24 colored boats from abroad and home participated in this year's festival, which reached the biggest in its histroy. The festival has become the best platform to show their tourism products and images. Meanwhile, the festival becomes more and more attractive in China while more and more countries and cities would like to attend it. There are some changes in this year's festival compared to previous years. Firstly ,the venue is moved from city moat to Jinji Lake. Secondly, parading show time is prolonged from one day to ten days.