Joy upon Joy! 4 Places in Jiangmen Recommended as Key National Rural Tourism Destinations

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Great news keeps coming from Jiangmen!

Recently, Kaiping City was selected for the second batch of provincial all-for-one tourism demonstration zones on the public notice list.

Additionally, four villages in Jiangmen made it onto the second batch of national key rural tourism villages on the candidate public notice list.

It’s truly a double blessing! Let’s take a look!June 5th

The Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism has announced

the list of candidate villages recommended by cities

for the second batch of national key rural tourism villages.

In our city,

Jingmei Village, Caoping Village, Wufeng Village, and Qiangya Village

these four villages have made the list!

Jingmei Village’s “Marvelous” Alley,

Lawn Village |

Wufeng Village

Qiangya Village Committee, Tangkou Town — Zuzhai Village In accordance with the requirements of the “Notice of the General Office of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the General Office of the National Development and Reform Commission on the Selection and Recommendation of the Second Batch of National Key Rural Tourism Villages” (Office Resource Development [2020]), the Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism organized cities to recommend a group of villages with promising rural tourism development as candidate villages for the second batch of national key rural tourism villages. The list is now publicized for public feedback.

List of Candidate Villages Recommended by Cities for the Second Batch of National Key Rural Tourism Villages

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Jingmei Village, Yamen Town, Xinhui District

Jingmei Village, located in the northwest of Yamen Town, covers an area of 3.7 square kilometers and is 1.75 kilometers from the town center. According to legend, during the Yuan Dynasty’s Zhizheng era, ancestors with the surname Chen settled here and named it “Gengbei Chen Village.” During the Ming Dynasty’s Zhengde era, a clansman passed the imperial exam and established a new village, taking the meaning of “plum blossoms bloom every year in the capital” and renaming it Jingmei.

Jingmei Village is rich in tourism resources, featuring the nationally protected first-class Hongsheng Ancestor Hall, as well as historical buildings such as Chen Xiang’s former residence and Kangwang Temple, which are listed in the Xinhui District’s immovable cultural relics register.

Photographed by Peng Weizong

Here, the must-mention is the “Shen Chu Hua Xiang” alley, where the art of painting blends into the passage. Hidden along the alley are vivid, lifelike murals showcasing martial arts secrets—musical notations, ten core techniques, weaponry use, and even life-size models for you to interact with and try out a move. By the time you walk out of the alley, it feels as if you’ve absorbed the essence of Choy Li Fut boxing, like a dragon or tiger possessing you, itching to take action. Besides uncovering martial arts secrets, you can also visit the Hong Sheng Ancestral Hall, the birthplace of Choy Li Fut, and the Kang Wang Temple to marvel at the ancient, charming historic architecture and soak in its profound cultural heritage.

Caoping Village, Shuibu Town, Taishan City

Caoping Village is located in Changtang Village, Shuibu Town, Taishan City. It was established during the Daoguang reign of the Qing Dynasty, over 160 years ago. The village still preserves intact the founding stone tablet, ancestral hall, and school from that era. The people of Caoping place great importance on education, with existing old-style private schools like the Longshen Family School built during the Qing Dynasty and the Caoping Primary School built in 1930. The village boasts many notable figures, such as Lin Yuanfang, a high-ranking official in the Ministry of Revenue appointed by the Daoguang Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.** The grassland village is rich in the culture of overseas Chinese hometown and has abundant resources. By introducing a cultural tourism planning company, it pioneered the “village shareholder system” and promoted the revitalization project of the grassland village. So far, environmental improvements, tourist restrooms, the renovation of the grassland primary school, a coffee school, the grassland square, sightseeing plank roads, stone-paved main streets, partial facade restoration of some ancient houses, and lighting projects have been completed. Observation decks, waterfront platforms, and the Lintang Garden project are also set to be finished soon.

Night view of Caoping Village, photographed by Peng Weizong.

In addition, projects such as an agricultural museum, a hydrophilic wetland park, a cultural arts center, an artist creative camp, an RV camp, a century-old overseas Chinese hotel, a paddy field experience inn, water recreation facilities, and a happy vegetable garden have been included in the plans. The Caoping Village cultural tourism project integrates rural scenery, organic agriculture, specialty dining, overseas Chinese culture, and trendy guesthouses, blending advanced tourism concepts to strive to become a model benchmark for rural cultural tourism projects in Taishan and even Jiangmen.

Wufeng Village, Haiyan Town, Taishan City

Wufeng Village is an administrative village under Haiyan Town, located in the southwestern part of Taishan City. It borders Jilong Mountain to the east and faces the South China Sea to the south, with a view of Shangchuan and Xiachuan Islands across the sea. It is a place where you can see mountains, gaze at the sea, and remember your nostalgia.

Video Wufeng Village is small, covering only 1.9 square kilometers, yet it is also “big,” known as a “mini United Nations.” Originally built in 1962 as a resettlement village for overseas Chinese evacuated from Southeast Asia, it is home to returned overseas Chinese from 13 countries and regions in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, India, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, the Philippines, Brunei, and Sri Lanka.

