News 2011-10-17 16:23 View：2274

Duration: Oct.18-Oct.25Place: Chenzhou City, China The 2011 Chenzhou (International) Tourism and Culture Festival themed with "City in the Wood & City of Leisure" will kick off at Fushou Square of Longnv Scenic Spot, Beihu District of Chenzhou City on Oct. 18 and hold its concluding ceremony at Mangshan Mountain National Forest Park of Yizhang County on Oct. 25.

News 2011-10-17 12:46 View：1372

In order to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the 1911 Revolution, the activity of creating a hundred-meter-long painting and calligraphy by one hundred masters from the mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan was held in Ten-li Gallery, a famous scenic spot of Zhangjiajie, on October 8. The theme of the activity is “realizing great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and promoting peaceful reunification of the mainland and Taiwan”.These outstanding painters and calligraphers painted or wrote on a hundred-meter-long white paper in high sprites and showed the masterpiece to the audience after finishing it. As long as the large painting was completed, 300 pigeons were released to fly, a local band began to play the suona horn, a Chinese traditional musical instrument, and drum players began to beat their drums. The scene was really exciting.The activity includes three parts: one is creating the large painting in Ten-li Gallery; another one is creating works in Baofeng Lake; the last one is creating paintings or calligraphies during these masters' tour in Yuanjiajie, Huangshizhai, and Tianzi Mountain (Emperor Mountain). All works will be exhibited in Baofeng Lake for tourists to appreciate.Translator: Mao YipanSource: Zhangjiajie Official Web

News 2011-10-11 21:26 View：1485

Lately, Bei Xuexian, chairman of the UK China Culture Association (UCCA) visited the Hunan Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese (HFROC). This visit aims to probe into Huxiang culture and Hunan's economic and cultural development trends. Zhang Bogang, member of the Party Group of the HFROC, gave his warm welcome to him.Since its establishment, the UCCA has always been committed to inheriting and expanding Chinese culture, as well as promoting cooperation and exchange between UK and China in areas such as culture, education and science and technology.Mr. Bei, a native from Guangxi Province, holds important positions in over 40 associations besides the UCCA. He is the first returned overseas Chinese honored with "UK Congress Community Service Cultural Contribution Award".Bei devotes himself to the promotion and development of Chinese culture while maintaining sound relationship with various UK overseas Chinese societies. He has made great contribution in popularizing Chinese culture.Translator: Hao JingruSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2011-10-10 21:24 View：1537

After two years' construction, the new Ship Factory of Changsha (SFC) will start trial production at the end of October, 2011. It will become Hunan's largest modern shipyard with the most complete facilities and the most advanced functions, and moreover, the national first-class building base for inland vessels.Established in 1951, SFC now focuses on shipbuilding, large-scale steel structure manufacturing, and terminal handling after its relocation. It covers an area of 580 mu (about 386,667 square meters) and costs an investment of 514 million yuan, with the ship building capacity reaching 6,000 ton. The main workshop will be completed and put into operation this month.It is reported that the new factory is expected to begin making a large engineering ship able to lift 500 tons on the water this month. At present, it has received orders and intention orders worth nearly 200 million yuan.Translator: Zhou JingqiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2011-10-07 13:17 View：1572

Mombasa, Kenya, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Chinese ambassador here on Wednesday handed over 2,500 tons of rice from China to the Kenyan government, indicating that China started delivering its 2 billion Kenyan shillings' (20 million U. S. dollars) food aid to Kenya to fight against food shortage. Ambassador of China to Kenya Liu Guangyuan, on a hand-over ceremony held at Mombasa Port, said that the Chinese government has paid great attention to the most severe drought and famine in the Horn of Africa including Kenya. He also noted that the Chinese government has announced food and cash support totaling 443.2 million Chinese Renminbi (about 70 million dollars) to the Horn of Africa, the largest aid provided by the Chinese government to foreign countries. Kenyan Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka received the relief food on behalf of the Kenyan government and praised China's quick response to the famine disaster in Kenya. "I also thank China for its agriculture cooperation with Kenya to help us produce more to meet the food demand," Musyoka added. Up to now, the Chinese government decided to provide 2 billion shillings' relief food to Kenya, including rice, wheat, beans, maize flour and cooking oil. The first and second batches of the food aid totaling 2,500 tons of rice arrived here respectively on Sept. 28 and Oct. 1. The third and forth batches departed from China respectively on Sept. 23 and Sept.30, and were expected to arrive in Mombasa Port at the end of October, adding the delivered aid value of the four batches to 500 million shillings. Source: Xinhua

News 2011-10-06 12:55 View：1279

According to the data released by the Hunan Holiday Office on the evening of October 3, the province met its first travel peak of the seven-day holiday.Based on the statistics, the occupation rate of Hunan’s hotels has reached over 90 percent, and 42 tourist areas (sites) under Hunan’s supervision have received 655,100 tourists, creating a revenue of 53,054,000 yuan.With the weather turning better, Changsha welcomes a large number of visitors with a series of attractive activities such as Throwing Tomatoes Competition in Changsha Window of the World, appreciating wild animals in Changsha Ecological Zoo, watching birds in Birds’ Paradise of Yuelu Mountain, and triathlon competition in Qianlong Lake.Leisure tourism in Changsha’s rural areas was also very popular. Baiguo Park, Jingxiu Ecological Farm and Qianlong Holiday Resort have received nearly 15,000 tourists, with 4200,000 yuan of travel income, up 21% and 23.6% over the same period of last year respectively.In addition, tourism industry in Zhangjiajie, Zhuzhou, Xiangtan, Yueyang, Changde, Shaoyang, Yiyang and Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture has also enjoyed a heat during the golden week.Translator: Wang XiaoluSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2011-10-05 13:15 View：1452

BEIJING, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Travel demand on China's railways remained huge on the second day of the nation's seven-day National Day Holiday as more people have chosen to travel. More than 7.1 million journeys were made on the railways on Oct. 2, up 6.1 percent year-on-year, according to data released Monday by the Ministry of Railways (MOR). The railways carried a record 8.928 million passengers throughout the country on Oct. 1, the first day of the week-long holiday. Both long-distance and short-distance travelers saw rises in numbers, which contributed to heavy traffic, according to the ministry. A total of 259 temporary trains were put into service on Oct.2, the second day of the country's week-long holiday. Traveling by railway is the primary transportation mode for travelers. The sector has the difficult task of catering to massive increases in travelers during the country's two week-long holidays, namely the Spring Festival and National Day. Source: Xinhua

News 2011-10-03 12:53 View：1634