One day in beijing

If you had only one day in Beijing, what would you do? Yang Feiyue has a few tips from the experts.

Beijing is a tourism destination all year round. It is most famous for historical and cultural sites, with natural and urban landscapes too. The Great Wall, the Forbidden City and the Summer Palace draw visitors from far and wide. And the capital also lets you sample gourmet food from across the country and abroad. So, one does not have to go to southwestern province of Yunnan or Chongqing, or Japan or South Korea to savor authentic cuisine.

Last year, the city saw an 80 percent growth in the number of tourists from the Belt and Road countries, compared with 2015, according to a report by China's biggest online travel agency Ctrip.