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NANJING, China, Sept. 30, 2020 /Xinhua=KYODO JBN/--

In July 2010, Angelo Vasaro, the then vice president of the International

Cittaslow Alliance, visited Gaochun. He couldn't help but sigh, "This is really

like a slow city." This is China's first Cittaslow, Yaxi, Gaochun. In November

2010, Gaochun Yaxi's "Ecological Journey" passed the certification of the

International Cittaslow Alliance, and since then started the "sinicization" of

Cittaslow, according to Gaochun International Cittaslow Administrative Committee.

After ten years of development, Gaochun took "slow" as its soul and formed the

concept of "Cittaslow" of "taste slow life and share happiness", and cultivated

the "Mountain Cittaslow" in the east, "Cultural Cittaslow" in the middle, and

"Watery Cittaslow" in the west. "Slow" has become Gaochun's unique landscape

and characteristic competitiveness, realizing a whole-region eco-tourism

pattern with mountains, greenery, and water systems.

After ten years of exploration, Gaochun has explored a "Cittaslow+" development

road with unique Gaochun characteristics. Rivers, mountains, local culture, and

folk customs are Gaochun's most precious wealth. It strives to explore the

development model of Cittaslow and the diversified integration of culture,

agriculture, tourism, sports, etc., and has successfully launched Cittaslow

festival brands such as Golden Flower Festival, Lotus Festival, Crab Festival.

It gradually creates a "Gaochun model" with ecological environment, green

industry and cultural protection which is in line with Cittaslow concept.

With ten years of hard work, Gaochun, the Chinese headquarters of China

Cittaslow Network, has worked hard to build an international tourism and

cultural exchange platform, successfully hosting international conferences and

cultural tourism sports such as the Cittaslow Coordination Meeting, and Gaochun

International Cittaslow Marathon. During the event, sister cities were

established with Mirande, France and Lidzbark, Poland, to build a bridge of

communication with world's Cittaslow. Under the guidance of Gaochun, 11 regions

including Yanyang in Meizhou, Guangdong and Qufu in Shandong have been

successfully recommended to join the International Cittaslow, making the road

to the sinicization of the International Cittaslow wider and wider.

Cittaslow is the place where people can enjoy all the scenery of the year.

Cittaslow is also the place that they can observe fruitful development and the

"Chinese quality" of last ten years. In the next ten years, Gaochun set out again

to meet future opportunities and challenges with a more vigorous fighting spirit.

Source: Gaochun International Cittaslow Administrative Committee

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