He added that 8.8 million Chinese visited Thailand last year, and the figure is expected to surpass 9.2 million this year.
He also envisions the province as an area that will allow more freedom for foreign currency exchanges, a key to facilitating more free trade.
Hawking's death has put the spotlight on his books, leading to surging orders for new copies, said Sun Guijun, an editor at Hunan Science and Technology Press, the sole publisher of simplified Chinese versions of Hawking's works in China.
He also was impressed by the "Green Ripples in the Milky Way" performed by Yuming Zhang on Guzheng, which describes the scenes of the famous folktale "The Cowherd and the Weaving Maid." When the Cowherd and the Weaving Girl meet across the Milky Way, the green ripples sing of their everlasting love.
He also said the administration should resolutely crack down on smuggling, and firmly prevent the importation of overseas garbage and products of inferior quality to better protect the rights of consumers and producers.
Having contracted about 1.2 hectares of farmland, Jia now has 13 melon greenhouses.
杭州排名优化
He also noted that the just-concluded fourth plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee passed a series of decisions in which the Party emphasized the importance of strictly upholding the national Constitution and the Basic Law in governing HKSAR, as well as to establish a legal system in the SAR to safeguard national security.
He Zengfeng, president of the cooperative, said: "The environment, weather and vegetation coverage here are fit for herb planting. The quality of medicines produced here is leading in the country.
He Lifu, chief forecaster at the center, said the rainfall in the south will be the heaviest since the flood season began last month.
He also has a new mission — passing on the Chinese culture to the next generation.