Guangxi to hold National Youth Hiking Challenge

The 2019 National Youth Hiking Challenge and Summer Camp held a launching ceremony on June 10, announcing that the registration channel is open and that the event will begin in Dahua Yao autonomous county in August.

The event will invite world champion athletes and their families to serve as the flag bearers. They will be accompanied by the participating contestants and their families, who are coming from all over the country. There will be thousands of families participating in the competition and parent-child interaction activities along the way.

The event is supported with top professional hiking equipment from domestic enterprises and will also provide authoritative data support for traditional medicine. With a theme of Dahua Yao culture, as well as water conservancy and electric power science, the research project of the event will allow young students to be able to study more during the summer camp.

The hiking route is one of the most beautiful treks in Guangxi. The route runs through places with magnificent and unique scenery, such as Dahua Hongshui River visiting area, Hongshui River rocky reservoir area, and Qibainong National Geological Park.

The event aims to strengthen the health of youths, as well as to enable them to inherit and develop the intangible cultural heritage by participating in charity activities. The event will help to enhance the popularity and influence of Dahua Yao autonomous county, promote the development and upgrading of the local tourism industry, as well as help the county's poverty alleviation efforts.