The Beautiful China – Shaanxi-Hong Kong-Macao Travel Businesspeople’s Tourism Communication and Cooperation Promotion Conference, organized by the China National Tourism Administration, was held in Xi’an on September 21.

Yang Zhongwu, director of Shaanxi Province Tourism Bureau, presided over the conference. Du Jiang, Deputy Director of the China National Tourism Administration, Bai Aying, Vice Governor of Shaanxi Province Government, Rong Weixiong, Commissioner of Hong Kong Tourism Commission, and Wen Qihua, Director of Macao Tourism Bureau were present.

The “Silk Messenger - New Oriental Express” Departure Ceremony, as the last activity of the Xi’an Silk Road International Tourism Expo, was held on the evening of the same day at the Daming Palace National Heritage Park in Chang’an City of Tang Dynasty.

According to sources, this New Oriental Express event received over 200 travel businesspeople and tourists from Hong Kong and Macao. They will go from Xi’an, the starting point of the Silk Road, to Urumqi on a 9-day sightseeing tour along the Silk Road.