Hong Kong youth get a taste of life on the mainland

Continuous rain fails to dampen the enthusiasm of a group of 200 people from Hong Kong who are visiting Tianjin, a city neighboring Beijing.

This tour is part of the We Are Family exchange activities organized by the New Home Association, a Hong Kong charity that brings approximately 2,000 Hong Kong people, especially youngsters, to visit cities on the mainland every year.

"I visited Tianjin for the first time in 1991 on business. But this time I have seen great changes here," says Xie Yiling, who is from Kwai Tsing district in Hong Kong.