"Beauty of Shaoyang, Romantic Langshan"
       
The first Shaoyang tourism development conference opening ceremony was held in 
Xinning County on the evening of Nov. 30.
       
Located in Xinning County of south Hunan province, Langshan mountain scenic 
area covers 108 square kilometers. In the early winter, gingkgo leaves turn 
yellow, maple leaves turn red and navel oranges are ripe, it is the best time 
to visit Langshan mountain.

From Nov. 30 to Dec. 1, the event mainly compasses four main activities 
including opening ceremony, culture and tourism project investigation, tourism 
development conference theme exhibition and Shaoyang tourism industrial 
development promotion conference, according to the The Publicity Department of 
Shaoyang City.

Before opening ceremony, attendees visited the first Shaoyang tourism 
development conference theme exhibition. Yang Weigang, the deputy director of 
the Standing Committee of Hunan Provincial People's Congress, declared 
commencement of the conference. The presenter promoted the culture and tourism 
of Xinning County.

Xinning County is rich in resources of "agro-cultural tourism", which is the 
national tourism standardization demonstration county, the national top 100 
ecotourism county, and the top 10 tourism industry development counties in 
Hunan Province. Langshan mountain Scenic Area is a World Natural Heritage Site, 
national scenic area, national Geological park and 5A national tourist 
attraction. Navel orange, the main industry, had won the geographical 
indication of China, and the county is known as "the first navel orange county 
in China". In recent years, Xinning has deeply promoted the productive 
integrated development of "culture plus", "tourism plus" and "industry plus", 
and achieved fruitful results.

Source: The Publicity Department of Shaoyang City

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