More measures to better facilitate payments and enhance cultural experiences are suggested to attract foreign tourists to Beijing as the city plans to deepen construction of an international consumption center, deputies and political advisers said.
In the wake of a fruitful year of achievements in many fields, Beijing Municipality has set economic targets for 2024, aiming for a year-on-year growth of approximately 5 percent in its regional gross domestic product (GDP), according to Beijing Mayor Yin Yong.
Beijing made strides in ecological progress in 2023, raising the city's forest coverage rate to 44.9 percent, said Beijing Mayor Yin Yong when delivering a government work report at the annual session of Beijing's legislative meeting on Sunday.
The New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor reaches 490 ports in 120 countries and regions, according to the annual session of the people's congress of Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality on Sunday.
North China's Hebei province has seen its annual tourism revenue exceed 1 trillion yuan($139 billion) last year, significantly surpassing pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels.
The high-quality development of trade union work in the Xizang autonomous region will receive better legal protection, as the regional legislative body recently announced the Xizang Autonomous Region's Implementation Measures of the Trade Union Law of the People's Republic of China starting on Feb 1.
When delivering a government work report at the annual session of the regional people's congress earlier this month, Yan Jinhai, chairman of the regional government, said Xizang plans to support and enhance the development of green energy in 2024.
The import and export value of four major land ports in Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region totaled 4.56 billion yuan (about $642.2 million) from January to November 2023, a year-on-year growth of 80.2 percent, according to the regional department of commerce.