China Travel News

The precise length of Great Wall was announced by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage to be 21,196 kilometers on June 2012.

As one of the main supporting activities for the 4th Cross-Straits Forum in Xiamen, the 2012 Taiwan-style Temple Fair was held from 15th to 21st June.

Direct flights between China and Poland launched from the end of May, offering flights between Beijing and Warsaw.

Beijing is to host the Fourth Ethnic Minority Arts Festival. The shows will be performed from early June until July 6th in theaters across Beijing.

Wuhan-Yichang high-speed railway is to open in mid-June 2012, shortening the travelling time between the two cities from more than 5 hours to 90 minutes.

In June, the 2012 West Lake Lotus Expo officially launched in Hangzhou. Two scenic spots as Breeze-ruffled Lotus at Quyuan Garden and Guo Zhuang host the exhibition.

Old Summer Palace hopes for its whole garden debut at the end of this year. The newly opened area was designed as a farmland by Emperors of the Qing Dynasty.

Train K9811/2 resumes from Xining in Qinghai to Lhasa in Tibet from June 8, connecting the two provinces of Qinghai-Tibet Plateau during the summer tourism peak.

The Dragon Boat Festival falls on June 23 this year. Most people in China will enjoy a three-day holiday, lasting from June 22 to June 24.

Heilongjiang Forest Ecological Tourism Festival is to be held in Yichun, Heilongjiang province on July 13.