President Shen Heting of MCC Limited, escorted by Vice President Huang Dan, met withthe visiting delegation from Zhangjiajie City at MCC Building on March 11, 2011. The delegation consisted of Mayor Zhao Xiaoming and Vice Mayor Liu Shuhua of Zhangjiajie Municipal Government.Mayor Zhao Xiaoming gave a brief introduction to the comprehensive development of the new district, tentative plan on construction of the administrative district and the highways, as well as the initial planning in this regard. He expected to establish cooperative relationship with MCC Limited and thus jointly promote the economic growth of Zhangjiajie. President Shen extended gratitude and welcome to the guests. He hoped that the concrete implementation plan could be further elaborated basing upon the integrated planning. Both parties also conducted discussion on the other relevant matters. Liu Feng, Assistant General Manager of MCC Communication Engineering Technology Co., Ltd. (MCET) was also present at the meeting.

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Bu Yuehui, officer of the Hunan Provincial Tourism Bureau headed a delegation to the MATTA FAIR, the No.1 Consumer Travel & Tourism Fair in Malaysia, which was held from March 11-15, 2011 at the Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur. The delegation consisted of officers from local tourism bureaus and business representatives of tourism institutions.　　The exhibition zone for Chinese tourism covered an area of more than 300 square meters and comprised of 8 exhibition stands from provinces and cities like Hunan Province, Shangdong Province, Sichuan Province, Qinghai Province and Shanghai City. Themed with Chinese Culture Tour in 2011, the specially designed booth showcased the profound Chinese culture.　　Travel products and services on offer by Zhangjiajie City and Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture sell well in Malaysia all the time. In this event, Hunan delegation received more than 1,000 visitors and promoted travel products and services by handing out 3,000 odd brochures. They also paid special visits to Malaysia National Tourism Administration and China National Tourism Administration Singapore Office.Translator: Xie JingjingSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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The International Bamboo & Silk Calligraphy Invitation Exhibition themed on "Bamboo & Silk Writing Sparkles Dongting Lake" was unveiled on the afternoon of March 25 at  Changsha Bamboo Slips Museum. 150 odd calligraphic works from over 20 countries and regions are to be displayed for 3 days.As a main province in unearthing bamboo slips and silk manuscript, Hunan has proved its profound culture heritage with the discovery of Mawangdui silk manuscript and Zoumalou bamboo slips of Changsha Prefecture during Sun Quan's reign of Wu in the Three Kingdoms period (222-252 AD) as well as Liye bamboo slips of Qin Dynasty (221 BC - 206BC). These abundant segments showed the original charm of ancient calligraphy and its natural unadorned smooth style. The exhibition gathers over 150 articles of experts, scholars and calligraphers from Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam and from China’s mainland and Taiwan as well as Hong Kong. The exhibition is co-organized by the Cultural Relics Press and the Bamboo Slips Museum in Changsha. Meanwhile, the 8th Symposium on China's Calligraphic History was held on the same morning to study the bamboo slips and silk instruments.Translator: Zhou QiongSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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Changde City decided to make some significant adjustments in the management system of Taohuayuan Scenic Zone this year. The area of the zone will be expanded from 29 square kilometers to 142.48 square kilometers; and 3 billion yuan will be injected to improve its supporting facilities within 5 years. Changde is making a marked stride in its way of vigorously building the tourism brand of "Taohuayuan" and the well-known tourist destination at home and abroad.Changde City keeps on boosting the tourism construction- "Double Ten" Project. Specifically, the city focuses on promoting ten tourist items including Taohuayuan and Liuye Lake Low-Carbon Tourist Town; and the county (district/city) promotes such ten programs as Huping Mountain and Chengtou Mountain. Moreover, it will build a Cultural Taohuayuan centered on Taohuayuan and Chengtou Mountain, a Natural Taohuayuan based on Huayan Stream, Huping Mountain, the Wetland in Western Dongting Lake and Yuanjiang Scenic Belt, and a Modern Taohuayuan taking Liuye Lake and the urban area as the main attractions. In a word, it is striving to build "a city in Taohuanyuan" in all directions, allowing tourists to experience the artistic beauty of Taohuayuan from various perspectives.Translator: Li LingSource: Hunan Official Web Portal

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On April 8, the 2011 China’s Hunan Zhangjiajie International Forest Protection Festival & "Zhangjiajie Giant Salamander" National Geographic Indication Products Press Conference will be held in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park.This festival will be jointly hosted by the Hunan Provincial Forestry Department and Zhangjiajie Municipal Government.

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Exhibition Office of Zhangjiajie Government is the first prefecture-level city office of Hunan Province.Its purpose is to promote the cause of Zhangjiajie exhibition, to speed up construction of  the world's tourist city of Zhangjiajie.The Zhangjiajie Government will vigorously support the exhibition career, Zhangjiajie basic reception facilities continue to improve, coupled with its unique tourism resources, Zhangjiajie  exhibition economy will be the rapid development.Yao Hongyan, The Leader of Zhangjiajie Government Exhibition  Office Translator: ShuireSource: Zhangjiajie Official Web Portal

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Zhangjiajie has become the major origin area for Chinese giant salamanders, Xiang Zuoyi, vice mayor of Zhangjiajie City stated at the press conference held by the Zhangjiajie Municipal People’s Government on March 22nd, 2011 in Changsha.　　Zhangjiajie has made continuous efforts to further protect Chinese giant salamanders and attempted to make use of this precious resource in recent years. It has established the Chinese giant salamander protection zone, buffer zone and experimental zone with the total area of 14,285 hectares as well as 11 stations for Chinese giant salamander observation and protection. With the support of the Hunan Livestock and Aquatic Products Bureau, Hunan Giant Salamander Rescue Center, the International Giant Salamander Academic Exchange Center, Hunan Giant Salamander Protection & Development Association  have also been founded. In 2010 Zhangjiajie attracted investment worth more than 60 million yuan to build the first giant salamander biotechnology museum in China.　　Zhangjiajie has built 29 breeding bases for giant salamanders in natural, artificial and bionic environments, with the annual artificial breeding output of over 1,000 giant salamanders. This project has attracted 500 million yuan as capital investment in and out of Hunan Province, and 36 million yuan as fiscal support.Translator: Wang XiaoluSource:Hunan Official Web Portal

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A new ecological park has been built in north Changsha. A few days ago the first-phase project of Xiufeng Mountain Park was completed and opened to the public for free. A principal from the Management Committee of the Jinxia Economic Development Zone said that a view tower is to be built in the park to embody the development of north Changsha.　According to the overall layout, the park consists of one core, five functional zones and eight scenic spots. The five functional areas are the area for cultural activities, the ecological forest zone, the entertainment zone, the recreational zone for children and the park affairs management zone.　　The Jinxia beacon is designed like a golden champion trophy. The sculpture is 29.28-meter high, made up of such three parts as the pedestal, the body and the logo. The cone-shaped pedestal has a diameter of 12.9m at the bottom, and 8.6m at the top, transmitting glaring light at night.Translator: Zhou QiongSource:Hunan Official Web Portal

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