On May 25 to 27, premier Wen Jiabao came to Guzhang county, Jishou city, and Huayuan county lying in Tujia and Miao autonomous region of western Hunan, to do the research aiming at promoting the development of the Poverty-stricken areas. Having gone deep into the heart of the mountains and visited the villages, farmers, schools...Read More
BEIJING, May 26 (Xinhua) -- Georgia has officially become a new travel destination for Chinese citizens, according to an agreement reached between tourism authorities of the two countries.The decision was announced Friday after officials of the two countries signed an Approved Destination Status (ADS) Memorandum of Understanding Friday in Beijing.Zhu Shanzhong, vice director of the...Read More
Shaoshan folk song has been listed among the third batch of Hunan's intangible cultural heritage items issued recently. Shaoshan City is pleased to announce Mao Aixia and Mao Jiyu as representative inheritors of the city's first intangible cultural heritage items.Legend has it that Emperor Shun once played Shao (music of Shun) on Shaoshan Mountain during...Read More
BEIJING, May 23 （Xinhua） -- More than 260 prefecture-level Chinese cities are building digital geographic systems to provide better services to citizens, the National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation （NASMG） said on Wednesday.The NASMG said in a statement that over 100 of those cities have put their systems into full operation, including Taiyuan and...Read More
On the night of May 20th, Avenue of Stars screened a special program——“On the Wings of Song”, because of National Day of Assistive, which was broadcasted in the CCTV variety channel. Obviously, a good cast of characters was seen that night. Besides past contestants in Avenue of Stars like Li Yugang, Wang Erni and many...Read More
The firework show of Central China Expo opening in Changsha-the capital city of Hunan Province sets five world records. The first 100 ,000 sq m rectangular LED firework show on water in the whole world; The longest and largest firework picture supported by the steel-wire net with a length of 856 meter; The pioneer of...Read More
On May 19th ,2012 ,the Seventh Trade and Investment in Central China(Central China Expo ) opens in Hunan International Expo Center, over 30,000 guests at home and aboard witness the feast.Sets the theme of "open cooperation ,share thriving and green development ",Central China Expo encompasses the world Chinese businessmen leaders summit,welcoming banquet ,laser firework show,opening...Read More
On May 19th this year,the opening ceremony of 2012 China Tourism Day was held in the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park's Oxygen Bar Square.The presented leaders ,guests and dancers in total over one thousand applied a special methods to celebrate this day---- perform a Waving dance together in the square.By report,this is the second China Tourism...Read More
Being included in the list of World Natural Heritage, Zhangjiajie can now proudly show another business card to the world as Xibu Street marked its debut on May17. Xibu Street, encompassing different minority cultures, represents a grand arena for Intangible Cultural Heritage of the Western Hunan. For instance, it covers folk culture bars of Tujia,...Read More
At 10 p.m., May 17th, 2012, Xibu Street witnessed a new Guinness World Record of hugs within 2 hours set by Zhang Qin, an 18-year-old girl of Miao Minority. According to Zhangjiajie Notary Office, in 2 hours, she hugged 2114 people with an average pace of one hug every 3.4 seconds. On that night, throngs...Read More
