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Air
China's
major cities, such as Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, are
all served by direct flights from other countries. The domestic
airlines spread out from Beijing to all the provinces, autonomous
regions, centrally administered municipalities and open cities.
Latest statistics show that currently China's civil aviation
industry has opened up more than 110 air routes for scheduled
flights, including over 130 international airlines leading
to 60-plus cities in more than 30 countries.
Delays of china's airlines are much less frequent than in
the past. All flights are no smoking. Flight announcements
are in English as well as Chinese.
You can
find more information in the following URLs:
Trains
Railways offer the principal means of transport for goods
and people throughout China. The major routes are from Beijing
to Guangzhou, Shanghai, Harbin, Chengdu and Urumqi. There
are four types of fare: hard seat, soft seat (only on short-distance
trains such as the Hong Kong to Guangzhou), hard sleeper and
soft sleeper. The Railway Ministry operates 14 short routes
especially designed for tourists. You can find more information
as follows:
Bus
Public
transport is frequently very crowded. Minibus is a middle
ground between the expensive taxis and crowded urban buses.
In many hotels, there are shuttle bus services that take tourists
to the airport and other places.
Long-distance
buses are the most important means of transport in many parts
of China, especially where there is no railway line. Buy tickets
in advance from the bus station. There are main bus stations
for overland buses in most cities.
Waterway
Among
nearly all of China's major ports, including Shanghai, Hong
Kong, Xiamen and Zhongshan, comfortable ship service is provided.
There are regular ferry and boat connections between Hong
Kong and Guangzhou. The same is true for some of the big rivers,
particularly the Yangtze, Heilongjiang River, Pearl River
and the Grand Canal between Beijing and Hangzhou. The Yangtze
River is the 'golden waterway' of China's inland river transport.
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