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Other cities that recorded high price-growth rates included Shijiazhuang in Hebei province, Lanzhou in Gansu province and Yueyang in Hunan province.
Huaqiao Film Empire, the China Film Group Corporation’s branch in Huaqiao was launched on Sep. 16th, 2010 and it has made great achievements in terms of sales revenue.
Two tourists take a photo of a lotus at a scenic spot of West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, in this undated photo."We're aiming to attract tourists from Britain, Germany and the Netherlands by giving a new image to the city as an ideal leisure destination," he said.
China's travel industry will shift focus from the country's places to its people this year, according to a recent announcement by the China National Tourism Office (CNTO). "China Culture Tour 2011" is its theme this year and, "Travel to appreciate and experience Chinese culture" is its new slogan.
Photo shows the dizziest parking lot in Hangzhou.Once the parking lot was posted online, netizens called it "the dizziest parking lot in history." Once the parking lot was posted online, netizens called it "the dizziest parking lot in history." By Ye Xin, People's Daily Online
The UNWTO expects China to become the most visited country in the world by 2015, by which time its high-speed lines will extend 16,000 km, according to Ministry of Railways spokesman Wang Yongping."These high-speed railways have offered new arteries to feed the development of small and medium-sized cities on the routes," Wang Yongping says.
Foreign luxury products have monopolized the shopping list of Chinese tourists heading overseas for years, but more Chinese tourists are grabbing up Chinese brands sold on foreign markets, since they are sold at lower prices.
Many of the traditionally prosperous regions, like the Yangtze and the Pearl river deltas, however, are experiencing labor shortages after the holidays. In Guangdong, more than one million workers are needed, which counts for about five percent of the total number of laborers in the province, said Ou Zhenzhi, head of the human resources and social security department of the Guangdong provincial government.
Tourism revenue in north China's Hebei province is estimated to reach more than 200 billion yuan ($ 30.46 billion) by 2015, local newspaper Yanzhao Evening News reported yesterday.
A 100 million-yuan science and technology innovation fund from Zhejiang authorities in late 2009 for college students has already helped 5,000 students start 1,192 projects.