Hello everyone. My name is SHI Bicheng, I am the Mayor of Shishou City, Hubei Province, and It’s my pleasure to introduce our city, the bright pearl of South of Hubei Province, to you.
大家好！我是湖北省石首市人民政府市长石必成。非常高兴向大家介绍“鄂南明珠”——玉石首。
Shishou is a county with more than one thousand and eight hundred years’ history， which endows her with graceful and solemn, also with rich historical memory. From the ancient Qujialing and Chu cultures, to the modern red culture and wetland culture, the culture context was passed down generation to generation.
Shishou is a riverside eco-city. There are 90.3 kilometers of Yangtze River’s shorelines and three old waterways in Shishou, where you can see the reeds swaying in the wind, and the fishing boat drifting in the sunset. It is really a treasure place of Middle and lower Yangtze River. Shishou now makes all her effort to build an eco-culture demonstration zone in Yangtze River basin in protecting ecology of the Yangtze.
Shishou is a city with open and vibrant spirit, which is also the transportation and logistics center of south Hubei province and north Hunan province. Nowadays the three-dimensional transport network integrating railways, highways, waterways and aviation highlights great advantages. Shishou is a promising city; it has the biggest fine chemical product base of the world as well as the largest building waterproof materials production center in China. In addition, She has many city cards like the Hometown of Chinese elk，the Hometown of Chinese finless porpoise, one of the country’s most advanced cities in technology、 culture and agriculture， National garden city etc. Along with the coming of Shishou railway transport economy, aviation economy and port economy, Shishou is entering a new era of reforming to green economy.
The diligent and sincere people here welcome friends from all over the world to sightsee and inspect in Shishou and enjoy the time in this beautiful waterside town.