LINE

    Text:AAAPrint
    Society

    Three million mainland Chinese visit U.S. in 2016: Chinese diplomat

    1
    2017-01-20 15:57Xinhua Editor: Gu Liping ECNS App Download

    Three million mainland Chinese visited the United States in 2016, and over 20 percent of them chose Philadelphia as their destination.

    "Last year, the United States received 3 million mainland Chinese visitors, and 700,000 visited Philadelphia," said Zhang Qiyue, Consul General of China in New York, told a large cheering crowd including Jim Kenney, Mayor of the Pennsylvania's largest city, at a reception celebrating the upcoming Year of Rooster.

    This is just one set of the numbers the Chinese Consul General cited to illustrate the mutual benefits of the extensive growth of the China-U.S. relations in recent years.

    In 1972, when former U.S. President Richard Nixon first made his trip to China, and the Philadelphia Orchestra made its historic visit, there was very little bilateral trade to talk about.

    "But now, on every single day, 1.6 billion dollars of goods and services flow between our two countries," Zhang said.

    China is now America's largest trading partner and the third largest export market after Canada and Mexico.

    Chinese direct investments in the United States have hit "a record high of 45 billion dollars" in 2016, three times that of 2015, creating hundreds of thousands jobs in America, she said.

    Apart from the robust commercial ties, the extent of people-to-people exchanges between the two countries has also witnessed a rapid increase.

    More than 300,000 Chinese students study in the United States, she said.

    "There is a flight between China and the United States every 15 minutes. More than 13,000 people travel across the Pacific every day," she said.

    On every second, a Chinese consumer is buying an apple product, be it iPhone, iPad or apple watch, she said.

    "More and more, they are showing a growing appetite for imported goods, including food," she added. "So just imagine, how much dairy products and poultry they would buy from Pennsylvania if you could reach out to them."

     

      

    Related news

    MorePhoto

    Most popular in 24h

    MoreTop news

    MoreVideo

    News
    Politics
    Business
    Society
    Culture
    Military
    Sci-tech
    Entertainment
    Sports
    Odd
    Features
    Biz
    Economy
    Travel
    Travel News
    Travel Types
    Events
    Food
    Hotel
    Bar & Club
    Architecture
    Gallery
    Photo
    CNS Photo
    Video
    Video
    Learning Chinese
    Learn About China
    Social Chinese
    Business Chinese
    Buzz Words
    Bilingual
    Resources
    ECNS Wire
    Special Coverage
    Infographics
    Voices
    LINE
    Back to top Links | About Us | Jobs | Contact Us | Privacy Policy
    Copyright ©1999-2018 Chinanews.com. All rights reserved.
    Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.
    主站蜘蛛池模板: 武义县| 呈贡县| 肥东县| 靖边县| 柞水县| 阳城县| 正宁县| 商城县| 原平市| 宜章县| 兴业县| 鹤岗市| 新安县| 贵溪市| 昌邑市| 龙海市| 庆元县| 嘉定区| 望奎县| 晋城| 铜山县| 忻州市| 类乌齐县| 永川市| 奉新县| 昔阳县| 嘉禾县| 呼和浩特市| 肇东市| 安塞县| 沭阳县| 永仁县| 抚顺市| 托里县| 青浦区| 湖北省| 甘孜县| 从江县| 台南县| 海原县| 呼图壁县|