China＇s Top Ten Seaside Cities

IN March 2009, China＇s top 10 seaside tourist cities were unveiled in an online survey conducted jointly by sohu.com, a leading Chinese Internet portal, and Enjoy World, a popular electronic tourist magazine. Tourism experts, journalists, independent travelers, and more than one million netizens voted Sanya, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Zhuhai, Rizhao, Xiamen, Beihai, Dalian, Haikou and Ningbo as their favorite seaside destinations.     

Seaside Pearl： A Modern Yet Ancient City

QINGDAO is situated on the Yellow Sea coast against a picturesque background of green mountains in southeast Shandong Province. It is a popular seaside tourist destination for people living on China's east coast. Qingdao has abundant cultural relics and famous historical sites, and is best known for its stunning seaside scenery and German architecture, built by colonizers during the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).     

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Sanya lies on the south coast of Hainan, facing the South China Sea. It is the country's favorite tropical seaside resort city. In recent years, Sanya has striven to become an international tourist resort. It has worked hard to exploit its advantageous geographical location and abundant natural resources and forge a 'healthy, beautiful and fashionable' city identity. Sanya has received the China Habitat Award, and been honored as the country's Most Charming City.     

Yangpu： A Seaside Industrial Landmark

HAINAN Island off China＇s southern coast boasts more than just beautiful seascapes. A popular tourist destination, it has top-notch hotels, convention facilities and golf courses. As well as stunning natural scenery, the island features several notable cities, including the seaside metropolis of Haikou in the north, the scenic ＂tourist resort and ecological city＂ of Sanya in the south, and the historic city of Qionghai and picturesque Bo＇ao in the east.     

If You Go to Inner Mongolia

Inner Mongolia is a terrific tourist destination with various topographic features and a diversified ecology.It has abundant tourist resources,from grassland and deserts to forests and lakes.Here you will see more sheep and cows than people.     

Leaving the Capital Behind

<正>A number of impressive and relaxing tourist attractions make northeast Hebei a worthwhile trip outside Beijing When it comes to culture and tourism,Hebei Province can’t compete with the imperial palaces,temples,summer resorts and other ancient landmarks of Beijing.The province is also missing them useums and monuments to the people’s heroes.But what it lacks in epic tourist attractions Hebei makes up for with smaller,quainter sights that provide a pleasant respite from the busy city life and crowded tourist hotspots of the Chinese capital.     

Fourism Information

Steam Locomotive Tour Tiefa Coal Industry Group Corp. Ltd. is headquartered in Tieling City, Liaoning Province. At present, the group has 21 steam locomotives and all of them can still be operated. Since 2000, the group has held four steam iocomotive-themed tourist festivals, and has built a special website for steam locomotive tours, an exhibition hall and several special tourist railways, becoming China and the world's only tourist attraction with operational steam locomotives. In recent years, the tourist attraction has received tourist groups from dozens of countries, including Britain, the United States, France, Japan and Australia, and many domestic tourists, being honored with a "floating steam locomotive museum." Visit http://www.steam-locomotive.cn/ for more information.     

Sailing City,Charming Qingdao

Qingdao is a quaint seaside city on the southern tip of the Shandong Peninsula. Covering an area of 10,654 sq kin, it has jurisdiction over seven districts and five county-level cities, totaling a population of 8.5 million.     

Sailing City,Charming Qingdao

Qingdao is a quaint seaside city on the southern tip of the Shandong Peninsula.Covering an area of 10,654 sq km,it has jurisdiction over seven districts and five county-level cities,totaling a population of 8.5 million.     

Sailing City,Charming Qingdao

Qingdao is a quaint seaside city on the southern tip of the Shandong Peninsula. Covering an area of 10,654 sq km, it has jurisdiction over seven districts and fi ve county-level cities, totaling a population of 8.5 million.     

A Leap Forward for a Coastal City

Qingdao is on its way to becoming a modern,livable and happy international city.Qingdao, a beautiful seaside city in Shandong Province, boasts a mild climate, the vertiginous Laoshan Mountain,magnificent coastlines and many sandy bays. Home to European-style buildings from its colonial past, the city has been called "a classic of world architecture."     

The Forest City of Yichun

A FTER years of booming tourism on the sunny beaches of seaside towns, and within the prosperous modernity of metropolises and coastal cities, many holiday-makers now seek a change. They have now set their sights on the bold and magnificent beauty of northeastern China. In recent years Yichun's primitive natural beauty has drawn a steadily increasing volume of visitors.     

DISCOVERING BEIJING Eastern Promise

Dongcheng District, literally meaning eastern city, covers Beijing's downtown area to the northeast of the central axis of old Beijing. The district has a total area of 25 square km and a population of 600,000. With a large number of cultural and historical sites and tourist attractions,     

A Leap Forward for a Coastal City Qingdao is on its way to becoming a modern, livable and happy international city

Qingdao,a beautiful seaside city in Shandong Province,boasts a mild climate,the vertiginous Laoshan Mountain,magni cent coastlines and many sandy bays.Home to European-style buildings from its colonial past,the city has been called"a classic of world architecture."     

Sailing City,Charming Qingdao

Qingdao is a quaint seaside city on the southern tip of the Shandong Peninsula. Covering an area of 10,654 sq km, it has jurisdiction over seven districts and five county-level cities, totaling     

A Sunset Glow

The Group of Seven(G7)meeting in French seaside resort Biarritzon August 24-26 was convened at a time when the world is facing tectonic shifts in global power and the rift between the U.S. and Europe is widening as the former pursues an America First policy and the latter's ambition of a European revival is rekindling.     

Hubei＇s Yichang—— Pearl of the Three Gorges

NESTLED near the mouth of Hubei‘s Xiling Gorge, Yichang is becoming an ever-stronger tourist magnet in the revamped Three Gorges area. Many traditional tourist spots have made way for China‘s huge navigation and hydroelectricity project on the Yangtze River, but Yichang, dubbed “Pearl ofthe Three Gorges,” retains its pullingpower, reinforced by the emergence of a new Three Gorges tourist area.     

Festive Celebrations Boosting Xinjiang＇s Tourism

APART from an abundance of tourist attractions, both natural and cultural, the local Xinjiang government has created a new series of annual festive celebrations in a move to boost tourism, attracting millions from across the country and the world each year.     

Restoring Faith—Life in Lhasa Returns to Normal after Violent Riots

IT was 7：30 p.m. on March 26. Lhasa, capital of Tibet AutonOmous Region and a world-famous tourist attraction, was unnaturally quiet. Many stores and restaurants had already locked their doors. There was little traffic and few pedestrians on the streets. From time to time, a police car cruised by on patrol.     

A Leap Forward for a Coastal City

Qingdao is on its way to becoming a modern,livable and happy international city.Qingdao, a beautiful seaside city in Shandong Province, boasts a mild climate, the vertiginous Laoshan Mountain, magni cent coastlines and many sandy bays. Home to European-style buildings from its colonial past, the city has been called "a classic of world architecture." 120 years ago, Qingdao was an insigni cant shing village. It is now a metropolis of 11,282 square km with a populatin of 8.7 million. It has developed greatly since China started its opening-up and reform policy three decades