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...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....Read More
Transportation information:1、AircraftChangsha to Zhangjiajie Just one flight at nightZhangjiajie to Changsha Just one flight in the morning2、ChangZhuTan bus station-Changsha Regular bus station:Changsha Regular bus station to Zhangjiajie cityChangsha Regular bus station to Jishou cityZhangjiajie city to Changsha Regular bus stationJishou city to Changsha Regular bus stationFrom 8:30 AM start to 18:30 PM end.10 times per...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...Read More
Cyclic economic experts with Ministry of Environmental Protection and other five ministries and commissions under the State Council conducted a special investigation in Miluo, a county level city, on stepping up the exploitation and utilization of recyclable mineral resources. The city has sped up the transformation and upgrading of cyclic economy through the development of...Read More
The Briefing on Changsha's Tourism Work was held in Beijing recently. Shao Qiwei, head of the National Tourism Administration, attended the meeting and showed full support to the city's development of modern tourism industry.Being the first batch of China's excellent tourism cities, Changsha boasts rich tourism resources. Last year, Changsha blazed a new trail to...Read More
As the Changsha Frontier Inspection Station revealed on April 4, 99,188 passengers came in or went out of the city during the first quarter of this year, increasing by 16.9% over that of last year. Among the foreign travelers, Korean tourists account for most, followed by America and Australia. In the first three months, 28,868 travelers...Read More
The Working Conference on 2011 Hunan Government Websites Construction was held in Changsha on March 31, 2011. Vice Governor of Hunan Province Han Yongwen addressed the meeting and Assistant Governor Yuan Jianyao presided over the conference. Hunan will further strengthen e-government construction, and establish unified e-government and office service platform covering the province. Efforts will be...Read More
A group of 99 Hunanese will fly to Beijing by charted plane on April 4 to mourn over Chairman Mao Zedong at the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, presenting flower baskets and chanting Yearning of Hunan People, and memoiring people's heroes at the Monument to the People's Heroes at Tiananmen Square.The memorial ceremony is launched by...Read More
Locals of Shaoshan City--hometown of former Chairman Mao Zedong, presented flowers to ancestors’ cemeteries, recited memorial poems and swept tombs on the Internet to honor ancestors and the deceased as Qingming Festival or Tomb-Sweeping Day draws near.More than 400 carders, citizens and students attended a simple but solemn memorial ceremony at Shaoshan Martyr Park to...Read More