In Wufeng Village, you can experience authentic Southeast Asian culture; taste unique Southeast Asian cuisine such as Vietnamese spring rolls, Malaysian fried chicken, Indonesian braised crab, and Indonesian pandan rolls; and find satisfying ethnic costumes, handicrafts, and fruits from various countries.

Qiangya Village, Tangkou Town, Kaiping City

Qiangya Village Committee is located in the central part of Tangkou Town, Kaiping City, west of Tangkou Market. The village has a total of 566 households with a population of 1,751, governing 9 village groups: Shuilong Village, Shangtang Second Village, Shangtang First Village, Guangling Village, Zili Village, Qiling Village, Zuzhai Village, Miaobei Village, and Miaodong Village. Among them, Zili Village, under the jurisdiction of Qiangya Village Committee, is a World Cultural Heritage site and a nationally renowned historical and cultural village. The Zili Village Diaolou cluster was designated as a National Key Cultural Relic Protection Unit by the State Council in June 2001.

Zili Village features 15 diaolou with diverse styles, exquisite designs, and rich cultural significance, standing as outstanding representatives of the flourishing period of Kaiping Diaolou. Most of these diaolou were built in the 1920s and 1930s by local overseas Chinese to protect the lives and property of their families and fellow villagers back home.The strong in the image

Qiangya Village Committee of Tangkou Town fully leverages the brand effect of the Zili Village scenic area, vigorously promotes the adjustment of the agricultural industry structure, and plants crops such as rice, rapeseed flowers, and lotus roots (lotus flowers), attracting a large number of visitors to enjoy the rural scenery and driving the development of rural tourism economy. Recently, the Tangkou Town ancestral home tourist restroom, which won the 2020 World Landscape Architecture Award (WLA) for Best Small Architecture (Built Small category), has become a true internet-famous check-in spot, drawing a steady stream of visitors every day.Zuzhai Village belongs to Qiangya Village Committee, Tangkou Town, and is adjacent to the world cultural heritage site—Zili Village. It is the ancestral home of the Fang clan in Tangkou. The main cultural relics and historical sites in the village include the immovable cultural relics: Suicheng Tower, Wenyuan, Wendiao Tower, and Xiancheng Tower.

Jiangmen WeatherToday, there will be brief showers, with temperatures ranging from 26 to 33 degrees Celsius. Due to heavy rainfall earlier, the soil moisture content is high, and geological disasters may have a lagging effect, so relevant precautions are needed. It is expected that from the 11th to the 13th, it will be partly cloudy with more sunshine and hot weather, so be mindful of heatstroke prevention. From the 14th to the 16th, there will be a new round of rainfall.

Now, let’s take a look at

**Last night and this morning’s news you might have missed

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Local News

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From January to April, Jiangmen’s Actual Use of Foreign Capital Ranked First in the Pearl River Delta in Growth

From January to April this year, Jiangmen’s absorption of foreign capital continued to grow steadily, showing strong “stable foreign capital” performance. According to confirmed data from the commerce department, the city approved 90 new foreign-invested projects from January to April, a 25% increase; contracted foreign capital reached $379 million, up 379.67%; actual use of foreign capital was $300 million, or 2.053 billion yuan in RMB terms, up 12.71%, ranking first in growth in the Pearl River Delta.

The People’s Daily Front Page Headline Covers Our City

Yesterday, The People’s Daily featured a column titled “Fostering New Opportunities Amid Crisis, Opening New Horizons Amid Change” on its front page headline, showcasing the new practices, achievements, and effectiveness of various regions and departments in solidly implementing the “six stability” tasks and fully executing the “six guarantees.” The first report focused on safeguarding residents’ employment, with a highlighted segment on Jiangmen in the section “Guangdong: Supporting Enterprises, Weathering the Storm, Keeping Jobs Secure.”

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Municipal Political Consultative Conference Holds Standing Committee (Enlarged) Meeting and Inauguration Ceremony for Municipal Committee Members College

Yesterday morning, Zhou Weiwan, Chairman and Party Secretary of the Municipal Political Consultative Conference, presided over the 14th Standing Committee (Enlarged) Meeting of the 13th Municipal Political Consultative Conference and held the inauguration ceremony for the Municipal Committee Members College. Vice Chairpersons Zhao Cuiling, Lan Hua, Ma Yuemin, Hu Nianfang, Ren Anliang, Zhou Jinming, and Fei Weidong, along with Zhang Zhonglin, Party Secretary of Jiangmen Vocational and Technical College, attended the meeting.

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Provincial People’s Congress Delegates Investigate Infectious Disease Prevention and Control System

To further improve the infectious disease prevention and control system in our city and enhance public health emergency response capabilities, yesterday, the Municipal People’s Congress Standing Committee organized provincial delegates from our city to conduct a special investigation into the infectious disease prevention and control system. Yi Zhongqiang, provincial delegate and Deputy Director of the Municipal People’s Congress Standing Committee Party Group, participated in the investigation.

