Beijing Youth Daily:

Last winter, 11 children from Guangxi became a hit online, and were fondly dubbed the "little tangerines." The story about these kids traveling from Nanning all the way to the Northeast for a study tour has sparked a "two-way rush" between Guangxi and Northeast China. It has also cast a positive light on Guangxi's cultural and tourism industry, with many netizens visiting Guangxi for sightseeing. Could you please introduce the latest situation of Guangxi's cultural and tourism industry? Thank you.

Lan Tianli:

Thank you for your question. When it comes to the "little tangerines," we would like to express our gratitude. We want to thank our good friends in Northeast China for the love and care they showed for the "little tangerines." We want to thank netizens across the country for their online messages of concern and their continued attention to the "little tangerines," and also thank the "little Northeast Tigers," "little rime" and "little frozen pears" for boosting two-way tourism between the northeastern region and Guangxi. We would like to thank tourists both at home and abroad for visiting Guangxi, giving us the thumbs up, and expressing their love for Guangxi. Of course, as chairman of the autonomous region, I would also like to thank every Guangxi resident. Your warm hospitality is the most beautiful sight in Guangxi in the new era.

Magnificent Guangxi, the most beautiful landscape in the world. Guangxi's scenery is extremely picturesque. As I briefly introduced earlier: You can take a boat tour along the Lijiang River and experience the poetic and picturesque scenery. As a poem goes, "Sailing the waves, it feels as if you are in a painting." You can also explore the Leye-Fengshan UNESCO Global Geopark to learn the ancient geological history of the Earth. Boasting beautiful and romantic coastal scenery, Guangxi has over 1,600 kilometers of coastline, with more than 600 islands scattered over a sea area of about 40,000 square kilometers. You can stroll along Beihai Silver Beach, known as the No. 1 beach in the world, and climb the youngest volcanic island in China, Weizhou Island, enjoying the sunshine, beach and waves. Guangxi has magnificent and majestic frontier scenery. Three cities and eight counties in Guangxi border Vietnam, totaling a land boundary of over 1,000 kilometers. You can drive along the "most beautiful border road," experience the romance of "one step across two countries" at Dongxing Port, and then go to Pingxiang to appreciate the grandeur of the Youyi Pass, one of China's 10 most famous passes. Boasting colorful and diverse ethnic cultures, Guangxi is a place where folk songs from all over the world converge. You can brew a cup of Liubao tea, make a pot of oil tea, enjoy a bowl of rice noodles, and experience the unique charms of the Zhuang ethnic songs, Yao dances, Miao festivals, and Dong buildings. Guangxi is a natural paradise thanks to its blue skies, clear water, evergreen trees, blooming flowers and fresh fruit, and is home to long-lived people. You can explore the secrets of long life in Bama county, known as the Longevity Town in the world, and enjoy health benefits from Yao medicine and Yao medicated baths in Jinxiu county, also called the "global capital of Yao ethnic culture."

Guangxi offers beautiful scenery, and words cannot do justice to its beauty. Currently, we are accelerating the development of Guilin into a world-class tourism city and stepping up efforts to build Guangxi as a global tourism destination. We hope you can all visit and see for yourself.

To make travel easier in Guangxi, we launched the "Travel Guangxi" app and WeChat miniprogram. With just a few taps on your phone, you can plan travel routes, purchase discounted tickets, book discounted rooms, rent a car for self-driving tours, and buy Guangxi specialties. We welcome you all to visit Guangxi and enjoy its green mountains and clear waters.

Thank you.