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The Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan Intercity Railway started runs of the whole line that day.Changde-Yiyang-Changsha High-speed Railway, an important part of Chongqing-Xiamen Passageway, connects with Chongqing-Zhangjiajie-Changde Railway. Its Changde-Yiyang Section shares the line with Hohhot-Nanning Passageway. The high-speed railway has a total length of 156.82 km, with a design speed of 350 km/h. The construction will last for four years.CPC Hunan Provincial Committee Secretary Du Jiahao announced the start of the Changde-Yiyang-Changsha High-speed Railway project and the operation of the whole line of Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan Intercity Railway. Hunan Governor Xu Dazhe delivered a speech.Huang Min, vice general manager of China Railway Corporation, made a speech. CPC Hunan Provincial Standing Committee member and CPC Changsha Municipal Committee Secretary Hu Henghua presided over the ceremony. CPC Hunan Provincial Standing Committee member and Secretary General Xie Jianhui attended the event too.The photo taken on December 25 shows the groundbreaking ceremony of Changde-Yiyang-Changsha High-speed Railway at Changsha West Station. (Photo/Xu Xing) Translator: Xiao Juan
2017-12-25 16:17
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An increasing number of tourists visit Yuelu Mountain as maple leaves turn red. This year the maple leaves turn red earlier than usual. On November 19, the 11th Yuelu Mountain Red Maple Festival will open at the east entrance, as a celebration of the 60th anniversary of the opening of Yuelu Mountain Scenic Area.Yuelu Mountain, located to the west of Xiangjiang River in Changsha, Hunan Province, is often referred to as one of the four best fall foliage viewing areas in China. In early winter, maple leaves overwhelming the mountain are at their prettiest, which can be seen anywhere on the mountain, especially at Aiwan Pavilion, Qingfeng Gorge, Lushan Temple, and on mountaintop. Orange Isle also commands a fine distant view of Yuelu’s fall foliage, as referred in Mao Zedong’s poem “While on Orange Island cape, I see upon thousands of vermillion mountains, layer upon layer of woods dyed crimson and scarlet”.A visitor takes photo of crimson maple leaves on Yuelu Mountain. The leaves are turning red since early November.Admission: FREEPeak season: Early November to early December Add.: No. 29 Lushan Road, Yuelu District, Changsha, Hunan How to get there: Take bus such as the No.1 Lvyou Bus, No. 63, No. 106, No. 317 Bus, Lishan Bus to former site of the Xinmin Institute stop and climb the mountain from the east entrance.
2017-11-17 15:41
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On 25 September, PPRD tourism department representatives signed the "PPRD Tourism Alliance Cooperative Agreement" at the 2017 PPRD Chief Executive Joint Conference in Changsha. The agreement was reached under the ideas of shared resources, products, market, information, and common benefit. The Pan-Pearl River Delta Region includes nine provinces (Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Hainan, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan) and two special administrative regions of (Hong Kong and Macao), which is why it is called the “9+2”. The area stretches across eastern, central, and western China. It is of great strategic and economic importance, as it accounts for one-fifth of the national territory and one-third of the population and economic aggregate. The "9+2" parties agreed to improve cooperation in the following seven areas: 1. Establish PPRD tourism brands and travel routes; 2. Have total tourism marketing; 3. Promote tourism cooperation among Mainland, Hong Kong, and Macao; 4. Boost inbound tourism; 5. Build a strong tourism market order; 6. Strengthen tourism personnel training and think tank cooperation; and, 7. Improve the cooperative mechanism.The "9+2" parties will also seek central government support; have PPRD tourism cooperation planning; build scenic travel routes connected to the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, border areas, and cruise tours; establish tourism publicity platforms and festival branding, and expand domestic and foreign tourist market.Signing ceremony for the Pan-Pearl River Delta Regional Cooperation (PPRD) tourism alliance cooperative agreement (Photo/Yang Huafeng) Translator: Yu Jiangjiang
2017-09-26 17:12
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The review meeting on Zhangjiajie national demonstration zone for protected eco-origin product (PEOP) was held on Sept. 9, 2017. The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine Assessment Group announced that Zhangjiajie passed on-site evaluation. It marked that Zhangjiajie becomes the first national PEOP demonstration city in Hunan Province. Zhangjiajie City boasts six well-known titles of "China's first batch of World Natural Heritage Sites", "first batch of world geological parks", "'Zhangjiajie landscape’ origin", "China's first national forest park", "first batch of national 5A-level scenic spots", and "national civilized scenic area". Its rich natural endowment of resources nurture various products. It was said that exploration, protection, and utilization of these eco-origin products, and establishing the demonstration city in Hunan, are crucial to build Zhangjiajie into the "Splendid Xiaoxiang" all-for-one tourism center. These will play a leading role in promoting Zhangjiajie’s ecological civilization and green development. A batch of high quality eco-origin products will be explored and protected while developing the demonstration city. With these efforts, the supply-side structural reform in tourism consumer market will be implemented; consumers satisfied; and, high-end market expanded at home and abroad.
