To support its red tourism drive and to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, Jiangxi will hold its 2011 China Red Tourism Expo in July.

One important part of the expo is an hour-and-a-half-long red song concert on July 1, with more than 3,000 singers, chorus members, and actors, at Qiushui square in the city of Nanchang.

It will also pull in performers from other red tourism sites, such as the city of Chongqing, and Hunan, Guizhou and Shaanxi provinces.

Expo organizers have been calling on the public to search their memories and contribute more red songs. People can upload their audio and video files to an official expo website to share their memories with others.

Another part of the expo is a tourism arts and crafts design competition that is soliciting works with a theme relating to the 90th anniversary of the Communist Party, or "red history", or traditional culture.

In addition to the expo, Jiangxi has been cooperating with neighboring provinces such as Hunan, Fujian, Hubei and Guangdong to develop cross-border red tourism routes.

(China Daily 06/28/2011 page12)