Even as Chinese authorities intend to open Taiwan-bound routes for its residents in near future, in a significant development for Chinese mainland airlines, China Eastern became the first carrier from China to operate return flights across the Taiwan Strait between Shanghai and Taipei during the Spring Festival.
Schneider National Inc., the largest trucking company in the United States, said on Friday it had won a license to operate as a domestic carrier and logistics service provider in China.
China's Ministry of Finance has just issued a circular on the government's fund policy in 2007, including information about the airport construction fees levied on air tickets.
Approved by the State Council, China will continue to levy airport construction fees this year. This is the sixteenth year that China's civil aviation department had levied an airport construction fee, and the fee has been increased from RMB15 to RMB50 over the years.
China has launched its first bullet train, which has a maximum speed of 250km/h, demonstrating that it is determined to develop its high-speed railway network.
The new train debuted at 8:30am on January 28, traveling from Shanghai South Railway Station to the city of Hangzhou, provincial capital of Zhejiang.
