On Jan.22, 2018, the Palace Museum (Forbidden City) and the People's Government of Dongcheng District signed a “Strategy and Cooperation Agreement” that aims to build a new ‘Palace Museum’. The new museum is temporarily named as Museum of Contemporary and Modern Cultural Relics. People who visit the museum have chance to see treasured cultural relics...
A new direct airline launched by Chongqing Airlines between Chongqing-the largest metropolis in southwest China and Hanoi-the capital of Vietnam, on Jan.16, 2018. The new direct airline uses Airbus 320 aircraft. Its schedule is 4 flights every week-Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Flights depart from Chongqing at 9:15pm, and reach Hanoi at 10:30pm (local time);...
From June 2014, the excavation of Taoist Temple ruins at Great Shangqing Palace of Longhu Mountain in Jiangxi Province has been going on. On Jan. 21 2018, the excavation area has reached 5,000 square meters. A researcher from National Museum of China said that so far Great Shangqing Palace is the largest Taoist Temple with...
An upgraded railway route, Chongqing - Guizhou High-speed Railway, is going to open on Jan.25 2018. The Chongqing - Guizhou High-speed Railway stretches 345.4km, and is expected to reach speeds of up to 200kmph, connecting Chongqing and Guiyang. After the opening of the railway, the time of traveling between Chengdu and Guiyang will be reduced...
A grand art exhibition featuring the artworks of Chinese famous artist Zhang Daqian(1899-1983) opened on Jan. 16th 2018, at the National Museum of China in Beijing.
According to the cooperation framework agreement signed at the Great Hall of People in Beijing on Jan. 9th , 2018, a Sino-France panda-themed park set to be built in Chengdu.
China and UAE reached visa exemption agreement on January 16th 2018, by signing a memorandum of understanding exempting Emirati citizens from the pre-entry visas to China. From that day, Emiratis entering China will be allowed to stay for up to 30 days for each visit.
