Ladies and Gentlemen:Welcome to Chongming. First on behalf of me and my travel agency, we sincerely hope that you have a enjoyable trip here. My English name is Chelsea, my Chinese name is Dong Juan. Dong is my family name, Juan is my given name. You can call me both: Chelsea or Dong Juan. I will be your local guide in Chongming, so if you have any requirements, please do not be hesitated to let me know. Its my pleasure. We have another important member, our driver Mr. Zhang. You can call him Zhang shi fu. Shi fu means master representing the experienced driving skills. Thats a confirmation for drivers hard work. When in Rome, do what Romans do. So now we are in Chongming, what we are supposed to do? -Zhang shi fuNow I tell you our itinerary today。We are planning to visit the Dongping National Forest Park in the morning ， Mingzhu Lake and Xisha Wetland in the afternoon.It takes about 40 minutes to the Forest Park. I would like to give you a brief introduction about Chongming.You have just passed through a bridge. Do you know its name? Its called Yangtze River Tunnel Bridge. It has two parts: the tunnel and the bridge, hence the name. The tunnel bridge is 25.5 km long. The tunnels length is 8.9 Km, and the bridges length is 16.6 Km.It takes 12.7 billion RMB. The tunnel joins the Pudong District and Changxing Island. the bridge joins Changxing island and Chongming island. We make space for the train so that in the future we can go through the tunnel bridge by railway transportation. Its an amazing bridge. It makes local peoples 1300 years dream come ture. In past years, local people went to downtown by ship, because the waterway is the only way. In Chongming we have 7 passenger terminals, 16 ship routes. In bad weather, its inconvenient. The tunnel bridge was opened to traffic last year. Now it only takes one hour from Chongming to Pudong District. The tunnel bridge is not only present the new achievement in the construction of Shanghai, but also demonstrates the Shanghai Expo Theme: “Better city, better life!”Bridegroom 新郎新郎This road sweeps round the island. It is 24.3 km and its called the “century“century avenue”.avenue”.It takes about an hour to our first destination, so I am very glad to give you a brief introduction about Chongming.Chongming is located on the estuary of Yangtze River. Its the third biggest island in China. The first biggest one is Taiwan Island, the second biggest one is Hainan Island. It is surrounded by Yangtze River on three sides and the Eastern Sea on one side. It bears the reputation of “Gateway of Yangtze River, Fairyland of eastern Sea”. As a big alluvial lu:vil island, Chongming gets bigger and bigger, hence a living island.ChongmingChongming CountryCountry includesincludes threethree islands:islands: ChangxingChangxing IslandIsland (88(88 squaresquare kilometers),kilometers), HengshaHengsha IslandIsland (56(56 squaresquare kilometers)kilometers) andand ChongmingChongming IslandIsland (1267(1267 squaresquare kilometers).kilometers). strategicalstrti:ikl,strti:ikl, strti:diklstrti:dikl reservedreservedriz:vdriz:vd It covers a total area of 1411 square kilometers. and the population is 0.7 million. It has 1300 years long history. In 618 AD, there were two islands appeared here: Dongsha Island and Xisha Island. The two islands became a bigger one at the end of Ming Dynasty and the beginning of Qing Dynasty, which is about 300 years ago. Now Chongming Country has 16 towns and 2 villages.Now we are in Chongming Island. The Chongming country is divided into 7 parts: western part, eastern part, northern part, southern part, middle part, Changxing island and Hengsha island. Each part has its own characteristic: Western part: Xisha Wetland and Mingzhu Lake; Eastern part: Dongtan Wetland which is an important place for birds of passage having a rest in the flyway of “East Asia-Austrialia”; Northern part: Bei Lake is the base of organic-rice; Southern part: local government was settled there. It is the center of Chongming area. You can enjoy the sight spots of Hanshan Temple, Shouan Temple, Sight-seeing Beach, Chongming Academy. Most of them are human landscapes. Changxing island: Its a marine equipment island; Hengsha island: Its undeveloped.Chongming has many famous local products. It has five main product lines:1, White goats; 2, Crabs; 3, Local vegetables; 4, fruits and flowers; 5, high-quality riceChongming had the plan to become the base of organic farm products for 2010 Expo. Thanks to the unique environment and special techniques, there are series of quality products: Chongming Golden Melon, Chongming sweet potatoes, Chongming rice wine and Chongming haricots.But the most precious product in Chongming is its ecological environment. When you get off the bus, Chelsea suggests all of you take a deep breath. The air is pure and fresh here, which is in high qualit