Specialties from Guangdong are making their way into households across the country, as rest stops on expressways across the province have become popular stations to buy goods in preparation for Chinese New Year.
With Spring Festival travelers flooding Guangzhou South Railway Station, Chen Xuan can be found weaving through the waiting hall each day, offering directions, answering questions and easing journeys for overseas visitors.
This year's Spring Festival travel rush has seen a shift away from the typical outgoing trips, with big cities including Guangzhou and Shenzhen in Guangdong province becoming not only busy departure cities but popular arrival destinations, according to local railway operators.
When a Chinese robotics innovator faced an urgent space crunch for his laser sensor startup a few years ago, he did what many entrepreneurs in the country's southern tech hub of Shenzhen, Guangdong province, do — he called the local government.
An anticipated historical record number of passengers will travel in Guangdong province during the annual Spring Festival travel rush this year, thanks to a continuous increase in travel demand during the long holiday, according to railway operators.
A love-themed expressway rest area in Xinyi county of Maoming, Guangdong province, opened on Feb 2, helping inject new vitality into the development of local agriculture, transportation, culture, tourism, and commerce.
A series of activities to promote winter tourism in Fenglin county, Yichun, Heilongjiang province was recently held in Maoming, Foshan and Shenzhen in Guangdong province, highlighting available tourist resources in Northeast China.
The first Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Senior Officials' Meeting and related events are held in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, between Feb 1 and 10, marking the first official event of the "APEC China Year".