Canadian tourists pose for a photo at the viewing platform around the Liziba Station of Chongqing Rail Transit in Yuzhong District of southwest China’s Chongqing, Oct. 3, 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)
China is becoming a more popular tourist destination thanks to its various policies that improve the entry and travel experience for international arrivals.
With a distinctive urban landscape and vibrant local life, Chongqing is now breaking new ground on the international tourism map.
Russian tourists visit the site of the 18 Steps Great Tunnel in Yuzhong District of southwest China’s Chongqing, Oct. 1, 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)Foreign travellers complete the Arrival Card at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in southwest China’s Chongqing, Oct. 1, 2025. (Photo by Zeng Yanyan/Xinhua)Foreign travellers wait to go through the immigration check at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in southwest China’s Chongqing, Oct. 1, 2025. (Photo by Zeng Yanyan/Xinhua)A tourist from Kazakhstan takes photos of the Liziba Station of Chongqing Rail Transit in Yuzhong District of southwest China’s Chongqing, Oct. 3, 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)Foreign tourists enjoy the night in Nan’an District of southwest China’s Chongqing, Sept. 30, 2025. (Xinhua/Huang Wei)A police officer helps a South Korean tourist with entry registration at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in southwest China’s Chongqing, Oct. 1, 2025. (Photo by Zeng Yanyan/Xinhua)A Serbian tourist has fun at the viewing platform around the Liziba Station of Chongqing Rail Transit in Yuzhong District of southwest China’s Chongqing, Oct. 3, 2025.
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance,
a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went
back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016,
working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
