China Travel & Tourism News

Shanghai¡¯s Metro Line 10 will traverse most of the city's signature areas including Sichuan Road, Huaihai Road and Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai Shentong Metro Group announced on ...

Some 550 handmade watermelon-like lanterns are to light up the night sky and waters in Pinghu City, east China's Zhejiang Province, during the upcoming "2007 China Pinghu W...

The 26th Hong Kong Watch and Clock Fair will start from Sept. 5, announced the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (TDC) here Thursday. Jointly organized by TDC, the Hong K...

Signs and notices at Jinggang Mountain, a scenic spot known as China's revolutionary cradle, will be written in English, Korean and Chinese languages to serve a growing number ...

The Tibet Autonomous Region in Southwest China is enjoying a booming tourism industry thanks to the opening of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway over a year ago. The railway, the highes...

The daily number of tourists permitted to visit the Mogao Grottoes will be limited next year in a bid to better protect the frescoes inside, according to the Dunhuang Academy. S...

Macao has spared no effort in promoting tourism industry among Asian nations to diversify the city's source markets, an official press release said Saturday. The releas...

A total of 336 domestic flights to and from Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) will be scrapped from Aug. 15 to Oct. 27, sources with the Civil Aviation Administration of...

A Chinese lunar calendar festival celebrating a romantic tale has been proposed as the "Chinese Valentine's Day" to promote awareness of traditional culture. Ch...

The environmental watchdog has called for the establishment of a national ecological reserve in Dunhuang, Northwest China's Gansu Province, to prevent the further deterioration...

After many years of boosting new car sales figures, China's motorists are increasingly wanting to upgrade, bolstering its fledgling used car sector. Second-hand car sales to...

Nighttime tide watching has been banned along the Qiantang River in east China's Hangzhou city where at least 12 people were killed by a tidal wave last week. "Tide watc...

China has banned Indonesian seafood after checks turned up dangerous contamination, the Beijing government's food regulator said. The General Administration of Quality Super...

Vietnam has recently allowed Chinese visitors to Vietnam using entry-exit permits, a much simpler form of visas, to board domestic flights, according to local newspaper Young Peopl...

The gold price in Hong Kong went down 45 HK dollars to 6,148 HK dollars per tael on Wednesday, according to the Bank of China (Hong Kong). The price is equivalent to 659.82 U.S....

A total of 158 countries, regions and international organizations have confirmed their participation in the 2010 World Expo to be held in Shanghai, China, by Tuesday. Yang Xiong...

The 19th Miss Model of the World international final contest will kick off from December 8 to 12 in Yuncheng city of north China's Shanxi Province, according to sources with th...

The number of overseas tourists who visited Beijing in the first half of the year rose 11 percent on last year to 1.97 million, the municipal statistics bureau said on Thursday. ...

China plans to set up a comprehensive medical insurance program over the next three years that will cover all urban citizens, including children and the unemployed. The country ...

As part of its effort to boost sales in China, Coca-Cola Co.to invest 80 million U.S. dollars in a new China headquarters and research-and-development center in Shanghai, The Wall ...

The Ministry of Commerce and China Customs yesterday jointly released a restricted commodities catalogue in the processing trade industry, according to Xinhua. The catalogue cov...

China decided to raise interest rates and cut the withholding tax on interest income on Friday in a coordinated move to get the blistering economy onto a healthier footing. The ...

China's gold production and demand are forecast to continue rapid growth over the coming years as local incomes rise and the precious metal is more widely purchased for jewelry...

China's economy expanded 11.5 percent in the first half of this year, up 0.5 percentage points from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said this morning. ...

Five U.S. airlines have said that they are seeking to operate new nonstop flights between the United States and China beginning in March 2009. American Airlines, the largest U.S...

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on Monday that Delta Air Lines is seeking a second nonstop route to China -- Atlanta to Beijing -- even before it has won flying rights fo...

Since it entered summer, the tourism in all parts of Xinjiang has hot up gradually. It should be a good choice to go to the ancient city for the Qiuci culture, or visit Turpan to e...

Civil aviation authorities are close to finalizing an air traffic control plan to handle the expected surge of tourist arrivals during the Beijing Olympic Games and deal with any c...

The investor tide is starting to recede a fraction in the Chinese A-share market with the number of people opening accounts dipping below 100,000 for the seventh consecutive day. ...

Research discovered surrounding stair-like walls Chinese archeologists recently announced that they have discovered a building buried within the 50-meter-high pyramid-like tomb ...