The Beautiful China Annual Awards Ceremony was held in Beijing on Dec 22. Guiyang won the title of "Beautiful China: Best Ecological Cultural Tourism City."

Huaxi Wetland Park in Guiyang city, capital of Guizhou province.

Since 2008, Guiyang has consecutively held six summer events themed "Cool Guiyang." Travelling to Guiyang for a cool summer has become a brand for the city both at home and abroad. Statistics show that the added value of Guiyang’s tourism industry takes up 8 percent of the city’s GDP. Tourism has become its pillar industry. It is expected that tourism revenue in 2013 in Guiyang will reach 72.87 billion yuan ($12 billion), a year-on-year growth of 20.9 percent.