A Dragon-boat race, lotus fragrance, painting exhibition and local food: visitors can enjoy all these and more at the 25th Daming Lake Lotus Art Festival which will be held in the Daming Lake scenic area from July 3rd to August 31st. Read More>>
Since ticket prices for Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Rail were released lately, prices for flight tickets from Jinan to Beijing or to Shanghai have been falling down sharply. Passengers are now able to buy flight tickets from Jinan (Shandong) to Beijing with ... Read More>>
“Leopard”, a top Taiwanese buffet brand and China’s largest buffet group,recently opened its first restaurant in Jinan at the side of the Daming Lakefront. The restaurant is located on the second floor of Kaiyuan Plaza, across from the ... Read More>>
On May 9th, the largest 3D street painting in the world was unveiled to the public on Jinan Wanda Square. It sets a new Guinness World Record with a length of 32.2 meters, a width of 23.3 meters, a height of 6.09 meters and an area of 892 square meters. It ... Read More>>
The 1st Jinan Forest Leisure Culture Festival will be held at Jinan Forest Park during the May Day holiday. Visitors can enjoy and participate in a number of events and activities during the festival, including bird-watching, a kite exhibition, painting and ... Read More>>
During the Qingming Festival, the 2nd Taqing Festival (the 5th Flower Show) will be held at Jinan Botanical Garden; visitors will be able to enjoy over 30,000 magnolia trees and 40,000 flowering almond trees in bloom at the park. Read More>>
The government of Jinan City is planning to invest 600 million RMB in the renovation and upgrade of Jixi Wetland Park. According to reports, it will become the largest national wetland park in North China and open on October 1st, 2011. Read More>>
Zhao Muyang is a legendary figure in China’s rock music scene. He was the drummer of such influential rock bands as The Breathing and The Dreaming. He was also bestowed with the title “Drum King” of China. However, he has since turned his ... Read More>>
The New Year’s lantern festival at Baotu Spring in Jinan will begin on February 3 and run for approximately 20 days. The festival will feature nearly 50 different lantern displays for guests’ viewing pleasure. Photo: sd.xinhuanet.com See Also: ... Read More>>
Jinan railway station began pre-sale tickets for transport during Spring Festival at 15:00 on January 9th. Ordinary train tickets can be purchased 10 days in advance while bullet train tickets can be purchased 20 days in advance. Before the coming of Spring ... Read More>>
The 7th Jinan Skating Cultural Festival was kicked off at the Golden Elephant Mountain Park on Dec 26th. A wide variety of snow activities can be found at the festival, such as skating, snow ring rides, snow motor rides, and snow boat rides, etc. Getting ... Read More>>
Jinan’s first robot restaurant on Jinan Gongye Nanlu began trial operations on December 5th. The restaurant serves buffet hot pot and can accommodate hundreds of diners. Currently, there are six robots providing service. More robots are scheduled to ... Read More>>
October 31st marked the end of the Taiwan Famous Brand Expo in the Jinan International Convention and Exhibition Center. According to the data provided by the organizer, during the expo’s four day run, over 400,000 people attended. Read More>>
Jinan channel cruises will officially be launched before National Day. It is reported that Jinan channel, which is 6.9 km long, is the only channel in China which is formed by natural springs. A total of ten stops have been confirmed on the cruise, ... Read More>>
The City Forest Music Festival will be held at the City Forest Music Valley in Jinan from October 1st to the 5th. Many well-known Chinese musicians and rock bands will be performing at the event. The music fest will be held for 5 days, everyday from the ... Read More>>
The Jinan municipal government has installed a tour map for the blind at Quancheng Plaza. The map is constructed to help the blind find different destinations by feeling the raised contours, and reading the Braille explanations on the side. The tour map ... Read More>>
Giant panda Quan Quan's sudden death attracted much publicity and attention in Jinan, with residents abuzz over the possible cause of death. On July 26th, Jinan Zoo held a press conference revealing the cause of death for Quan Quan, putting the speculation ... Read More>>
Jinan will start building a spring water bathing facility as early as this month, and it is expected that construction of the venue will be completed and ready for public use sometime in October. Once completed, Jinan residents will be able to use the ... Read More>>
Because of recent high temperatures, some K-line buses have already turned on their air conditioners contributing to greater passenger comfort. Normally, the K-line bus doesn’t turn on the air conditioning until June 1, but due to the weather, traffic ... Read More>>
From March 28th to October 30th, China Eastern Airlines is to begin executing new plans for a brand new flight operation season. When compared with its previous operation season, China Eastern has plans to increase flights to Jinan. China Eastern flights ... Read More>>
China Eastern Airlines (http://www2.ce-air.com/) recently resumed daily flights from Jinan to Hong Kong. The flight from Jinan to HK departs at 8:10 and arrives at 11:05. Meanwhile, the flight from HK to Jinan departs at 12:05 and arrives at 14:55. Read More>>
Located in the south-east of the city, the Jinan Olympic Sports Center was home to the main sports venues of the 11th National Games in October, 2009. The Sports Center includes the lotus-shaped Jinan Olympic Sports Center Stadium, a gymnasium, a tennis ... Read More>>
Jinan’s Thousand Buddha Mountain is now promoting discounts. A 20% discount is available for its major spots including the Ten Thousand Buddha Cave, sightseeing cableway and Shunneng slideway. The promotion lasts from Jan.6 to Feb.28. Add: 18 Jing Shi ... Read More>>
The cost of most travel routes will go up in early February as the Spring Festival draws near. The cost of traveling abroad from Jinan will see an increase of around 10%. January will be a good traveling time as the popular tourist routes are 50% cheaper ... Read More>>