China Travel & Tourism News

More than 6,200 volunteer drivers in Beijing for the 2008 Olympic Games will receive English language proficiency test from next weekend to the end of January. The volunteers we...

Starting Friday, China Eastern Airlines will start non-stop flight service between Shanghai and New York City in the United States. The flights are available every Sunday, Mond...

An exhibition on the Long March of China's Red Army in the mid-1930s concluded here Sunday after receiving over two million visitors from home and abroad. The exhibition, in...

Wuhu Huaqiang Amusement Park is currently under construction in the suburb of Wuhu, Anhui Province. The investors have invested 7 billion yuan (US$890 million) on this project, hop...

The Ministry of Railways will not continue to enjoy the arbitrary right to increase rail ticket prices during transportation peaks. The State Development Planning Commission an...

A light railway was put to a trial run Friday at Changchun,the capital of northeast China's Jilin Province. Formal operation will start next October, and it will then become Ch...

The seven lakes in Beijing, namely Kunyu River, Chang River, Zhuan River, Liangma (Landmark) River, the lakes in Chaoyang and Honglingjin parks, and Tonghui River will be joined to...

The Qinghai-Tibet Railway has been closed off with protective railings to prevent animals from crossing. Protective railings were set up at certain parts along the route before...

The State Forestry Administration of China announced a new list of wildlife and plants under key state protection Tuesday. Giant pandas, considered as one of the most endangere...

The dream to spend a weekend in Hong Kong or Macao has come true for many Shanghai people, because of the government's removal of restrictions on traveling. On December 1, ...

For the convenience of travelers from abroad, guideboards in Beijing will be marked in at least 4 languages before 2008. The first two languages on the guideboards are of cours...

Beijing will earmark 148 million yuan (18.9 million U.S. dollars) next year to renovate ancient buildings in scenic parks as part of its efforts to prepare for the 2008 Olympics in...

As human beings were bored by the widespread flu in the capital's frigid winter, over 450 varieties of 5,500 animals in the Beijing Zoo, China's largest, still remained hea...

Chinese archeologists said they have found evidence of a new starting point of ancient China's "silk road on the sea." The newly recognized starting point, Ningbo, ...

Beijing has become a world-renowned tourism terminal because of its deep cultural and historical background. The Hutong tour service opened recently has surely added to its charms....

Unprecedented interest from visitors has forced the organizer to extend an exhibition in memory of the Long March of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army led by the ...

The country's largest protection zone for ancient Han tombs in the eastern province of Jiangxi has been demarcated after a three-month survey. The zone covers 119 tombs of ...

The Chinese government is outlining a plan to protect a group of 5,000-year-old cliff paintings in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The paintings in Wuhai, l...

Some 64 species of wild animals and 55 strains of wild plants are under state protection in east China"s Jiangxi Province, a newly released survey said in Nanchang Monday. ...

China has recently unearthed 13bronze cranes dating back 2,200 years ago near the pit of terracotta figures, with evidence showing China's first emperor Qinshihuang's desir...

Before 2008 Olympic tourists benefit from the massive construction of the Beijing and Tianjin high-speed railway, local residents will be able to enjoy the ride. The Beijing-Tia...

The southern province of Guangdong, currently the richest province on the Chinese mainland in terms of GDP, is poised to overtake Taiwan by 2008. "Guangdong's GDP is ex...

OVER six domestic and four international flights will be added to the schedule at Sanya Phoenix International Airport in Hainan Province as of December 1. According to the Civi...

Shanghai residents have a rare opportunity to learn about the military history, art and culture of Italy at the Ancient Italian Armor and Weapons exhibition. The exhibition show...

Air Zimbabwe will launch a second flight to China to cater for increased passenger,a local newspaper reported on Monday. The launch of the second flight to the Asian country wi...

"Documentary Forbidden City," co-produced by CCTV, China International Television Corporation and National Geographic Channel, premieres in southeast Asia today. The ne...

SHANGRI-LA Hotels & Resorts will open its 50th hotel in the world and its 21st in China in Guangzhou on January 8. Shangri-La Hotel Guangzhou will have 704 rooms and 26 service...

Most science museums in Shanghai will open free of charge for school trips starting later this year, city officials said yesterday. Ten museums will drop admission charges for ...

COMPETITION on the popular flight route between Shanghai and Hong Kong is about to step up. Shanghai Airlines will begin operating thrice-daily Shanghai-Hong Kong flights from Nove...

MILLENNIUM & Copthorne (M&C) Hotels will build a five-star hotel in Beijing Fortune Plaza with Beijing Xiangjiang Xingli Real Estate Development Company. The 28-storey, 520-roo...