Shaoshan tourism company is the only commentary shaoshan " national tourist commodities sentinel production enterprises , " the state - owned economic entities , founded in 1992 , under the tourism product development institute , shaoshan travel agencies and cultural development branch , advertising decorating five branch offices , with a high - quality workforce , mainly : tourism projects in the planning and organization , the development of tourism , and tourism - related land development , tourism product development , travel and tourism services , cultural business , advertising and decorating , such as hot - air balloon business
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Shaoshan tourism company is the only commentary shaoshan " national tourist commodities sentinel production enterprises , " the state - owned economic entities , founded in 1992 , under the tourism product development institute , shaoshan travel agencies and cultural development branch , advertising decorating five branch offices , with a high - quality workforce , mainly : tourism projects in the planning and organization , the development of tourism , and tourism - related land development , tourism product development , travel and tourism services , cultural business , advertising and decorating , such as hot - air balloon business
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On 26 september 1792 , king george iii dispatched the first british trade mission to china , a 700 - strong party that included diplomats , businessmen , soldiers , scientists , painters , a watchmaker , a gardener , five german musicians , two neapolitan chinese priests and a hot - air balloon pilot
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An indian textile millionaire will attempt to " touch the face of god " this week by flying a hot - air balloon designed by british pilots to a record height . vijaypat singhania , a 67 - year - old industrialist and adventurer , intends to take his high - tech balloon to an altitude of 70 , 000ft 21 , 336m over central india on saturday , beating per lindstrand , the swedish record - holder , by more than 5 , 000ft
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Packed into three substantial ships , they brought with them the most impressive fruits of recent western scientific progress telescopes , clocks , barometers , airguns and , naturally , a hot - air balloon all intended to dazzle the chinese emperor , qianlong , into opening trade with the west , by convincing him that he and his 313 million people needed britain ' s technological marvels