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Travel hub adds routes to woo travelers

Taking advantage of the country's newly implemented train operation arrangement, a travel hub in North China's Shanxi province has introduced new measures to woo visitors. As a railway hub of a World Cultural Heritage site, Pingyao Ancient City Station has added two new departure-and-arrival trains, injecting new momentum into the Spring Festival travel rush. During the holiday, many tourists praised the reasonable train schedules and convenient transfers, which made their trips relaxing and enjoyable, and became a preferred choice for travel. The new launch has helped lift its transport capacity.

Yuan weakens against greenback

The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 42 pips to 6.8959 against the US dollar on Thursday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. In China's spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to rise or fall by 2 percent from the central parity rate each trading day. The central parity rate of the yuan against the dollar is based on a weighted average of prices offered by market makers before the opening of the interbank market each business day.

Xinhua - China Daily