After touring three scenic cities in China, Michelle Obama, the first lady of the United States, said Chengdu was her favorite.
On the last day of a seven-day tour of China, US first lady Michelle Obama, her daughters and her mother were awestruck after visiting the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding on Wednesday.
On March 25, US first lady Michelle Obama's first stop in Chengdu was at a high school, the Chengdu No.7 High School.
US first lady visits giant pandas at Giant Panda Research Base in Chengdu, Sichuan province, March 26, 2014
Visiting foreign leaders and their ilk often opt for China's specialties, rather than their home fare.
Want to enjoy the best of spring and escape the maddening crowds? Chengdu local Chen Liang says the choice is easy. Mount Qingcheng is only an hour's drive from the capital of Sichuan province and is full of bucolic delights.
Michelle Obama will visit historic sites including the Great Wall, the Terra cotta Warriors in Xi’an, Northwest China's Shaanxi province and the Panda Base in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province.
The government of Chengdu recently released a series of incentives to attract more foreign transit tourists to use its 72-hour visa-free policy.
Southwestern China’s Chengdu city recently announced its development targets for the tourism industry in 2014, aiming to receive a total of 186 million tourists and generate tourism revenue of 166.3 billion yuan ($ 27.4 billion), up by 25 percent.
Cars adorned with snowmen in the Longquan scenic area in Chengdu city, Southwest China’s Sichuan province, Feb 10, 2014.
According to a report by the National Tourism Administration, the number of tourists across the country during the week-long Spring Festival holiday reached 231 million, up 14 percent from last year, and gross tourism income reached 126.39 billion yuan, up 16.4 percent from 2013.
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