The 2011 China (Zhangjiajie) International Forest Protection Festival & Zhangjiajie's Launching Ceremony of the International Year of Forests was held in Zhangjiajie National Forest Park on April 8, 2011. Over 5,000 guests, tourists, young volunteers, and primary and secondary students at home and abroad attended the ceremony. Simple but effective, the opening ceremony of this 15th forest protection festival achieved zero-emission without fireworks or air conditioners. At the opening ceremony,...Read More
The press conference on Hunan’s First Digital Tourism Films Contest was held in Changsha on April 6. It is announced that from that day on to September 30, the organizing committee will collect works from all tourism agencies, Film & TV companies, travel enthusiasts, amateur photographers and college students. The contest will demonstrate the natural beauty of Hunan through film scripts with complete stories, and make digital films for the...Read More
198,000 people visited Shaoshan, the hometown of Chairman Mao, during the three-day Tomb-sweeping Day Holiday in 2011, an increase of 17.4% from the previous year, with gate receipts reaching 540,700 yuan.More than 300 retired veteran cadres from Shanxi came to Shaoshan and held activities themed as “recalling revolutionaries” on April 3.They paid their respects by placing flowers at the bronze statue of Chairman Mao at Mao Zedong Square. In addition,...Read More
On the morning of April 5, a delegation headed by Tu Minghui, chairman of Taiwan Chung-hua Woman Party held a meeting in Changsha with representatives of the Hunan Provincial People’s Government Taiwan Affairs Office, the Women’s Federation of Hunan Province, the Hunan Provincial Civil Affairs Department and members belonging to other sectors of the province. Tu and her delegation arrived in order to participate in the second Taiwan-based Hunan Descendants...Read More
According to Changsha Frontier Inspection Station, 7,213 passengers and 50 flight arrivals and departure were noted to-and-from Hunan from April 1 to 5, 2011. Among these travelers, Taiwan compatriots coming to Hunan amounted to 1, 815, a year-on-year increase of 10%, and foreign tourists totaled up to 3,543, up by 21% over last year.Many Hunanese offspring’s residing in foreign countries came back to pay tribute to their ancestors or visit...Read More
