Chinese mainland posts sharp increase in resident travel in 2025

Chinese mainland travelers made a total of 6.522 billion trips in 2025, a sharp increase of 907 million, or 16.2 percent, over the previous year, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism said on Monday.

Urban residents made 4.996 billion trips, an increase of 14.3 percent over the previous year, while rural residents made 1.526 billion trips, a year-on-year increase of 22.6 percent, according to the results of a sample survey on Chinese mainlanders' travel released by the ministry.

In 2025, Chinese mainland residents spent 6.3 trillion yuan (about 903.41billion U.S. dollars) on travel, an increase of 550 billion yuan compared with the previous year, representing a year-on-year growth of 9.5 percent, according to the ministry.

Urban residents spent 5.3 trillion yuan on travel, marking a year-on-year increase of 7.5 percent, while rural residents' spending on travel climbed 21.4 percent to one trillion yuan, the ministry said.

Chinese stocks closed higher on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index up 0.18 percent to 4,139.9 points.

The Shenzhen Component Index closed 0.09 percent higher at 14,329.91 points.

The combined turnover of these two indices totaled over 2.89 trillion yuan (about 414.4 billion U.S. dollars), down from 3.25 trillion yuan on the previous trading day.

Stocks related to precious metals and semiconductors led the gains, while shares in the breeding as well as coal mining and processing sectors suffered major losses.

The ChiNext Index, tracking China's Nasdaq-style board of growth enterprises, gained 0.71 percent to close at 3,342.6 points.

The STAR Composite Index, which reflects the performance of stocks on China's sci-tech innovation board, closed 1.72 percent higher at 1,889.46 points.