Great Wall's Mutianyu sectionmakes plans for more renovation

Foreign leaders with travel plans to scale the Great Wall might be excited about the Mutianyu section's plan to open up an additional 500 m next year.

"The main renovation and construction of the 502-m section is mostly complete now, but the monitoring system still needs to be installed," Yang Kaihuai, general manager of Mutianyu Great Wall Travel Service Corporate told Beijing Youth Daily on Monday.

"Based on the current progress, we are hopeful the section can open next year," he said. "But the timetable is subject to change," he added, without saying why.