China achieved remarkable progress in the integrated development in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) in 2025, said a spokesman for the fourth session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) on Tuesday. The GBA consists of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macao Special Administrative Region, as well…
China’s online transactions saw a remarkable increase in both volume and value during the just-concluded Spring Festival holiday, data from the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) showed on Tuesday. From Feb 15 to 23, Chinese online payment-clearing house NetsUnion Clearing Corporation and card payment giant China UnionPay processed approximately 39.3 billion online transactions totaling 13.12…
Science and technology museums across China welcomed over 3.5 million visits during the 2026 Spring Festival holiday, according to preliminary statistics released by the China Science and Technology Museum. Chinese New Year-themed special exhibitions and interactive activities featuring robots made science museums a popular choice among holiday tourists, particularly families with children, during the nine-day…
China saw a total of 17.796 million cross-border trips during the nine-day Spring Festival holiday period ending on Monday, official data showed. According to data released by the National Immigration Administration, border authorities recorded an average of 1.977 million trips per day during the holiday, up 10.1 percent year on year on a daily basis….
Chinese travelers made an estimated 362.58 million cross-regional passenger trips on Monday, the last day of the Spring Festival holiday, representing a 4.7-percent daily decline from Sunday and an 11.9-percent increase from the last day of the holiday last year. On Monday, the country’s railway system handled an estimated 18.5 million passenger trips, up 1.2…
Chinese cinemas are boosting the holiday economy through various marketing and promotion campaigns during the Spring Festival movie season. The nine-day holiday, the longest Spring Festival movie season in history, has delivered a vibrant screening feast of comedies, action films, animations, and sci-fi productions to audiences nationwide. As of Saturday, the 2026 Spring Festival box…
Foreign visitors and local residents have been hitting the shops and snapping up a range of sci-tech goods in China’s Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area as many look to offer gifts to their family and friends during the upcoming Spring Festival. The festive spirit is growing ahead of the Spring Festival, China’s most important annual…
As the Chinese Spring Festival approaches, the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in southwest China has been adorned with festive decorations and equipped with new enrichment facilities for the pandas, creating a joyful atmosphere for both visitors and the beloved animals. The Spring Festival, which falls on Feb 17 this year, marks the…
Southern China’s Great Bay Area on Sunday launched the first nighttime high-speed train service to ease the mounting pressure of the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush for 2026, which officially started a week ago. At 22:12 on Sunday, the first overnight train departed from the bustling Guangzhou South Railway Station in Guangdong Province, transporting a…
The nine cities of Guangdong Province in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) saw their foreign trade surpass 9 trillion yuan (about 1.29 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2025, hitting a record high. The nine GBA mainland cities recorded imports and exports totaling 9.15 trillion yuan (about 1.31 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2025, a year-on-year…