The ultra-long daytime of 21 hours is drawing increasing tourists to Mohe, China's northernmost city in Heilongjiang Province, during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, which runs from Friday to Sunday.
On Sunday, which is Xiazhi or the Summer Solstice, the tenth solar term of the year on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, the Northern Hemisphere welcomed the day with the longest daytime of the entire year and tourists coming to Mohe could experience the "white night."
"I've come with my parents to experience the 'white night' during this Dragon Boat Festival holiday. The sky does not turn fully dark even at midnight, which feels so unique," said a tourist surnamed Wang from east China's Jiangsu Province.
"I just calculated to be here on the Summer Solstice to see the longest daytime. Biking through extensive forests feels so cool," said Wang Minli, a tourist from northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
The host has put up performances and special markets selling agricultural and forest products for tourists.
21-hour daytime boosts tourism to northernmost city
China's Yangtze River Delta saw record-high import and export volumes in the first five months of this year, extending consecutive foreign trade growth to 15 months, and demonstrating the strong resilience and vitality of China's economy.
The Yangtze River Delta region, which covers Shanghai Municipality and the provinces of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui, all in east China, is one of China's most economically dynamic, open and innovative areas.
According to data from Chinese customs authorities, the region's total value of imports and exports in the five-month period reached 7.82 trillion yuan (about 1.16 trillion U.S. dollars), up 16.2 percent year on year and accounting for 37.8 percent of the nation's foreign trade total.
Exports amounted to 4.92 trillion yuan, accounting for 41.3 percent of the country's total. Exports of high-end manufacturing products such as ships, integrated circuits, and robots all achieved double-digit growth.
Imports totaled 2.9 trillion yuan during this period. Growing demand for raw materials and high-end components for industrial production supported stable operations in advanced manufacturing.
Foreign trade entities continued to demonstrate strong vitality. In the first five months, private enterprises recorded imports and exports totaling 4.22 trillion yuan, accounting for 54 percent of the Yangtze River Delta's total foreign trade value.
The region's imports and exports with Belt and Road countries increased by 17.5 percent year on year, while the foreign trade total with emerging markets, such as ASEAN, Latin America, and Africa, grew by 25.5 percent, 9.3 percent, and 14 percent, respectively, demonstrating its growing resilience in foreign trade.
Yangtze River Delta reports record foreign trade in Jan-May
