According to the news from Xinhuanet on 26 December, 2012, China Information Study and Promotion Website recently has publicized recommendation and the result of integrated influence evaluation of China’s excellent sub government’s websites of 2012, joint by the United Industrial and Informational Electronic Science & Technology Institution and so on. As the evaluation suggests, Zhangjiajie of China, i.e. www.zjj.gov.cn, has been declared as the indigenous government’s website of 2012.Translated by Vincent Chou

News 2013-01-11 10:41 View：1095

1, Tourist visa: one type of visas. Some countries issue visas to tourists, which is what we call “tourist visa”. It features short staying period, about 30 days in general, 90 days at most, no extension of maturity. Tourist visa holders are not allowed to work, nor do anything that is irrelevant to tourism in that place.2, Visa-free: It means no visa is required from one country to another. One can stay there for 7 days to 6 months. And it is generally bilateral.3, Landing visa: One can go to another country without a visa, but he should take passport and entry license issued by related offices of destination country to issue a visa after reaching the country’s port. This visa is usually unilateral. It would be better for Proposer to get in touch with the embassy of that destination country in advance. Avoid acting  blindly, so as not to fail to obtain the visa on arrival.4, Schengen visa: according to the Schengen Agreement, its member states issue uniform visas to short-term stayers. Once gaining the schengen visa, one is approved of traveling freely in all of the member countries within the valid period.5, Interregional visa: It is a kind of visa that one applies in non-nationality located countries, or the third counties visa. Nowadays, many countries permit interregional visa. There is a high success rate of applying for it, under the circumstances of one learns the visa policies of every destination country related to his traveling lines beforehand.Translated by Becky

News 2013-01-10 09:47 View：1122

With the approach of the Spring Festival holiday, many Chinese are choosing to purchase "nianhuo," or basic goods and necessities for the holiday, in non-traditional ways. The festival, which begins on Feb. 10 this year, serves as an important occasion for family reunions, as well as marks the start of the Chinese Lunar New Year. Purchasing meat, clothing and other ingredients and gifts is a common tradition for the festival. "In the 1980s, special markets for such goods would be set up prior to the festival," said Zhang Zongren, a resident of Quwo county in north China's Shanxi province. However, changing customs and attitudes have led many Chinese to purchase necessities in different ways or replace them entirely, said Li Yongchong, an expert at the Shanxi Provincial Academy of Social Sciences. More families are choosing to have their traditional New Year's Eve dinner in restaurants instead of cooking at home, reducing the need to purchase such goods. While supermarkets supply ready-made delicacies and imported goods for the festival, an increasing number of shoppers are choosing to buy "nianhuo" online. Taobao, China's biggest online retailer, launched a special "nianhuo" website one month ahead of the festival to meet demand from online shoppers. Goods sold on the site range from local delicacies to travel packages for those who wish to leave their hometowns during the holiday. Source: Xinhua

News 2013-01-10 09:38 View：958

The Promotion Conference of New Tourism Products themed "Coming into Happy Changsha" & 10th Anniversary Celebration of Changsha Association of Travel Services was held on the afternoon of January 8. Introduced at the conference were the recent new achievements, new scenic areas and new products of Changsha tourism. The promotion focused on 13 scenic areas, including the "5A"-class Yuelu Mountain & Orange Isle Scenic Areas, Huitang International Tourist Resort and Dawei Mountain National Ecotourism Demonstration Area. In addition, new one-day and two-day tours of Changsha and 14 new tourist routes were introduced, marking the prelude to the 2013 "Happy Changsha" tourism promotion. The Interim Measures on Promotion and Market Expansion of New Tourism Products of Changsha City will be unveiled this year, motivating Changsha travel agencies to provide more reception services, promoting new tourism packages and city tour routes, and attracting more tourists from at home and abroad. Translator: Zhang Minsi Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2013-01-09 09:34 View：883

At the beginning of the New Year, good news was released by ZJJ Wulingyuan Tourist Administration: two special spots–ZJJ Giant Salamander Science and Technology Museum and Xibu Street were officially authorized as national AAA  scenic spots. In this way, Wulingyuan owns 3 national AAA scenic spots up to now.Since 2012, ZJJ Giant Salamander Science and TechnologyMuseum and Xibu Street have upgraded their hardware and software construction in different fields vigorously, firmly in line with Scenic Spot Quality Grade Division and Evaluation. According to incomplete statistics, both of these two ZJJ scenic spots received more than 300,000 home and abroad tourists in 2012.Translated by Becky

News 2013-01-08 09:45 View：1451

Swimming in the falling snow in sunshine, Wulingyuan Scenic spots, Zhangjiajie, one of the World Natural Heritage, embraces the coming New Year. According to tourism department of Wulingyuan, 15 thousand tourists visited here on the first day of the new year of 2013, with a year-on-year increase of 65.3 percent. Among them, international tourists accounts for 30 percent or so and a single scenic spot regarded as Zhangjiajie Giant Salamander Science & Technology Museum had a reception of over 200 tourists on that day. It is known to all that every thing went well and no single complaint phone call was received by the Tourism Bureau of that district on 1 January, the 1st day of 2013.Translated by Vincent Chou

News 2013-01-06 13:35 View：1245

The 2012 Annual Conference of the Friendship Association for Hunan Overseas Chinese Societies (FAHOCS) & Exchange Meeting of Overseas Chinese from Hunan and Hong Kong was held in Hong Kong on January 3, 2013. Vice President of Hunan Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese (HFROC) Zhu Jianshan, and the Executive President of FAHOCS convened the conference. The event brought together more than 100 people including members of FAHOCS, representatives of Hong Kong overseas Chinese and press from Hunan and Hong Kong. At the conference, Vice President of the Hong Kong Federation of Overseas Chinese Associations delivered a welcome speech. Xie Jianhui, director of the Department of Commerce of Hunan Province briefed the provincial situation of Hunan. President of HFROC Cao Ya introduced the situation of Hunan overseas Chinese. Such topics as construction and development of FAHOCS as well as exchanges and cooperation between overseas Chinese of Hunan and Hong Kong were discussed. Representatives noted that they shall further develop the resources for overseas Chinese affairs and strengthen themselves based on the platform of FAHOCS to build a platform and network for connection of Hunan and overseas circle. Overseas Chinese of Hunan and Hong Kong should deepen bilateral exchange and cooperation to share complementary advantages and intensify the interaction. Efforts should also be made to strengthen communication in financial, trade, science and technology sectors between Hunan and Hong Kong. While seeking support from Hong Kong, a financial bridgehead, Hunan can accelerate the speed to get  geared into the international level. Translator: Wang Bilian Source: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2013-01-06 09:36 View：876

On December 29th to 31th, the world natural heritage wulingyuan scenic spot was active with a photography team, with their own “pike” “short gun”, focusing on the 2012 the last zhangjiajie snow. As we have learned, this photography team had a total of twenty people, they were photography enthusiasts and came together to shoot snow style in zhangjiajie, to meet the arrival of the New Year.The filming activities aimed to attract more shutterbug to winter zhangjiajie to have a photography, introduce more beautiful scenery and zhangjiajie winter amorous feelings of the photography works. During this time, they came to huanglong hole, baofeng lake, tianzi mountain, yuanjiaJie, xibu street, and so on. Then exploring the charm and beauty of zhangjiajie winter snow.Translated by Sophia

News 2013-01-05 13:33 View：1631