China Travel & Vacation

China is the world's most populated nation with rich history, arts and culture. Historical attractions and recent economic and trading development make China one of the world's most favorite business travel and leisure vacations destinations.

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 is the world's fourth-largest country (after Russia, Canada, and US).

Based on 2006 estimate, China has about 1,313,973,713 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 China's 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, moved the economy to a more market-oriented system, and opened the economy to increased foreign trade and investment. The result has been a quadrupling of GDP since 1978. In 2005, with its 1.30 billion people but a GDP of just $6,800 per capita, China stood as the second largest economy in the world after the US. Recently China has benefited from a huge expansion in computer Internet use. In 2005, China has about 111 million Internet users. Foreign investment remains a strong element in China's remarkable economic growth.

Three Gorges Dam across the Yangtze River will be essentially completed in 2006 and will revolutionize electrification and flood control in the area.

In 2005, one US dollar is exchanged for about 8.1943 Chinese Yuan (CNY).

There are so many tourist attractions in China. With a 3,000-year history, Beijing has been a Capital city of China since Mind dynasty (1368-1644). 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 for business development and 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. Shanghai is now one of the booming commercial cities and a top business travel and leisure vacation destination in China.

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 travel destinations on the earth for business travel and leisure vacation.

Shenzhen is China's new developed industrial city located in southern Guangdong province, bordering Hong Kong. As a modern and picturesque garden city, Shenzhen is also a major business travel and leisure vacation destination in China.

Sanya, known as the Hawaii of China, is a tropical paradise located at the southern tip of Hainan Island of Southern China. With blue ocean, sandy beach, green mountain, tropical landscape and climate, and luxury resort hotels, Sanya is one of the top vacation destinations in China, the beautiful coastal city for 54th Miss World Final in December 2004, and is now one of the world's favorite travel and vacations destinations.

Xian, the ancient capital of China for over 1,000 years, is another favorite travel and vacations destinations of China.