On January 29, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China (MOHURD) released the list of the first batch of national pilot intelligent cities. Thirty-seven prefectures and cities, fifty districts (counties) and three towns were on the list.In Hunan Province, Zhuzhou City, Shaoshan City, Yunlong Demonstration Area of Zhuzhou, Baijia Town of Liuyang City and Meixi Lake International Service Area of Changsha City were among the 90 candidates.Meixi Lake International Service Area of Changsha City has been singled out to forge Meixi Lake into an intelligent city pilot area, a green, low-carbon demonstration area called "digital Hunan", which will serve as a core platform for emerging Changsha industries. It aims to provide support for such strategic emerging industries as cultural creativity, e-commerce, as well as high and new technology, and to assist in policy planning by offering information support crucial in government decision making. Overall, it is set to become an international innovative zone integrating technology, culture and industry.Translator: Zhang MinsiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2013-01-29 12:19 View：941

On January 27th 2013, Zhangjiajie New Jiangnan Style just released and had a hot debate. Once in thezhangjiajie edition jiangnan style, the “bird uncle with straw” ZhengYaPing, changed into “the monk”.The zhangjiajie new jiangnan style with “eight minutes and 32 seconds, was longer than “zhangjiajie edition jiangnan style” which showed in November 2012. Adding new part New Year micro movie the monk understand love, carrier style, huangshi village cableway, forest park, and so on. All the actors came from the zhangjiajie edition jiangnan style. In the micro film the monk understand love ,it acted in tujia garden, straw director, ZhengYaPing played as the monk, who was no longer the evil monk, rather to satisfy XuXian three wishes after five hundred years. It was very simple and humorous.Translated by Sophia

News 2013-01-28 12:47 View：1516

It has been revealed thatManagement Committee of Yueyang Tower · Junshan Island Scenic Spot  is in process of preparing unique activities for 2013 Spring Festival for tourists from home and abroad. In order to make tourists in Yueyang leisurely enjoy this Festival and  the folk customs, it will organize activities such as climbing to pray for blessing, fishing to experience the joy of fishery harvesting and traditional operas. It is reported that from February 13 to 24, a series of variety shows will be presented in Yueyang Tower Scenic Spot, including dragon and lion dances, magic and acrobatics, live show by painters and calligraphers, guessing lantern riddles and original campfire party. Folk-custom games such as rope skipping, tug-of-war, kicking shuttlecock and rolling iron hoop await your participation.. If you can completely recite the essay Yueyang Tower written by Fan Zhongyan in 1046, you can visit the scenic spot for free.The traditional Chinese operas staged for tourists will incorporate local characteristics. Yueyang flower drum opera (Huguzi) is scheduled on the afternoon of the third day, the fourth day, the thirteenth day and the next two days of the first lunar month. Some historic dramas and Baling Opera, including “Drunken Concubine”, “Spring of the Jade Hall”, “Beating Yan Song” and “Nine-whip”, will be staged from the sixth day to the tenth day of the first lunar month. Changle Taige Stories, one of the national intangible cultural heritage preservation projects, will be staged in Yueyang Tower on the third day and the fourth day of the lunar month and in Junshan Island on the following two days.Translator: Wang RongSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2013-01-28 12:17 View：911

On January 25th 2013,according to news from related departments in Wulingyuan district, the large-scale show of ethnic culture “Zhangjiajie•Charming Western Hunan” is said to be recovered in the evening of  Spring Festival of  Snake Year on February 10.As main external cultural and art performance program, “Zhangjiajie•Charming Western Hunan” has been deeply favored by domestic and overseas tourists. In the successive year of 2011 and 2012, over a billion audiences were accepted and the reception scale was at the forefront of the national tourism entertainment performance. Eyes of  billions of global audiences have fixed upon the ethnic culture of Wulingyuan especially after the program “Pursuit of Love” in “Zhangjiajie•Charming Western Hunan” being presented with great honor in the 2012 Spring Festival Night Gala of  CCTV.The pause of “Zhangjiajie•Charming Western Hunan”, as is said by principal of  ZJJ Grand Theatre  of  Western Hunan, is mainly to make all performers get rest and reorganization during the off season of tourism and at the same time to make the whole show more exquisite in order to make it more charming in the night gala of  Spring Festival of  the Snake Year.By Patricia

