Spring Festival Travel Peak ——Journey of Love and Care

Wearing a heavy overcoat, Tang Jincheng, a man always busy as director of a coach station in Hangzhou City, east China, was even busier during the Spring Festival when migrant workers and students left for family reunions. For 2009, the annual ＂peak of Spring Festival travels＂ began on January 11, two weeks before the Festival that fell on January 26. And Director Tang and his colleagues were to be busy for 40 long days, with work to ensure the waiting lounge would be warm enough, passengers on the square outside would be sheltered in rain or snow, and there would be enough mobile toilets.     

Hot Spring Leisure City—Secrets and Comforts of a 300-year-old Imperial Palace

THE Hot Spring Leisure City sits 20 kilometers north of the Forbidden City on Beijing＇s north-south axis, also known as the ＂artery of the dragon.＂ It stands against the Yanshan Mountains, faces the headwater of the Wenyu River and is dotted by six hot springs - all features of geomantic supremacy.     

A Festival of Ice Adds Steam to Harbin’s Development——An Exclusive Interview with Song Xibin, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Harbin Municipal Committee and Mayor of Harbin

ON January 5, 2013, the 29th China Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival opened in Harbin. It was an occasion for celebration for local residents as well as tourists from China and abroad. The crowds gathered to admire the icy artistic wonders on display and revel in the festivities. Ji Bingxuan, secretary of the CPC Heilongjiang Provincial