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People: Foreigner helps village tourism drive in Zhejiang

Emmanuel Denis, a Frenchman whose Chinese name is Ding Yimu, has been working as an assistant to the head of Hehong village in Zhejiang province for the past year. His main job is to promote tourism. Ding, 54, is married to a local woman and has lived in the province for 15 years. Before coming to China, he worked for large financial companies in the West. Recently, he invited a dozen foreigners to the village to see the tourism resources there.