Speed up tourism zone, urges Anhui governor

Anhui Governor Li Bin called on Monday for faster construction of an international cultural tourism zone in the East China province.

Speaking at the annual session of the provincial legislature, which ended on Monday, Li said the International Cultural Tourism Demonstration Zone of Southern Anhui can make the province famous for more than its world-renowned Huangshan Mountain.

The plan for the zone, authorized by the central government in August, covers six of Anhui's 16 prefecture-level cities, 27 percent of the province's land and 15 percent of its population. It includes Huangshan, Chizhou, Xuancheng, Wuhu, Ma'anshan and Tongling cities and Qianshan county under Anqing city.