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China Jiuzhai Valley Open again from March 8, 2018

Following the devastating earthquake that occurred on August 8, 2017, Jiuzhai Valley (Jiuzhaigou) in China‘s southwestern Sichuan Province was finally ready to welcome its first batch of visitors just seven months later. What a piece of happy news! The gorgeous poet inspiring Jiuzhai Valley was once a dreamland for all visitors. When it was destroyed […]

China to become the world’s No. 1 travel destination by 2030

China is set to overtake France as the world’s number one tourist destination by 2030 as a growing middle class in Asia looks to spend more on travel, according to experts at market research group Euromonitor International. In a report published Tuesday, Euromonitor said it is predicting there will be 1.4 billion trips made in […]

Hotels apologize in China after video shows how they clean

Hilton and Marriott group properties were among the 14 luxury hotels included in the video. At least four major international hotel chains apologized Thursday after hidden camera video of their room cleaning practices in China was posted online. The 11-minute video shows cleaners wiping cups and sinks with dirty towels and sponges. Some use the […]

Chinese government issues specification for shared accommodation sector

Four leading enterprises in the sector, namely Xiaozhu, Airbnb, Tujia.com and Zhenguo.com, signed the commitment contract of the service specification. A service specification for China’s shared accommodation industry was issued on Thursday, as the country steps up efforts to address problems in the booming sector. The service specification, the first of its kind in China, […]

2018 summer seasonal flights reach 48 per week for China-UK route

The number of airlines has increased from five to eight today, of which Chinese airlines have significantly increased their share in the China-UK routes. Gridsum, a top-notch Chinese enterprise-level big data and artificial intelligence solution provider, and the world’s leading flight data service company Variflight CADAS team, released the Insights Report on China-UK Route Development and […]

144-Hour Visa-Free Transit will be Implemented in Xiamen, Wuhan, Qingdao, Chengdu and Kunming

From January 1, 2019 on, five cities including Xiamen, Qingdao, Wuhan, Chengdu and Kunming will be added to the list of 144-hour visa-free transit. The qualified tourists from 53 countries can transit in any of these cities for at most 144 hours without a China visa. It’s a further optimized the current policy of 72-hour […]

3D Printing Technology Helps to Copy the Yungang Grottoes Successfully

Recently, the No. 18 Cave of Yungang Grottoes in Datong City, Shanxi Province has been copied successfully through 3D printing technology. From the data acquisition to the assembly of various modules, the whole process takes around 1 year and 9 months. This is the third copied cave after the successful copy of the No. 2 […]