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Municipal People’s Congress Standing Committee Conducts Investigation on Port Construction

From June 4 to 9, Wu Guojie, Deputy Director of the Municipal People’s Congress Standing Committee, led an investigation team to study the port (including electronic port) construction situation in our city. The team conducted field research in Xinhui, Taishan, Jianghai, and some port enterprises, held symposiums, heard reports from relevant units on import-export trade and port (including electronic port) construction, and offered opinions and suggestions.

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Second Round of Door-to-Door Survey for Urban Workers in Need Officially Launched in Our City

Recently, the second round of door-to-door surveys for urban workers in need has officially begun in our city. To this end, the Municipal Party Committee Working Committee and the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions jointly held a business training class and mobilization meeting for the survey, providing centralized training for key leaders of municipal (district) party committee working committees and trade unions, as well as full-time deputy secretaries of municipal party committees and general party branches. Gu Dahua, Deputy Director of the Municipal People’s Congress Standing Committee and Chairman of the Municipal Federation of Trade Unions, attended the event.

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Our City Holds Leading Group Meeting on Eradicating Wage Arrears for Migrant Workers

Yesterday, our city held the 2020 leading group meeting on eradicating wage arrears for migrant workers, mobilizing and deploying the assessment work for ensuring migrant workers’ wage payments in 2019. Wang Changqing, head of the leading group and Deputy Mayor of the city, attended the meeting.

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Municipal Committee Members College Officially Inaugurated Yesterday

Yesterday, the Municipal Committee Members College was officially inaugurated. It is reported that to implement the three key tasks proposed by General Secretary Xi Jinping at the Central Political Consultative Conference—“leveraging the role of the People’s Political Consultative Conference as a specialized consultative body,” “strengthening ideological and political guidance, building broad consensus,” and “intensifying committee members’ sense of responsibility”—the Municipal Political Consultative Conference has focused this year on creating three innovative work brands: “One Hall, One College, One Room” (i.e., the Public Affairs Discussion Hall, the Committee Members College, and the Committee Members Working Room).

Domestic and International

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Ministry of Education Issues 2020 No. 1 Study Abroad Warning

On the 9th, the Ministry of Education issued the 2020 No. 1 study abroad warning. Recently, Australian universities plan to reopen around July. The global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has not been effectively controlled, posing risks for international travel and campus openings. During the pandemic, multiple discriminatory incidents against Asians have occurred in Australia. The Ministry of Education advises students abroad to assess risks carefully and currently to choose cautiously whether to travel to or return to Australia for study.

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Civil Aviation Administration: Hainan Free Trade Port to Pilot Opening of Seventh Freedom Rights in Phases and Steps

The Civil Aviation Administration recently released the “Hainan Free Trade Port Pilot Opening of Seventh Freedom Rights Implementation Plan,” stating that the administration will pilot the opening of seventh freedom rights in Hainan Free Trade Port in stages and steps, following the principles of being proactive, cautious, orderly, and progressive.

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Centenarian Red Army Veteran Wang Dingguo Passes Away

On the 9th, Wang Dingguo, a veteran of the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries and a Red Army veteran, died of illness in Beijing at the age of 107. Wang Dingguo joined the Chinese Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army in October 1933; in October 1934, she followed the Fourth Front Army of the Red Army through the arduous 25,000-li Long March, crossing snowy mountains and grasslands three times. At 91, she retraced the Long March; at 94, she studied the ecology of the Yellow River; and at 99, she was still planting trees.

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Ezhou City in Hubei Conducts Nucleic Acid Testing Screening

According to a notice from the Ezhou City COVID-19 Prevention and Control Command, from June 11 to June 17, nucleic acid testing screening will be conducted for those in Ezhou who have not yet been tested. During the centralized testing period, the government will subsidize 50% of the costs for those who voluntarily pay for nucleic acid testing.

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U.S. Media Says Trump to Resume Campaign Activities in Coming Weeks

According to the Washington Post, on June 8 local time, President Donald Trump’s campaign team stated that Trump is expected to resume his “Keep America Great” campaign activities in the coming weeks. For months, Trump has been unable to participate in related events due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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North Korea Announces Cutting Off All Inter-Korean Communication Lines

According to Yonhap News Agency, North Korean authorities announced the complete cutting off of all inter-Korean communication lines starting at 12:00 p.m. local time on the 9th. On the same day, South Korea’s Ministry of Unification responded that these channels are fundamental means of communication and coordination between the two sides, and according to inter-Korean agreements, both parties should maintain these contact channels.

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Former Officer in “George Floyd” Case Pleads Not Guilty

On June 8 local time, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, involved in the “George Floyd” case, appeared in court, where the judge raised his unconditional bail to $1.25 million. Chauvin faces charges of second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter but did not enter a guilty plea.

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Awkward Moment! Panda Xing Er in Denmark Attempts “Escape”

On June 8 local time, giant panda Xing Er, living at the Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark’s capital, climbed over a 2-meter-high railing and squeezed through layers of protective netting to escape from its panda enclosure. It was later found and recaptured by zoo keepers. The zoo stated that Xing Er was not injured but that the enclosure would be inspected for potential hazards.

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