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World Heritage Mogao Grottoes Receives Record Visitors in 2011
2012-01-13Xinhua, January 12, 2012 The renowned world heritage site Mogao Grottoes, which is in northwest China's Gansu province has reported record high visitor numbers for 2011. One of the country's th...
Winter Tourism Peak for Siberian Tigers in NE China
2012-01-10Xinhua, January 9, 2012 A Siberian tiger breeding center in Harbin, a northeast city of China, is set to experience booming numbers of visitors as it capitalizes on tourists flocking to a winter f...
Dinosaur Footprints Discovered in Beijing
2012-01-10Xinhua, January 9, 2012 Paleontologists tell several hundred fossilized footprints in a Beijing suburb are those of dinosaurs. The footprints, unearthed in a geological park in Yanqing County, ...
Photography Show Reveals Ethnic Culture
2012-01-06China Daily, January 5, 2012 The first photo exhibition of intangible cultural heritage in the minority ethnic areas of Sichuan Province was held in the provincial capital of Chengdu. Sponsored ...
Harbin International Economic and Trade Fair Begins
2012-01-06China Daily, January 5, 2012 The 28th Harbin International Economic and Trade Fair, co-hosted by the People's Government of the Harbin Municipality and the Industry and Information Technology Commi...
Families Head to Science Museums for Holiday
2012-01-04Xinhua, January 3, 2012 After years of visiting popular attractions crowded with people, Chinese families are beginning to show an increasing preference for the quiet calm of the country's museums...
Qinghai-Tibet Railway Carries 6.5m Travelers in 2011
2012-01-04Xinhua, January 3, 2012 More than 6.5 million people traveled on the world's highest railway, the Qinghai-Tibet railway, in 2011, up 9 percent from 2010, the railway company revealed Tuesday. T...
China Ice and Snow Animation Fair to Open on Jan 8
2011-12-31China Daily, December 30, 2011 The China Ice and Snow Animation Fair will kick off on Jan 8 at the Harbin Ice and Snow World in Heilongjiang province. The fair aims to enrich daytime scenic spo...
Beijing Opens First Human Library
2011-12-27China Daily, December 26, 2011 Li Xingning has nurtured the dream of being a librarian ever since she was a child. Her dream came true on this Christmas, only that her books were real people. B...
Tourist Arrivals Increase for Tibet
2011-12-27China Daily, December 26, 2011 Tibet received 8.43 million tourists in the first 11 months of the year, an annual increase of 27.7 percent, the autonomous regional statistics bureau revealed on Sa...
Weekly Flights from Chinese Mainland to Singapore Increase to 70
2011-12-20Xinhua, December 19, 2011 Singapore Airlines announced Saturday it has increased the number of flights it runs each week between the Chinese mainland and Singapore to 70. The company has added t...
Lhasa Attracts More Foreigners to Settle Down
2011-12-20CNTV, December 19, 2011 With its distinctive culture, unbeatable scenery and the improving services, more and more foreigners are looking to settle and work in the region. Maria is French, but ...
China Finds Ancient Large Casting Workshop
2011-12-16Guangming Daily, December 15, 2011 Another great discovery was lately made in the 2011 expedition of the Yungang Grottoes, which has been followed closely by the archaeological field at home and ab...
Tai Chi Theme Park to Kick off in Hubei
2011-12-16China Daily, December 14, 2011 A tai chi theme park will be constructed in Shiyan city, Hubei province, which is home to the Wudang Mountains, kungfu's birthplace. Invested by Los Angeles-based...
Taiyuan-Taipei Tourist Charter Flights to Be Launched
2011-12-05Xinhua, December 3, 2011 Tourist charter flights will be launched between Chinese mainland's northern city of Taiyuan and Taipei next Monday to meet increasing market demand, local authorities reve...
HK's Visitor Arrivals up 16 pct in October
2011-12-01Xinhua, December 1, 2011 Visitor arrivals to Hong Kong rose 16.4 percent year-on-year to 3,794,076 in October, and 16.2 percent to 34,217,497 in the first 10 months of 2011, the Tourism Board revea...
Harbin to Celebrate Tourism Year of Russia
2011-12-01China Daily, November 29, 2011 In a month's time, tourists from the world over would brave freezing temperatures to appreciate a distinguished collection of ice and snow structures, with distincti...
Regular Direct Flights Launched Between China's Chongqing, Maldives
2011-11-28Xinhua, November 26, 2011 A regular direct route between the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing and the Maldivian capital of Male commenced Friday, according to local Chinese airport authoritie...
Central China City Builds Theme Park to Commemorate Late Peking Opera Master
2011-11-24Xinhua, November 23, 2011 A traditional-style theater was put into practice Thursday in the central China city of Wuhan as part of a theme park project to commemorate late Peking Opera master Tan X...
E China Solicits Logo Designs for Newly-listed World Heritage Site
2011-11-24Xinhua, November 23, 2011 Local authorities in east China's Zhejiang province are calling on the worldwide graphic design community to submit logo designs for the West Lake, which is a newly-listed...
