Creating a geological culture village

On May 26, the Park and the Institute held a meeting to discuss the construction of Qingtian Geological Culture Village.

At the meeting, the project director of the Tourist Geology and Geo-heritage Survey and Research Center of the Institute analysed the existing resources of Shennongjia National Park and the opportunities and challenges it faces in its development; he said that Hubei Institute of Geosciences should give full play to its technological advantage and turn the project of Qingtian Geological Culture Village into a demonstration work in the protection of geo-heritage sites, popularization of geoscience, and sustainable community development, thus facilitating the transformation of resource value into the advantage for development and promoting rural vitalization. 

Both sides said that they will join hands to shoulder the responsibility of ecological protection, community co-building, and turning the green mountains and clear waters in this area into invaluable assets; better tell the story of ecological culture in Shennongjia based on the construction of the communities and characteristic towns in Shennongjia National Park; and strive to realize a zero-carbon town by combining the cultural village with the ecosystem, climate, culture and industry and by integrating ancient elements and modern ones. Qingtian Geological Culture Village will carry the Culture of Yan Emperor, ecological culture and tea culture, becoming a model in strengthening the protection of resources and promoting the community-level industrial development. (By Zhang Ran and Wang Pin)