On the morning of March 28, the 2021 Second Nanjing Laoshan International Cultural Tourism Festival and the 2021 Nanjing Pukou Women's Half Marathon opened simultaneously. Zhang Tong, Chairman of Jiangsu Province Women's Federation, Zhang Songping, Deputy Director of the Foreign Affairs Office of Jiangsu Province, Wang Weizhong, deputy director of the Sports Bureau of Jiangsu Province, Ma Long, second-level inspector of the Culture and Tourism Department of Jiangsu Province, Hu Wanjin, deputy mayor of Nanjing City Government, Tan Jian, Chairman of the Nanjing City Women's Federation, and the Nanjing City Foreign Affairs Office, Relevant leaders of Nanjing City Culture and Tourism Bureau and Nanjing City Sports Bureau attended the event. China Tourism Newspaper, China Tourism Association, China National Geographic Magazine, China Canoeing Association, China Rowing and Canoeing Association, China Athletics Association, The Jiangsu Province Tourism Association, domestic benchmark cultural and tourism companies, representatives of overseas students, cross-border integrated development cooperation units and news media representatives were invited to participate. Member of the Standing Committee of the Pukou District District Party Committee, all leaders of the district government, leaders of the District People's Congress, District CPPCC and heads of relevant departments participated in the event.

The integration of culture, tourism and sports is a highlight of this event. Culture nourishes the body and mind, tourism broadens horizons, and sports are good for health. The theme of the 2nd Nanjing Laoshan International Cultural Tourism Festival is "From Beautiful Scenery to Beautiful Life", and the main line is "Pukou Micro Vacation Now", highlighting three main characteristics. First, the whole period runs through the spring, summer, autumn and winter seasons. It is divided into four chapters: spring flower viewing sea, summer tour of lotus countryside, autumn movement of Laoshan, and winter bath hot springs. A total of 83 themed festival activities are arranged; Second, the entire area, with Laoshan as the center, extends to the south of mountains and north of mountains, covering 5 streets in the district; Third, in all fields, this cultural tourism festival is rich in content, and has deeply developed various scenarios such as "tourism + culture","tourism + sports" and "tourism + agriculture" to achieve key points in each season, activities everywhere, and characteristics in the venue., strive to achieve "being in it will be fun; being outside it will be pleasant to come from afar."

The opening ceremony of this year's Laoshan International Cultural Tourism Festival is divided into five chapters, including the development and planning release of Pukou Cultural Tourism, the implementation of China's National Geographic Red Box, the recommendation of new "micro-vacation" products, the signing of brand strategic cooperation, and the launch of "Beautiful China Collection Tour", the award of Pukou Tourism Messenger, etc. Three micro-vacation products that Pukou has recently focused on building were promoted on site, namely: Dragon Valley, a cultural and tourism benchmark complex with a distinctive theme, and Sifang Hotel·Aotuge Select, a high-end trend vacation product that offers immersive experience., and Xiangtang, a different natural valley away from the hustle and bustle.

On the day of the opening ceremony, the women's half marathon started! The unique and charming women's half-horse event has been held in Pukou for six consecutive years. This year, the scale of the event exceeded 10,000 people for the first time, with Pukou girls Olympic champion Xu Anqi leading the way. During the race, after more than an hour of fierce competition for the Pukou women's horse, Wu Bing, player No. 10245, took the lead in breaking the line and won the semi-horse event with a time of 1 hour, 16 minutes and 56 seconds. Liu Meng, second place, scored 1 hour 17 minutes and 12 seconds, and Yin Xiaoyu, third place, scored 1 hour, 17 minutes and 30 seconds.

At a new development starting point, Pukou aims at "the most beautiful garden in the metropolitan area" and the creation of a national all-region tourism demonstration zone as the core, and accelerates the creation of the most beautiful landscape corridors, the most beautiful park city, the most beautiful rural countryside, and the most beautiful cultural tourism landscape. The four "most beautiful spaces" boldly explore the "integration of cities, scenery and villages" type of all-region tourism development, and use ecological construction to give new energy to the development of all-region tourism. The mountains draw the blue-green axis of water and the organic combination of springs, forests, fields and lakes.

Qi Yuwei, Secretary of the Pukou District Party Committee, said in his speech that in recent years, Pukou has continued to amplify ecological advantages, release ecological values, and create ecological brands. Relying on the blue-green base across mountains and rivers and the characteristic resources of springs, forests and lakes, we have created the most "clear" water in the province (the first in the province in the environmental quality of surface water), the most "wild" mountains in the province (the biodiversity of Laoshan accounts for 1/3 of the province), the most "green" city in the province (the first in the province in forest coverage) and the most "beautiful" village in the city (half of Nanjing's ten most popular rural tourism destinations, Pukou accounts for half). It has successfully established a provincial-level all-region tourism demonstration zone and a provincial-level tourist resort, becoming the only district in Nanjing with 2 provincial-level resorts and 2 4A-level scenic spots. Qi Yuwei issued an invitation at the event site, hoping that major news media, cultural and tourism organizations, and Internet celebrities will promote and promote Pukou in depth from multiple perspectives, and invite more tourists to Pukou to enjoy the beautiful scenery and share a beautiful life!