Sanya, a city of tropical island province of Hainan in south China, welcomed 36.1582 million tourists in 2025, an increase of 6.81 percent from the previous year, local authorities have announced.
Tourist spending in the city has surpassed the 100-billion-yuan threshold for the first time, reaching 103.26 billion yuan (approximately 14.342 billion U.S. dollars), a year-on-year rise of 9.46 percent.
In 2025, the number of inbound overnight tourists to Sanya has surpassed 1 million for the first time, reaching 1.0614 million, up 41.38 percent year on year. Meanwhile, overnight tourist spending in the city totaled 934 million U.S. dollars, growing 66.65 percent year on year.
China's Sanya city sees higher tourist arrivals, spending in 2025
The Erenhot Port, China's largest land port on the border with Mongolia, handled more than 3,900 China-Europe freight trains in 2025, with total cargo volume exceeding 4.5 million tonnes, both marking record highs, customs data showed.
The China-Europe freight trains exiting and entering the port totaled 3,986 in 2025, according to the data released by the China Railway Hohhot Group Co., Ltd.
In 2025, the port added new routes, including routes connecting Wuhu in east China's Anhui Province with Moscow, Russia, and Datong in north China's Shanxi Province with Selyatino, Russia.
Customs authorities have also taken a series of measures to enhance efficiency. Currently, the border inspection time for each train has been reduced to about 20 minutes.
As the sole transit port for the "middle corridor" of China-Europe freight train services, Erenhot now operates 75 routes, with an average of 12 trains passing through daily. These routes connect more than 70 cities in over 10 countries and regions, while also linking over 60 cities across China.
North China port handles record number of China-Europe freight trains, cargo volume in 2025
