Diplomats hail China’s winter tourism sector

A worker harvests ice from the frozen Songhua River for a snow sculpture art expo in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China, on Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024. China's deflation was driven by falling prices in its manufacturing sector last year, fresh data showed on Thursday, adding to the risk of trade tensions with the US and Europe amid a major ramp-up in Chinese industrial capacity. Photographer: Andrea Verdelli/Bloomberg

MUDANJIANG, HEILONGJIANG: Diplomats and other foreign dignitaries visited north-east China’s Heilongjiang province last week to seek more cooperation projects and share their experiences in related fields, with green opportunities in the winter sports and tourism industry being a focus of their attention.

The visitors, from countries with a strong winter-sports culture and member states of the Olympic Council of Asia, also aimed to forge cooperation in the ice-and-snow industry.