After three years' construction, Hunan's largest freight station--the New North Railway Station of Changsha was put into operation on January 8, 2012. It will play an increasingly important role in propelling the economic and social development of the city and the province. Chen Run'er, secretary of the CPC Changsha Municipal Committee, declared the opening of the station. Changsha Mayor Zhang Jianfei presided over the ceremony. The new station, with a total...Read More
On January 5, 2012, Zhangjiajie Customs, the sixth customs affiliated to Changsha Customs, PRC, was officially opened and started operating on that day. It will greatly facilitate the enterprises located in Zhangjiajie and Wuling mountain areas in export declaration.Wang Yibiao, manager of a local clothing company whose products are mainly exported to South America, said that the customs helps them a lot in saving efforts to declare and record here...Read More
Yuelu Mountain & Orange Isle Scenic Area was successfully upgraded to the sixth national 5A-class scenic area in Hunan Province.In recent years, the CPC Changsha Municipal Committee and the Changsha Municipal People's Government have made great efforts in the renovation and environmental treatment of the scenic spot, investing 1.67 billion yuan in upgrading the Orange Isle Scenic Spot and 2.25 billion yuan in Tianma Mountain Scenic Spot for ecological restoration...Read More
On Jan. 4, commissioned by Minister of Agriculture Han Changfu, Ye Zhenqin, a division chief with the Ministry of Agriculture, handed the medal, certification and merit booklet for "Agriculture Scientists with Outstanding Contributions to Grain Production" to Academician Yuan Longping, director of the China National Hybrid Rice R&D Center. The letter of congratulation from Mr. Han to Yuan was read out.Gladly Academician Yuan said that the award would encourage and...Read More
Seven scenic spots in Hunan have been included on the list of 87 newly-approved 4A National Scenic Spots, as released by the National Scenic Spots Grade Evaluation Committee in recent days. Hunan's 4A scenic spots at the sate-level amount to 49 with the addition of these seven.The newly-added seven are the Hu Yaobang Former Residence in Liuyang, the Jingang Ancient Town in Changsha, the Qingshui Lake Scenic Area in Changde,...Read More
