DALLAS | Thu Feb 9, 2018 - Hunan Association of Dallas witnessed a successful Chinese New Year Gala visit >>>

Dallas is the ninth most populous city in the United States of America and the third most populous city in the state of Texas.The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South, and the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Divided among Collin, Dallas, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties, the city has a population of 1,197,816 in 2010.

Dallas was founded in 1841, and was formally incorporated as a city in February, 1856. The City's economy is primarily based on banking, commerce, telecommunications, computer technology, energy, healthcare and medical research, transportation and logistics.

In the latest rankings released on September 14, 2011, Dallas was rated as an Alpha- world city by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group & Network and is the only city in the South Central region to achieve that status.

Hunan (湖南) is located in the South Central China. The north of Hunan rests its head on Yangtze River and the south of Hunan is adjacent to Guandong. The name Hunan means "south of the lake" as Hunan is located in the south of Lake Dongting. Hunan is sometimes called, and officially abbreviated as, "湘" (pinyin: Xiāng) for short, after the Xiang River which runs through the province.For thousands of years, Hunan has been a major center of Chinese agriculture, growing rice and producing fish. So, Hunan is also named as "Land of Plenty".

There are 10 major tourist zones and over hundreds of tourist sites in Hunan. Changsha, Yueyang and Fenghuang (Phoenix ancient town) are State-acknowledged historic and cultural cities. Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, acclaimed as UNESCO world natural wonder. Mount Hengshan with unique beauty among five holy mountains in China. Shaoshan, the birthplace of late Chairman of China, Mao Zedong. Lake Dongting and Yueyang Tower standing by the lake are all well-known tourist destinations. With its unique landscape and charming minority customs, Hunan is attracting more and more travelers from all over the world.

The Hunan Association of Dallas (“HAD”) is a non-profit organization that was founded in the State of Texas on September 29, 2012.

Our goal is to build a stronger Hunanese community in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) area, and to establish a closer relationship between the DFW Hunanese community and our hometown, Hunan. This relationship should provide a platform for social and professional networking in the areas of science & technology, arts & culture, and trade & commerce. Our close-knit community shares hospitality and warmth among our members, and the DFW community at large.

Within the Association, you can not only chat in hometown (Hunan) dialects, express hometown (Hunan) affection, but also establish friendship and feel family love. In addition to friends from Hunan, we also invite those who are interested in Hunan culture, as well as those who have ties to the Hunan community, to join us in our activities.

We offer an online forum for networking among members.

We provide community services and organize festival celebrations, arts performance, and other activities to strengthen the relationship among members.

We arrange professional seminars and meetings, inviting local experts from industries to give talks on various topics that are of interest and are beneficial to our members.

We also promote exchange and cooperation between the United States and China. We maintain emotional ties to the hometown while contributing to the society!