摘要
作为一个土生土长、地地道道的永州人,我爱自己的故乡;作为这座古老而年轻城市的决策者和服务者,我更爱这里的580万父老乡亲。无论走到哪里,不管是熟悉还是陌生的朋友,只要有人问起,我总是这样向他们谈起永州——
Yongzhou city lies in the south of Hunan,by the middle stretch of Xiangjiang River.With an area of 22,400 square kilometers and a population of 5,665,000,Yongzhou city was called Lingling in ancient times.Yongzhou was the world’s original rice-growing area,the cradle of ceramics in China and the source of China’s Taoist culture.There are more than 1,700 cultural relics and historical sites in the area. The city has established trade and economic and technical cooperation relations with Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan as well as the United States,Japan,Australia and 20 other countries.
