“In this year, from June 1 to May 31,2014, Primary and secondary school students both from home and abroad will have the privilege of free travel into ZJJ Wulingyuan core scenic spots and ZJJ Grand Canyon scenic spot as long as they have valid documentation,such as ID card, residence booklet and passport”. Not long ago, Zhangjiajie released this good news to the public. Recently, some netizen discloses to Zhangjiajie online micro letter public account that there is a hotel in Zhangjiajie downtown who is prefer to provide discount privilege to these students.“A hotel in Ziwu road of Zhangjiajie downtown shows on its electronic display screen ‘From June to July, our hotel will offer half-off privilege of accommodation to middle school students across the country(with admission ticket/student card)’”says the netizen.When journalist comes to this hotel, a personnel indicates the hotel indeed introduces the preferential activity. With the upcoming of summer vocation, the main objects are middle school students who just finished their college entrance examination and come to Zhangjiajie for visit.“Blessed are the students!”many netizen exclaim. According to the report, hotel price fifty percent preferential activity will last for nearly one month.Translated by crystal

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In order to further enhance the visibility and influence of the zhangjiajie, promote zhangjiajie tourism development and opening to the outside world, ZJJ Tourism Promotion and Hong Kong press conference has been held at the Metropark hotel on causeway bay, Hong Kong ,on June 19th morning. Xu Xianhui, Vice secretary of municipal party committee and Mayor, Cheng Danfeng, Municipal committee and deputy mayor, Zhang yuanci, vice chairman of the CPPCC and city business bureau director have attended the meeting.During the meeting, Xu Xianhui has elaborated the basic situation, the development strategy of zhangjiajie, and its tourism investment, and so on and so forth from the perspective of “beautiful Zhangjiajie”, “Green Zhangjiajie”, “Amorous Zhangjiajie”, and” Open Zhangjiajie” As a tourism leader in Hunan and the Wuling mountain area, he says, the depression effect of zhangjiajie tourism, ecology, culture, circulation industry development were becoming stronger, which is accelerating strides forward to achieve the goal of being a well-known domestic and foreign tourist destination. In 2012, the tourism industry scale of Zhangjiajie has come to the top compared to similar tourist cities at home, with 35,9million Chinese and foreign visitors and 2.16 inbound tourists, realizing the tourism income of 20.9 billion Yuan.By Brenda

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On June 19, as one of the activity of 2013 Hunan(HK) Investment and Trade Negotiation Week, Hunan state recommendation–Major investment projects news conference is held in HK. Source from the news conference has been learned that Zhangjiajie Tianmen Mountain wonderland international health resort project has been released with a total investment of 3.5 billion, and the Seven Stars ecological tourism resort project has been signed a contract. Xu Xianhui, deputy party secretary and mayor, Zhang ci yuan, vice chairman of Zhangjiajie CPPCC and the head of Zhangjiajie business bureau, have attended this meeting.Afterwards Xu Xianhui also attends Hong Kong and Macao CPPCC conference.Further reading:ZJJ Seven Stars ecological tourism resort project with a total investment of 350 million dollars, plans to bring in 150 million foreign investment in the first phase.The projects include ZJJ Daping county Seven Star Mountain,Jiaoyin Mountain, Xiami Street porch and Ruanlingyu Parking lot of ZJJ Yongding district, covering a area of 20,000 mu. It will further boost tourism development in ZJJ Yongding district.Translated by Crystal

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For convenience of the tourists, Zhangjiajie's Tianmen Mountain scenic site has launched a "Smart Tour Guide" system which delivers information on the travel strategies, site maps, service directory, safety instructions, as well as historic and cultural context through QR (quick response) code scanning.When scanned with a QR Code reader in mobile phones, the system responds by sending tourists the encoded information, which helps the tourists streamline their travel arrangements.Translator: Liu FenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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China's Changsha (Hunan Province) and Zhouzhuang (Jiangsu Province) were awarded the reputation of "global green city" and "global green town" respectively on June 20 during the 2013 Global Forum on Human Settlements and Awards Ceremony that coincided with the Berlin High-level Dialogue on Implementing Rio+20 Decisions on Sustainable Cities and Urban Transport.The prize-presentation, which is also known as the "human settlement Oscars", is hosted by GFHS (Global Forum on Human Settlements) and has been held consecutively seven times by China, America and Brazil. Yuan Yihe, representative of Changsha Municipal People's Government to the awards ceremony, remarked that the prize is a recognition of Changsha's efforts in building a resource-saving and environment-friendly society. He pledged that Changsha is endeavored to build a more livable city following the guideline of the High-Level Dialogue.Translator: Liu FenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On June 17, source from Guangzhou Railway Group learned that high-speed rail from Hangzhou to Changsha of Shanghai–Kunming high-speed rail is planed to open in September, 2014 and thus at that time it will cost four hours to travel from Changsha to Hanghzhou by high-speed rail.The total length of Hangzhou-Shanghai high-speed rail covers 933 kilometers with speed `target value of 350km/h. The operation time from Hangzhou to Changsha will be shortened to 4 hours from 6 hours.According to the report, the railway transportation means from Hangzhou to Changsha are ordinary train and bullet train, including three ordinary trains between the two places, starting from Shanghai. It costs 12 hours from Hangzhou to Changsha. The only one bullet train–D105 from Hangzhou to Changsha starts from Shanghai and costs six hours.Source from Hunan DailyTranslated by Crystal

News 2013-06-21 16:13 View：1666

The Hongjiang ancient commercial town is a characteristic scenic spot in China's Hunan Province.The town boasts more than 380 intact ancient structures erected during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, covering an area of 100,000 square meters. The buildings endured the ages with some wear, but they remain vivid reminders of the luxurious lifestyle of wealthy merchants. (Source:China.org.cn)

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The book, Beautiful ZJJ, My Hometown, edited by the local writer Liu yun, will be released to readers and is soliciting contributions to the masses.According to Liu yun, the main purpose of the publication is to eulogize the plotters, constructors,managers and vindicators who make contributions to Zhangjiajie’s development and call for citizens’ sense of ownership, the love for Zhangjiajie to make a more beautiful Zhangjiajie. The historic review and real photo related with Zhangjiajie’s tourism and development, experience and ideas that one is devoted to Zhangjiajie’s construction and contents that are related with city and tourism, human beings and city are suitable. The forms of the contributions are as follows: prose, essay and photography works, with 3,000 to 5,000 words. The deadline time of activity is the March 28th, 2014.Translated by Crystal

News 2013-06-20 16:12 View：741