′ bookstore”.Translated by Sophia

2012-10-13 15:26 View：1180

On October 24, Changsha Mayor Zhang Jianfei met with a delegation led by Dean Fortin, mayor of Victoria, Canada. Last December, a delegation of Changsha Municipal People's Government signed with Dean Fortin an agreement on establishing friendly cooperation cities relationship. So far, the two cities have developed various types of cooperation in such fields as education, tourism, economy and trade. For instance, Mingde Middle School and Victoria have collaboratively developed the "Study Development Channel" project, which provides opportunities for students at Mingde Middle School to study and develop in Canada.Mayor Zhang said, Victoria's experience in fields like industry, education and environment protection is worth learning by Changsha. He hoped that Victoria can promote mutual exchanges and cooperation in these fields. Dean Fortin remarked that Victoria, an increasingly growing city in economy, is gradually receiving more overseas Chinese. He also expressed his hope that the two sides have much closer cooperation in sectors including education, economy and tourism, so as to achieve a win-win situation. Translator: Hao JingruSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

2012-10-25 00:28 View：1340

Hunan will start a special campaign this year to preserve and develop hundreds of ancient villages and thousands of ancient civilian dwellings across the province. The move is expected to benefit tens of thousands of households and better utilize the cultural and tourism value of these resources, so as to realize sustainable development. Currently, Hunan boasts a total of 9,146 ancient dwellings, with an overall floorage of 12.5 million square meters. Mainly located in south and west Hunan, the buildings are an epitome of high cultural relic and aesthetic value.The above photo shows the landscape of Yangshan Village, one of China's top ten allied ancient villages situated in Guiyang County, Chenzhou City, Hunan Province. The village, dating back to the Hongzhi period of Ming Dynasty, contains over 60 historic buildings. Translator: Liu FenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

2012-10-24 00:27 View：1210

At the first phase of the 112th Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) closed on October 19, 115 enterprises from Hunan Province mainly engaged in electromechanical and industrial products, building materials participated in the fair.According to the statistics of Hunan trade delegation, the export volume of Hunan at the first phase hit 336 million USD, a year-on-year growth of 0.4%.The second phase of the Canton Fair will last from October 23 to 27, displaying daily necessities including domestic ceramics, fancy goods and home decorations. 125 Hunan-based enterprises will participate then, dealing in domestic ceramics, fireworks, kitchen and cooking utensils and so on.Translator: Zhang Minsi Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

2012-10-22 00:25 View：1202

The opening ceremony of the 15 th International Symposium on River and Lake Environments.The 15th International Symposium on River and Lake Environments ( ISRLE) was held in Cili County, Zhangjiajie City on October 16, 2012. 260 scholars and experts from 11 countries and regions around the world attended the two-day conference. Themed with limnological transformation, the symposium aims to seek effective ways to tackle crises of water ecosystemen vironment. Lectures on different topics are organized during the conference such as floodplain management & environmental water, aquatic plants & zoobenthos and micro organisms. The conference offers a golden opportunity to enhance exchange between Chinese hydrobiologists and overseas experts and promotes the application of limnological knowledge in China's inland water management. Translator: Guo YanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal 

2012-10-17 00:22 View：1151

Here is Challengers list:1、Espen Fadnes2、Jeffery Adam Nebelkopf3、JT Homles4、J Ray Corliss5、James Boole6、Michael Swanson7、Ludovic Woerth8、Jon Devore9、Chris Douggs McDougall10、Livia Dickie Mary11、Joby David Ogwyn12、Roberta Mancino13、Julian Boulle14、Joakim Sommer15、Anthony UragalloStepney

2012-10-13 12:48 View：11759

How can we get to Zhangjiajie? By bus? Taking a train? Or by air? This summer, a group of tourists used their experience to tell us we can get there in this way —- on October 10, 2012, a documentary named Take My Bike to Zhangjiajie recorded low-carbon travel enthusiasts’ experience of getting to and travel around in Zhangjiejie through bikes or skidding and came to public.This movie recorded, through those tourists’ description and location shooting, how did those enthusiasts, coming from Guangzhou, Changsha, Hubei, and Chongqing,etc., drive their bikes through thick and thin to come here and what did they think about their special experience. Among them, there were students, lovers, couples, and fathers and sons. Some of them traveled alone while others in groups. The oldest one of them is almost 67 years old while the youngest 10 years old. There were totally more than a thousand of them who had traveled approximately 300 thousand km. They told the world via their low-carbon driving the idea of low-carbon travel and encouraged all of us to protect our environment and the ecosystems.Translated by Vincent Chou

2012-10-12 00:23 View：1787

Wing-Suit flying, also named short-distance sky glide sport, has a history less than 20 years and is very dangerous and difficult to take. As a result, it was considered as the peak of extreme sports and there are just several hundreds wing-suit flying athletes on earth. As to flying in high speed off cliff, high building or other barriers in complex environments, there are rarely people who can manage it.The First Red Bull Wing-Suit Flying World Championship has three rounds known as the Qualifying, the Preliminary Contest and the Final Contest. Athletes will jump off from the top of Tianmen Mountain which is actually a cliff with the altitude of 1,400 meters. Then over the valley, they will fly in a track like a giant circle and will shoot out their parachutes after reaching the finish line —- Tienmen Mountain cable way. And finally they will land at the winding highways at the bottom of Tianmen Mountain.J Ray Corliss, as the initiator of WWL and also a contestant, said that “This will be the most impressing flying contest in the world which is like a F1 equation. The contest will be undertaken above the valley, which requires relatively higher flying skills. Around the whole world, less than 20 athletes can make it.”Translated by Vincent Chou

2012-10-12 00:22 View：4760

During Golden Week, domestic tourists made up 95 percent of the total volume of reception of Wulingyuan Resort. Relatively, foreign tourists had almost rarely been here during this period. After the crowded Golden Week, tourists from South Korean flooded in. Baofenghu Lake and Ten-Mile Gallery had a average daily reception of more than ten tour groups. The tide of South Korean tourists is supposed to arrive in the midmonth.Translated by Vincent Chou

2012-10-12 00:22 View：1430