2017-09-15 11:23
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“Hunan Week” at the Astana Expo 2017 opens in China Pavilion in Astana, Kazakhstan from July 18 to July 20. It will offer visitors an opportunity to enjoy Hunan teas, drinks, and cuisine, and appreciate Hunan porcelain, culture, and beautiful sceneries. The Astana Expo was launched June 10 and will last 93 days. Ten Chinese provinces are attending the event. Hunan's traditional products and crafts, such as tea, porcelain, embroidery, alcohol, and the beautiful scenery of Zhangjiajie, Langshan Mountian, and Dongting Lake, will be promoted. More than 80 Hunan companies will participate to demonstrate Hunan's energy development. Among them are Zoomlion, Sany, Sunward, and HNAC Technology Co., Ltd., which are suppliers for the Expo's main building construction. The China Council for the Promotion of Industrial Trade (CCPIT) Hunan Sub-council Chairman He Jian announced that the Hunan delegation will have three main tasks: organizing “Hunan Week”; presenting the Hunan (Changsha)-Alma-Ata Project Promotion; and conducting business negotiations in the “Belt and Road” countries, such as Russia, Belarus, and Poland. The expo theme is “Future Energy”. Hunan Development and Reform Commission Deputy Director and Hunan Energy Bureau Director Liu Nianlai announced that Hunan wind power, photovoltaics, and advanced manufacturing companies will be promoted at “Hunan Week”. They will negotiate cooperation with the Kazakhstan government and companies in order to facilitate Hunan's participation in the “Belt and Road” Initiative.
2017-07-03 08:42
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The Colorful Hunan-China Acrobatics Show was held at Guro Art House in Seoul on May 11, 2017. The show was co-hosted by China's Ministry of Culture and Hunan provincial government, and organized by the China Cultural Center in Seoul, Hunan Culture Department, and the Guro Cultural Consortium.More than 500 people watched the show, including the Minister Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in South Korea Wang Luxin; Chinese Cultural Counselor to South Korea and Director of China Cultural Center in Seoul Shi Ruilin; and representatives of Chinese and South Korean cultural organizations, as well as Seoul residents.The show integrated straw hat dancing, shoulder ballet, aerial ring dancing, folk singing, and mimicry to illustrate the charm of Chinese variety art and Huxiang culture.After watching the show, a Mexican student exclaimed that she was deeply impressed by it. She noted that it was her first time to see Chinese acrobats perform.Many overseas Chinese came to the show. They enjoyed it and hoped more Chinese cultural activities would come to South Korea.The show is part of the “Chinese Nationalities Culture Season” organized by the China Cultural Center in Seoul. It is also one of the Hunan cultural cooperation programs in 2017.Translator: Xiao Juan
2017-05-14 09:24
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Dehang Miao Village is located in a western suburb of Jishou city, Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan province, China. In Hmong, “dehang” means beautiful valley. The village lies in the central part of Dehang scenic spot. It is built around mountains and waterfalls, with a wind-and-fire wall, Diaojiao Housess and carved windows.Source: Hunan Official Web Portal
2016-08-14 15:45
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So far 54 countries have offered visa-free access or visa on arrival service for Chinese passport holders, said Wang Yi, minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Zimbabwe grants visa on arrival for Chinese citizens staring from March 3, 2016.Malaysian government has launched a new visa policy for Chinese tourists. Visas will not be required for Chinese tourists to Malaysia for a period of no more than 15 days beginning from March 1 to Dec. 31, 2016.In addition, visa processing service will be offered to Hunan citizens.Germany will open 10 visa service centers in China in the first half of 2016 and the one in Changsha is scheduled to be set up in early April, according to a tourism promotion conference held by German National Tourist Board in Changsha on the afternoon of Mar. 2.Sweden and Spain will also establish visa service centers in Changsha.France will add 9 visa service centers to the current 6 ones in China, announced the French Embassy in China recently. Among the 9 centers, two have put into service in Chongqing and Jinan since March 3 and the other 7 in Changsha, Fuzhou, Hangzhou, Kunming, Nanjing, Shenzhen, and Xi’an will open soon.Translator: Xiao JuanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal
2016-03-10 12:01
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Learned from Zhangjaijie Huangshi Village Passenger Ropeway CO.,LTD., Zhangjaijie Huangshi Village 2015 limiting speed bike challenge is scheduled for November 8th.It is understood that from that day on both sides of the Taiwan strait more than 20 bicycle extreme sports cyclists will in the world of the newly built the first limitation downhill.The starting point is–six pavilion, the finish is Zhangjaijie Huangshi Village under the cableway station parking apron.Complex terrain in the whole circuit, it is the most complex terrain, the biggest difficulty coefficient limit of a mountain bike race track.After 3,000 steps, the limits of shrub jungle downhill, the players then in Zhangjaijie Huangshi Village under the cableway station platform of 5.2 meters high and four meters wide, aerial leap challenge.At the appointed time, Hunan channel “City live” joint such as the television station ettv more than 10 stations for live coverage.At the same time, Xinhua news agency, China news agency, People’s Daily, China broadcasting network, Hunan daily, and many other mainstream media also live coverage.Translated by Sophia
2015-11-05 10:16
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The Friendship Week between Hunan Province, China P.R. and Northern Cape, South Africa was held in Kimberley, capital of the Northern Cape, from Sept. 21 to 26. Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee and Executive Vice Governor Chen Zhaoxiong led Hunan delegation to attend the opening ceremony and major activities.The year 2015 was declared the year of China in South Africa. Both countries are conducting a series of activities in major cities of South Africa to promote the development of the comprehensive strategic partnership. The event was organized by the People’s Government of Hunan Province and undertaken by its Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office. In succession, there were over 10 grand activities concerning the fields of economy and trade, culture, science and education, and tourism during the occasion, including economy and trade matchmaking, tourism promotion, folk customs exhibition, Hunan movie show, and friendship cities visit.The year 2003 marked the official friendly tie between Hunan and Northern Cape. During the Friendship Week, both sides signed a series of agreements on cementing friendship, economy, trade, and tourism cooperation, as well as sister cities establishment. They also exchanged ideas on mining, equipment manufacturing, agricultural technology, engineering construction, ecology and environmental protection, cultural tourism, and new energy industries, reaching extensive consensus and cooperative intentions.Translator: Yu JiangjiangSource: Hunan Official Web Portal
2015-09-29 17:02
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