China is located in Eastern Asia, bordering the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, and South China Sea, between North Korea and Vietnam. With total land area about 9,326,410 square kilometers, China is slightly smaller than the United States and the world's fourth-largest country (after Russia, Canada, and US).

Based on July 2004 estimate, China has about 1,298,847,624 population, including Han Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Uygur, Hui, Yi, Tibetan, Miao, Manchu, Mongol, Buyi, Korean, and other nationalities 8.1%. Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect) is the official language. But China has many regional dialects including Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka, and some other minority languages.

For centuries China has stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences. But in the first half of the 20th century, China was beset by major famines, military defeats, foreign occupation, and civil unrest. After 1980, Chinese government continuously decentralized economic decision making, applied market-oriented system, and opened the economy to increased foreign trade and investment. The result has been a quadrupling of GDP since 1978 and now China stood as the second largest economy in the world after the US.

There are so many top travel vacation destinations and tourist attractions in China.

Beijing, with a 3,000-year history, has been a Capital City of China since Mind dynasty. After more than 700 years, the historical sites - Forbidden City, the Temple of Heaven, the Summer Palace and the Great Wall are still maintain in good shape. Every year visitors from around the world come to visit Beijing to experience the ancient China's art and culture and today modern urban life.

Shanghai, the largest city of China, is located on the east coast of China and the gateway of the Yangtze River basin. For centuries Shanghai is a comprehensive industrial base and important ports for China-international trade.

Hong Kong became the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China on 1 July 1997. Despite the change of leadership, Hong Kong remains one of the world most important economic centers and one of the most popular vacation destinations on the earth.

Shenzhen is China's new developed industrial city located in southern Guangdong province, bordering Hong Kong.

Sanya, known as the Hawaii of China, is a tropical paradise located on Hainan Island of Southern China. With blue ocean, sandy beach, green mountain, tropical landscape and luxury resort hotels, Sanya is the beautiful city for 54th Miss World Final in December 2004, and one of the top vacation destinations in China and the world.

Xian, the ancient capital of China for over a 1,000 years, is one of China's favorite travel and vacations destinations. The historic city center, the Great Mosque, the Drum Tower, the Qin Emperor's Terracotta Warriors Museum, Big Wild Goose Pagoda, the City Amusement Park are some tourist and historical attractions in Xian.