China Focus: Longer public holidays prelude dynamic tourism in 2025
BEIJING, Jan. 1 (Xinhua) -- On Tuesday, the New Year's eve, the reception hall of Shanghai's Exit-Entry Administration Bureau remained open three hours longer than usual, until 8 p.m., to assist citizens with passport and travel document services.
The bureau said that this extension was made to accommodate the increased demand from people planning to travel around New Year's Day and the upcoming Spring Festival