An 18m long cross stitch of Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival was unveiled at the Huangxing Walking Street in Changsha on the afternoon of April 20. It is said this peculiar cross stitch consumed 116,505 meters of threads, totaling at 2,032,611 stitches. It is the second longest cross stitch work of art in the world.    The longest cross stitch work is a 22m long Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival. The second longest one was developed by 37 designers in 18 months and embroidered by 10 professionals in over 180 days. It applies ancient silks as the base, weighs 40 jin (20 kg) and includes 14 sections. There are 814 figures, 83 animals, 29 boats, over 30 buildings and houses, 13 carriages, 8 sedans, 17 bridges and 180 trees on the stitch work. This work is on its first display in Changsha.Translator: Li LingSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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April 18, Ding Yunyong(Zhangjiajie Municipal Tourism Bureau)and Mireille·Chiocca(President of the Union International Mountain Film) had a very detailed talks.Zhangjiajie is very suitable for China's First International Mountain Film Festival, complete with the magical landscape of Zhangjiajie become the mountain city of international influence. Become a world-renowned destination for mountain tourism.Source: Zhangjaijie Official Web Portal

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On April 17, 2011, the First Cross-Strait Network Business Innovation Competition & the Hunan Trial of the Fourth National Network Business Innovation Competition for College Students was launched at Xiangtan University.Business problems  faced by traditional enterprises or Internet enterprises across the Taiwan Strait are the focus of this competition.  Such contests encourage college students to put forward their solution via  Internet. The panel of experts will evaluate and decide winners according to the proposals and implementation.The event is expected to attract more than 100,000 college students from over 2,000 institutions of higher learning from the mainland China and 30 odd universities from Taiwan to enter for the competition and millions of students to participate in all kinds of activities.The contestants are encouraged to choose topics conducive to exhibition and promotion of cultures across the Straits.Translator: Zhang MinsiSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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China's first low-speed maglev train will be built in the international tourism city of Zhangjiajie. April 1, Zhangjiajie government, China South Locomotive Co., Ltd., China Railway Group Ltd and Hunan Railway Investment Group Co., Ltd., in Changsha, they signed the cooperative agreement. The first phase of the project is expected to open to traffic next year.Source: Zhangjaijie Official Web Portal

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April 18, China's first large-scale 3D visual zhangjiajie folk culture show "Fog Rain Zhangjiajie"in the only ecological Theatre -  Hallelujah Concert Hall, Zhangjiajie Huanglong Cave,Formal start. Source: Zhangjaijie Official Web Portal

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Two five-star hotels, St.Regis Hotel and W Hotel under Starwood Group Inc. opened subsidiaries in Changsha Yunda Central Square on April 18. Starwood, a prestigious hotel management group signed a cooperation agreement with Hunan Yunda Industry Group at Changsha Yunda Starwood Hotel on the afternoon. Li Weiwei, director of the United Front Work Department of Hunan Province witnessed the signing ceremony and met with He Guoxiang, deputy CEO of the Asia-Pacific Investment Expansion Division of Starwood Group and General Manager of W Hotels China.    Director Li congratulated the business partners on their strategic cooperation. She hoped that the newly-launched world's first class hotels will play a positive role in promoting Hunan's future development and breathe new life into the development of the hotel sector. The province will attach more significance to the improvement of infrastructure and transport facilities. Efforts will be exerted on the optimization of development environment for the smooth progress of the cooperation. She also wished win-win results to be yielded in this cooperation.   Mr. He said,Starwood will make more contributions to accelerating the advancement of Hunan's hotel industry through their investment in Changsha.Translator: Guo YanSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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During the “12th Five-year Plan” period (2011-2015), Shaoshan, hometown of Chairman Mao, is to further its “Red Tradition” by implementing a red tourism industry development plan so as to forge a film and television studio of “Red Subject”.　　Mayor of the city Xiang Min told that during the next five years, Shaoshan is scheduled to bolster its tourism industry by carrying out the “14461Program”. That is, the number of tourists to Shaoshan will hit 10mln; the main focus will go to the exploitation of four places, namely, Tian’er(swan) Mountain, Shao Feng Peak, Blackstone Village and Shizi(lion) Mountain; at least four 4-star hotels and conference and exhibition centers are to be built; new investment will be injected into 6 areas, i.e. red culture experience, red culture performance, red culture film shooting, red culture education, red culture exhibition and green leisure sports; the total tourism revenue will exceeding 10bln Yuan.　　In early April, the city collaborates with Beijing Red Joint Investment Co.,Ltd. in building a national red culture film shooting studio surrounding the Former Residence of Chairman Mao Zedong. The total input comes up to 1.5bln yuan.Translator: Zhou QiongSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

News 2011-04-17 22:05 View：1542

Recently, Wu Wenxue, Party member and director of Financial Planning Office of the National Tourism Administration of the People's Republic of China headed a delegation to Changsha for tourism investigation.

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