Tourists ride an amusement facility at the Taoranting Park in Beijing, Jan 3, 2026. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING — During the New Year holiday, Beijing saw 8.808 million tourist visits, generating a total tourism revenue of 10.97 billion yuan (about $1.56 billion), said the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism on Saturday. This year’s New Year…
Gao Qiuhong under a star-filled sky at Yak Meadow in Lijiang. [Photo provided to China Daily] “When the meteors streaked like diamonds across the snowcapped peaks,… Read More »Tourism written in the stars
The new year is here, and you can now browse the 2026 Eurostat release calendar to stay up to date with all our forthcoming releases. You will find our scheduled data releases, Euro indicators, news articles, publications, data visualisations, Statistics Explained articles, events and webinars, and podcasts. Weekly planning in the calendar is confirmed every…
From the national strategy of expanding domestic demand to the global vision of mutually beneficial cooperation, the Central Economic Work Conference has charted the course for high-quality development. Guided by this vision, China’s ice and snow industry has made a remarkable leap “from scratch to excellence” in just two decades, establishing a world-class platform for…
Shanghai’s two airports handled more than 135 million passenger trips, as well as 4.5 million tons of cargo-and-mail throughput, in 2025. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] Figures show that Shanghai’s two airports handled more than 135 million passenger trips as well as 4.5 million tons of cargo-and-mail throughput in 2025. According to Shanghai Airport (Group) Co,…
Tourists enjoy the local stewed pot dishes and performance at the Yingchun street of Guangde, Anhui province. [Photo provided to China Daily] Travelers, especially young adults,… Read More »It’s all about the eating
Tourists enjoy the lanterns at an ancient city scenic area in Huangyuan county of Xining, Northwest China’s Qinghai province on Jan 2, 2026. [Photo/Xinhua] BEIJING – The recent three-day New Year holiday showed some promising travel and spending numbers in China, offering a glimpse of resilient and dynamic consumption landscape. A total of 142 million…
China’s latest move to support consumer goods trade-in programs and large-scale equipment renewal in 2026 will help further stimulate consumption and upgrade industries, creating new growth drivers for the economy, said market watchers and executives of multinational companies. The government has allocated 62.5 billion yuan ($8.94 billion) in ultra-long special treasury bond funds in advance…
The screening hall fell quiet as the film began. Soon, a steady narration described the gestures, expressions and moments that could not be seen by people with visual impairments. For them, cinema unfolded not through images, but through language. That calm, precise and unmistakably familiar voice belonged to Chinese actor Hu Ge, recreated through artificial…
By building a vibrant e-commerce ecosystem and integrating digital tools across production, sales and branding, Liancheng county in Fujian province’s Longyan has transformed its traditional sweet potato industry into a modern growth engine. With year-end consumption peaking, food producers in Liancheng are operating at full capacity. “This is our busiest sales season,” said Shen Zhiwei,…