AUTUMN is the best season in Hangzhou. With the long summer heat gradually easing, it is the best time to make outdoor plans.Here are three biking routes that reveal different facades of the city.The West Lake routeIf it is your first time in Hangzhou, this route is designed for you. This is the par...

ZHEJIANG locals cannot live without traditional pastries and dim sum, especially during festival feasts and ceremonial banquets. Bean crunch candy, walnut slices, sesame cake — also known as “starvation cake” — and loquat candy are always among the best-selling products.

EVERY autumn hundreds of locals flock to the valleys and hills surrounding the West Lake to enjoy a half-day leisure while breathing in the sweet scent of osmanthus, the city flower of Hangzhou, which is in full bloom from mid-September to early October.Manjuelong Village has over 7,000 osmanthus tr...

Hangzhou has been elected as one of the 15 best practice cities in tourism by UNWTO, the world’s most influential tourism organization.Hangzhou won the award as the city that sticks to tourism development with the concept of “visitor first, people oriented and internationalized,” and persistently pr...

The construction of sports facilities for the 19th Asian Games to be held in Hangzhou in 2022 has started, announced Zhao Yide, Party secretary of Hangzhou, at the natatorium site of Hangzhou Olympic Center on Sunday.Altogether 33 sports facilities will be constructed in Hangzhou, including five new...

THE 3rd World Leisure Expo kicked off last Friday — a platform to explore global leisure concepts and cultural studies, and keep participants abreast with developments throughout the industry.It was aimed at showcasing Hangzhou’s thousands of years of history and the wealth of attractions it has to offer visitors.

Osmanthus rice cakeIT wasn’t a case of a plague of locusts descending on Hangzhou for the National Day holiday, but it is fair to say every restaurant and eatery was packed with diners as 18.64 million visitors explored the local delicacies of Zhejiang Province’s most populous city.Popular cuisine, ...

Baishaquan Financial Street has opened in Beishan community in northern Xihu District. It is the first financial street focusing on the merger and acquisition in Zhejiang Province.In 2023, the cross-border M&A deals sealed by financial institutions on the street is expected to reach 30 billion y...