On the evening of September 10, the 2025 Yiyang Cultural and Tourism Integration Development Conference opened in Yuanjiang City. Vice Governor and Secretary of Yiyang Municipal Party Committee Chen Jing announced the opening. Xiong Wei, deputy secretary of the Yiyang Municipal Party Committee and mayor, and Gong Tiejun, deputy director of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, delivered speeches.

Xiong Wei said in his speech that Yiyang pillows on the snowy peak and embraces Dongting, half of the city and half of the city are a brilliant classic passed down from generation to generation, a huge painting scroll with mountains and rivers, a food destination with fragrance left by lips and teeth, and a happy station with renewed charm. In recent years, Yiyang City has thoroughly implemented Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, insisted on using culture to shape tourism and promoting culture with tourism. It has held a conference on the integration of cultural and tourism development for four consecutive years, and the cultural and tourism brand "Yishan Yishui·Yimei Yiyang" has been continuously polished. Friends from all over the world are warmly welcome to come to Yiyang to taste the prosperity of humanities, appreciate the beauty of mountains and rivers, taste the taste of fireworks, and enjoy the fun of leisure.
Gong Tiejun said that the Yiyang City Cultural and Tourism Integration Development Conference held a novel idea and distinctive regional characteristics, which wonderfully interpreted the theme of "Free mountains, waters, and beautiful Yiyang; Dongting Water Town is free in Yuanjiang". The conference successfully launched a number of high-quality cultural and tourism integration benchmark projects, developed a number of cultural and tourism products carrying Yiyang's stories, effectively improving the regional cultural and tourism market environment and service quality, and contributing new experience to the high-quality development of the province's cultural and tourism industry. We sincerely invite guests from all over the world to Yiyang to start a leisure journey, cultural journey and spiritual journey together.

At the opening ceremony, Yuanjiang City made a promotion of cultural and tourism resources; Yiyang, Huaihua, Xiangxi, Changde and Zhangjiajie jointly released the "Going to the Yuan Dynasty and connecting mountains and rivers" Yuanshui River Basin Cultural and Tourism Initiative; the flag entry ceremony of the Yiyang City Cultural and Tourism Integration Development Conference was held; the guests watched the large-scale immersive water-air light and shadow show "Yuan Yue Celebrates Here" performed for the first time.

This conference is hosted by the Yiyang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government and hosted by the Yuanjiang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government. With "Yishan Yishui·Yimei Yiyang" as the theme of the city, "Dongting Water Town·Life in Yuanjiang" as the theme of the hosting site, anchoring the goal of "hosting the meeting and developing the city". Through the "1+4+10" activity matrix - 1 high-standard opening ceremony, 4 main activities, and 10 supporting activities, the city's cultural and tourism industry will be displayed in a panoramic view, and we will make Yiyang the "second stop" for tourists from home and abroad to Hunan.


Source: Yiyang Daily