News 2013-01-27 12:42 View：1368

The Yangtze finless porpoise, commonly known as the "river dolphin", is a unique freshwater porpoise subspecies that inhabits the Yangtze River and is currently classified as a second-level protected animal in China.According to Fang Zhengqi, a member of the CPPCC Hunan Provincial Committee, there are now only 120 river dolphins left in Dongting Lake. This vanishing animal is now even rarer than the panda, meeting the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List criteria for "critically endangered".Fang stated the painful fact at the first session of the Eleventh CPPCC Hunan Provincial Committee, proposing to raise the conservation level for finless porpoises and establish a special conservation zone for their survival and breeding. He also suggested a responsibility system for the protection of these porpoises should be set up, and the fishing management and monitoring system be improved. A rescue mechanism, involving the efforts of fishermen, should be established, while at the same time efforts should be made to improve the public's awareness and call for voluntary campaigns for the protection of river dolphins.Translator: Liu FenSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2013-01-27 12:16 View：898

Affected by the invitation of Santa Fe and Canada Whistler government, jan. 8th to 17th, deputy secretary of municipal party committee, the mayor ZhaoXiaoMing led municipal people’s government friendly city mission to visit the friendly city Santa Fe and Whistler for ten days. During the period, the mission won a warm welcome.Mission with the purpose of “deepening understanding, enhancing friendship, strengthening study, and promoting cooperation and development”, focused on urban construction and economic development in Santa fe city and Whistler city, especially the development of tourism. And strengthening the friendly cooperation and mutual benefit with friendly talks and negotiations. In urban planning, tourism development and management came into the consensus. As for tourism promotion, they hoped that media advertising resources became interchangeable as quickly as possible. For friendly intercourse, they would gradually establish a comprehensive, multi-level and multi-channel mechanism, to enhance friendship, deepen friendship in the development of practical cooperation and promote common prosperity and development.Within ten days inspection, both sides not only reached consensus on many cooperation, and enhanced the friendly and mutual understanding between the cities, also saw the shortcoming between zhangjiajie and the world famous tourist destination. The most important thing that was in the tourism destinations construction and management, it had broadened our horizons, learned experience, liberated thought, and updated concept.Translated by Sophia

News 2013-01-26 12:23 View：1148

At the invitation of the China International Culture Communication Center, the North Korean State National Art Troupe came to China for culture exchange and performance tour and made Changsha the eighth stop. The performance was staged at the Hunan Grand Theater on the evening of January 25 and 26, 2013.During the one and half hours' show on January 25, the art troupe presented more than 20 typical works of North Korean music and dance. Their performance revealed the long-established culture heritage of North Korea, representing the North Korean national style of being cheerful and passionate, exquisite and elegant and subtle. The artists also sang such familiar Chinese songs as "Wonderful Day" and "Jasmine" in Chinese.The North Korean State National Art Troupe was founded in 1947 and now is one the three national art troupes of North Korea.Translator: Wang BilianSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2013-01-26 12:15 View：1067

This year, Guangzhilv spends “Zhangjiajie-Fenghuang tourist High-rail train”, from the first day of the lunar year to 4th. It is reported that the implementation of the real name system, visitors are required to give twenty days to the travel agency to regist train and high-rail tour line. At present, it has entered the countdown stage,  and it suggests citizens to have a registration during the Spring festival in the week (21th) early. GuangZhiLv also introduces preferential policies to stimulate the market, the start line between every February 9th (New Year’s eve) to February 13th (Chinese), they can enjoy double optimal superiorly, in addition to the quota preferential 100 yuan outside, still can stack a bulk discount, the highest can save 200 yuan.In order to meet different consumer groups, according to different reception standard, the special products roll out the price from 1999 yuan to 2499 yuan RMB, the line is cheaper than the plane group nearly one thousand yuan. To let visitors travel comfortablely, most products admites to the four star hotel, the fee including the dragon elevator up to the core scenic spot YuanJiaJie, as well as tianzi mountain line cable car.Translated by Sophia

News 2013-01-25 12:22 View：1111