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  • Feature: Outstanding Myanmar arts students receive China-Myanmar friendship award

    The National University of Arts and Culture (NUAC) in Yangon on Monday hosted the China-Myanmar friendship award ceremony for 55 outstanding Myanmar students of arts and culture.

    September28,2022


  • Feature: Ugandan students depict sustainable future of Chinese-operated oil field in art contest

    On an escarpment overlooking the Chinese-operated oil field in Uganda's western district of Kikuube, 30 students sat with paintbrushes and canvases, envisioning a future where nature, heritage, and modernization coexist.

    March14,2025


  • China's UnionPay Int'l, France's Louvre Hotels Group sign deal on payment card

    UnionPay International, a subsidiary of China UnionPay, said Tuesday it had signed an accord with France's largest hotel group, Louvre Hotels Group, regarding the use of UnionPay cards to facilitate Chinese visitors.

    November23,2016


  • Pakistani student learns Chinese martial arts in north China's Tianjin

    Muhammad Nabil is a Pakistani student at Nankai University in Tianjin. In 2018, he chose to come to Tianjin to study for his Ph.D., not only to achieve quality education here, but also to fulfill his dream to chase the Chinese martial arts, or Kung Fu.

    December28,2022


  • China has over 1,500 green hotels

    According to a report released by the China Hospitality Association, there are currently over 1,500 green hotels in the country.

    March06,2023


  • Beijing issues prepaid cards for international visitors

    The Chinese capital introduced the Beijing Pass, a multi-purpose card for international visitors, on Wednesday, facilitating their payment for transportation, tourist sites and shopping centers.

    August01,2024


  • GLOBALink | China-Africa Green Dialogue: Sustainable life in sustainable hotels

    On this World Environment Day, from China to Kenya, we explore how ecotourism accommodation can be both pleasant and eco-friendly.

    June05,2025


  • Shanghai issues prepaid travel cards for inbound travelers' convenience

    Shanghai has released Shanghai Pass, a multipurpose prepaid travel card, to facilitate easy payment by inbound travelers and other visitors not in favor of mobile payment.

    May22,2024


  • China-France art exhibition underway in Shanghai

    An art exhibition kicked off last Friday in east China's Shanghai, as part of the cultural exchanges marking the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France.

    December30,2024


  • China's chain hotel market maintains steady growth in 2024

    China's chain hotel market continued its solid upward trend in 2024, with the number of chain hotel rooms increasing year on year, according to a report released by the China Hospitality Association on Tuesday.

    April23,2025


  • Hotel industry moves to cover lower-tier markets in the rational consumption cycle

    Tourists now show strong awareness of "cost effectiveness" in hotel consumption, experts say, who also observed increasing demand for high-quality hotels for county-level destinations.

    October17,2024


  • UnionPay cards to be issued in Europe

    UnionPay International, a subsidiary of China's UnionPay, the country's largest bank card payment processor, announced Monday that it has entered into strategic cooperation with the Portuguese bank, Banco Comercial Portugues (BCP).

    November21,2017


  • GLOBALink | An Italian's love on Chinese martial arts

    Matteo Buffa from Italy has been studying Chinese martial arts for nearly 30 years. He says that Chinese martial arts play a crucial role in fostering cultural exchanges between China and other countries.

    August01,2024


  • Lower transaction fees set to boost international bank card usage in China

    International bank card clearing institutions, such as Visa and Mastercard, have reduced transaction fees on overseas bank cards for Chinese merchants, a move expected to encourage more local merchants to accept these card payments.

    July04,2024


  • China issues 9.25 bln bank cards by end of 2021

    China had issued a total of 9.25 billion bank cards by the end of 2021, according to an industry report.

    September26,2022


  • Exhibition on Italian art, design opens in Chongqing

    An exhibition on art, design and manufacturing in Italy opened Wednesday in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality.

    October26,2023


  • Chimelong to open panda-themed hotel

    Chimelong Group will soon open a panda-themed hotel in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, to meet growing domestic demand for leisure hospitality from families.

    February13,2018


  • Exhibition of Chinese art, cultural works opens in Iran

    An exhibition of selected works of Chinese art and culture kicked off on Saturday in the Iranian capital Tehran.

    October14,2024


  • The Birth of Paradise Hill Hotel

    As the first Sino-foreign joint venture in the tourism industry, Paradise Hill Hotel was established eight years prior to the promulgation of the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Sino-Foreign Contractual Joint Ventures.

    November27,2017


  • UnionPay holds all the cards

    China UnionPay is ramping up efforts to expand its business in overseas markets to support the Belt and Road Initiative or BRI, in addition to facilitating fast growing personnel exchanges between China and the rest of the world.

    December28,2018


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