China Travel & Tourism News

China's weeklong National Day holiday, one of the nation's three "golden weeks", has given a resounding boost to the country's tourism industry. Beijing received 4.32 million v...

China's airlines carried 2.76 million passengers during the first week of October, the National Day holiday, up 2 percent from the same period last year, China's General Administra...

China maintained a favourable balance of international payments under current and capital accounts in first half of 2006, official statistics show. The surplus under current ac...

Beijing residents and visitors can see the Potala Palace, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway and the Three Gorges Dam during the National Day "Golden Week" celebration and all without leavi...

A senior official predicted China's economy would grow at around 10 percent this year and the consumer price index would stay at two percent. The economy would maintain its ste...

The General Administration of Civil Aviation of China (CAAC) forecast that 3.06 million people will travel by air during the upcoming National Day holiday, an increase of 13.5 perc...

China's largest commercial bank, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), issued its prospectus Wednesday, ushering in the largest ever initial public offering (IPO) on ...

Cathay Pacific Airways, Hong Kong's largest airline, said yesterday it will resume passenger flights to Shanghai on December 1 after a 16-year hiatus. The airline's move will f...

Editor's Notes: Lufthansa is now the leading air carrier between China and Europe, with 52 weekly non-stop flights. As an aviation group, the company is very active in China with L...

China Mobile topped a list of the nation's best-performing brands based on a survey conducted by brand consultancy Interbrand and published in BusinessChina Weekly. The list, "...

The development of commercial real estate in China will peak around 2008, according to a report released by the General Chamber of Commerce on September 23. The report says the...

Cathay Pacific Airways Monday announced here that Shanghai will return to the airline's passenger network in December with a daily return service between Hong Kong International Ai...

The Shanghai Railway Administration decided on Tuesday that the new Shanghai-Tibet train service would go into commercial operation on Oct. 1, China's National Day. The 4,373-ki...

The biggest-ever Chinese cultural festival, "Experience China in South Korea 2006", opened in Seoul Thursday. In a letter of congratulations read out at the opening ceremony, Ch...

Chinese travel agencies have suspended travel to Thailand following the military coup, but are optimistic that there will be no long-term negative impact. Tourists companies suc...

China has fulfilled its commitment to the World Trade Organization to open its securities market, China Securities Regulatory Commission chairman Shang Fulin has told the Sino-Fren...

The biggest city in Northeast China, Shenyang is playing an important role in China's efforts to revitalize the old industrial bases in the Northeast. As the capital of Liaonin...

The China Changxing International Trade and Investment Exposition will take place from October 8 to 11 in Changxing County in East China's Zhejiang Province. The trade and inve...

The largest-ever edition of Asia's international jewelry event, the 24th edition of the September Hong Kong Jewelry & Watch Fair, opened here Monday. The September Hong Kong Je...

Hong Kong's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) stood at 348.3 billion HK dollars (44.65 billion U.S .dollars) in the second quarter of this year, up 5.1 percent compare with the same p...

THE Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has announced Chinese province Guangxi will participate in the fifth Thailand Travel Mart Plus Amazing Gateway to Mekong Sub-region 2006 (TT...

Calligraphy, painting and traditional handicraft are to be introduced onto the curriculum in China's elementary schools as part of a government drive to bring culture to the youth....

Rice yields on model farms are expected to climb to 13.5 tons per hectare in 2008 from 12 tons in 2004, said Yuan Longping, the world renowned "father of hybrid rice". Rice is ...

China kicked off the eleventh-five-year project to 'informatize' the manufacturing sector today, which will cost 5 billion yuan. The 'informatization' of the manufacturing sect...

Doing Business 2007 Report, released by the World Bank and International Finance Corporation (IFC), has shown that China has sped up its reform space in the past year and is now li...

In recent years China has witnessed an increase in wine imports, with some 60,600 thousand liters being imported in the first seven months of this year, up 88.8 percent from last y...

Beijing plans to closely monitor fake and illegal advertisements for medical treatments and drugs on TV and radio, said the Beijing Industry and Commerce Bureau on Friday. ...

Domestic demand of 1.3 billion consumers is the driving force of China's economic growth, Chinese Finance Minister Jin Renqing told Xinhua on Friday. The Chinese government...

A wildlife-protection event entitled "Concern for National Treasures, Promoting Panda Culture" was held recently in Beijing. This public welfare event was jointly held by the N...

An ancient pagoda in Shanghai will open to the public for the first time since 1949 to mark its 1,759th birthday. The Longhua Pagoda in Xuhui District was built in 247 AD durin...