China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism has issued a five-year plan for the sector, calling for deeper integration of culture and tourism while highlighting cultural heritage, public services, technology, new tourism formats and international cooperation.
A seven-day lifestyle festival featuring outdoor sports, leisure activities and pop-up brand experiences is taking place at China Central Place in Beijing's central business district from Sept 13 to 19.
The wine banners are still out along the southern Central Axis, and the drums have not stopped. Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center, the quarter where Beijing's street performers once made their names, is being rebuilt around a different kind of stage.
For six centuries, it has guarded the southern entrance of the imperial city, and for much of that time, it kept much of itself hidden. Now Zhengyangmen Gate, better known to visitors as Qianmen, has opened in full.
A special exhibition marking the centenary of the first meeting between painters Pu Xinyu and Zhang Daqian opened on Sept 15 at the Prince Kung's Palace Museum in Beijing, bringing together 48 paintings, calligraphic works and related items from 10 museums and cultural institutions.
The international metropolis shines bright as artists from China and around the world share unique experiences with residents and tourists.
Between the Opium War in 1840 and the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, roughly 10 million Chinese people left the country for destinations overseas, according to historical estimates.
For generations of Chinese students, Machu Picchu in Peru may have first appeared not on a travel itinerary, but in an English textbook.
The exhibition Kucha and the World × Her Kucha is running at the Mutianyu Great Wall Digital Museum in Bohai town, Huairou district, Beijing.
A group of international visitors from the United Kingdom, Colombia, Russia, Pakistan and Egypt kicked off an early Mid-Autumn celebration in Zhouzhuang Ancient Town, Kunshan, East China's Jiangsu province, on Sept 16.