Gansu officials announced on the 18th that the second “Danghuang Silk Road International Tourism Festival” will be held in Gansu from August 1st to 31st, 2012. Among them, the “Silk Road” special stamps which are receiving much attention will be held at the event. During the first public appearance, the classic elements of the Gansu section of the Silk Road such as Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Mafei Feiyan and Jiayuguan will be presented on the stamp.

“Gansu is a golden section of the Silk Road and an important part of Gansu's culture. In 2009, Gansu proposed to issue Silk Road theme stamps.” On the 18th, the Gansu Provincial Government’s press office held the second “Dunhuang Line”. "Xinxingzhou Silk Road International Tourism Festival" press conference, deputy general manager of Gansu Province Yuan Xingzhou introduced the "Silk Road" special stamp issue, the stamp was formally included in the national stamp issuance plan in 2012, and plans to 8 On the 1st of the month, a ceremony was held in Jiayuguan City.

Yuan Xingzhou said that there will be four sets of "Silk Road" special stamps to be released, one sheetlet, and a full face value of 10.80 yuan. Contents include Gansu's Mogao Grottoes at Dunhuang, Mafeifeiyan, Yumenguan, Yangguan, Great Wall of China, Jiayuguan and other Silk Road sites. It shows the diversity of the content of the Gansu section of the Silk Road; the main image of the small sheet shows silk. The artistic treasure on the road "Donhuang Mural".

“Gansu has a heavy history and cultural resources. China issued several stamps based on Gansu elements, including 39 stamps such as Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, Maijishan Grottoes, Laoshan, and Yellow River waterwheels.” said Yuan Xingzhou. At the ceremony, Gansu will also hold a "Gui Li Gansu" philatelic exhibition to showcase Gansu's award-winning collections at the world, Asia and China exhibitions, and the "Gansu" stamp collection on the stamps.

At the meeting, Huang Zhouhui, director of the Gansu Provincial Tourism Bureau, said that the theme of the festival was “Sensing Dunhuang and Touring Gansu”, a total of 46 events, including the Lanzhou Yellow River Culture and Tourism Festival, a hundred tourism media Dunhuang Bank, and 10,000 Taiwan compatriots. Dunhuang line and so on. At the same time, Gansu also selected 40 key tourist attractions and printed 10 million "Dunhuang Cards," and presented them to the domestic and overseas tourist source markets through "Reader" magazines, postage postcards, and other channels. Visitors holding the “Dunhuang Card” will enjoy a 50% discount on tickets to the listed scenic spots during the period from August 1 to December 31, 2012.

Huang Zhouhui said that this activity is based on the Silk Road culture, highlighting the cultural characteristics and branding effects of the Gansu Silk Road, further enhancing the tourism brand image of “fine-quality ideas, brilliant Gansu” and putting “Danghuang Silk Road International The “Festival of Tourism” has become a big brand festival day in Gansu with distinctive features and significant influence and popularity both at home and abroad, and has accelerated the transformation of Gansu from a province with large tourism resources to a province with a large tourism economy.