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Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal City Tourism Promotion Alliance Established

Tuesday, June 30, 2015
In June 22th, the 38th World Heritage Conference held in Doha, Qatar, the Grand Canal was inscribed on the UNESCO’s World Heritage List.
 

In June 24th, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal City Tourism Promotion Alliance formed by 18 cities along the Grand Canal was established in Hangzhou. Representatives from China National Tourism Administration, Zhejiang Tourism Bureau and Hangzhou municipal government attended the inauguration.
 
The inauguration was organized by Hangzhou Tourism Commission & Hangzhou Grand Canal Protection Committee, hosted by Hangzhou municipal government, Zhejiang Tourism Bureau, and held under the guidance of National Tourism Administration. 
 

These 18 cties that formed the alliance are: Beijing, Tianjin, Cangzhou (Hebei Province), Hengshui (Hebei Province), Dezhou(Shandong Province), Liaocheng (Shandong Province), Jining (Shandong Province), Tai'an (Shandong Province), Zaozhuang (Shandong Province), Suqian (Jiangsu Province), Huai'an (Jiangsu Province), Yangzhou (Jiangsu Province), Changzhou (Jiangsu Province), Wuxi (Jiangsu Province), Suzhou (Jiangsu Province), Huzhou, Jiaxing City (Zhejiang Province), Hangzhou (Zhejiang Province). Alliance’s Secretariat is located in Hangzhou Tourism Commission. Around 150 people attended the inauguration, among which are representatives from tourism bureaus (Commissions), travel agencies and key scenic areas of the above 18 cities along the canal side. 
 
The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, knowing as the longest canal or artificial river in the world; began its construction 2,400 years ago. Its distinctive, uniqueness and diversity of culture, environment, ecology, make it long-last of tourism value for the world. The alliance has provided great opportunity for connecting throughout the north and south, integrating natural, cultural and intangible heritages. These 6 provinces 18 cities along the canal side will become a brand new platform for the Chinese tourism external display, and mutual benefits of regional cooperation. They’ll make efforts to create a well-known and attractive international tourism route which will be more significant, to enhance the overall image of the Grand Canal and to promote the regional economic development.
 
In the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal City Tourism Promotion Alliance inauguration, these 18 cities debut for the first time as unified. Conference issued a " Hangzhou Consensus", pointing out that the alliance aims to integrate the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal side cities’ tourism resources, to accelerate cooperation of development for cities along the regional tourism, to promote the brand as a united alliance, to discuss the new possibility of tourism coordination methods, to promote tourism exchanges and cooperation between cities, to scheme new world-class tourist route for Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, to continuously improve the international reputation and competitiveness of Chinese tourism.