The joint commissioning and integrated testing of the Guilin-Liuzhou section of Hengyang-Liuzhou high-speed railway started on July 19, 2013. The Guilin–Liuzhou high-speed rail is expected to open this year, with a travel time of only one hour between the two cities. The Hengyang-Liuzhou high-speed railway serves as an important part of XiangGui (Hunan to Guangxi) railway expansion renovation project. It is the fi ...
Guilin's first direct bus route to Hong Kong opened on June 13, 2013. The daily buses depart Guilin Qintan Bus Station at 9:30am, pass through Yangshuo and Shenzhen, and then go into Hong kong via Shenzhen Bay Checkpoint. After customs clearance, passengers would change another bus (pre-arranged) to Prince Edward, Jordan, Mong Kok and Hong Kong International Airport. The whole journey takes about ten hours.Tr ...
The Mekong Tourism Forum (MTF) 2013 took place in Guilin, the primary tourist city of China's Guangxi Province, on June 19th and 20th. This year's forum attracted some 150 participants from the six Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) countries - Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Yunnan and Guangxi provinces of China. During the two-days event, they widely discussed around "Rapid development of China's ...
Narcissus delegation, led by Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii Huang Huiying, traveled to China for their 2013 Narcissus Goodwill Tour from June 2 and June 17. After visited Guangzhou, Shanghai, Xian and Beijing, they arrived in Guilin on June 13, and then left for Hong Kong. Mr Zhou wei, deputy mayor of Guilin, welcomed them at Guilin Bravo Hotel, and offered congratulations to the newly elected Narcissus "Que ...
In this blog, you'll be shown with a group of very precious pictures taken in Guilin. The black-and-white pics recorded different scenes of Guilin in the early 1980s. Describing the same places, a sharp contrast between the black-and-white photos from 30 years ago and the chromophotographs from nowadays will certainly shake you. Witness the changes of Guilin!Elephant Trunk Hill, GuilinFlower Bridge, ...
Longji Village, about 110 km away from Guilin, is a ancient and charming settlement of Zhuang ethnic group within Longji Rice Terraces area. For centuries, the Zhuang people have grown rice in the terraced paddy fields. Traditionally, spring ploughing is a important farming parctice. According to the local custom, people would choose an auspicious date to start plowing. That is the Spring Ploughing Festival comes. ...
China has revealed a plan of the construction and development of Guilin international tourism destination, in an effort to boost the city's economic growth. By 2020, the plan will be basically completed, and Guilin will become an important platform of world-class landscape tourism and leisure holiday destination. A Press Conference of Guilin International Tourism Destination Construction was held in the State ...
