Explore China by Region

East China

East China is the economic and cultural heartland of modern China, where the Yangtze River delta meets the East China Sea. Shanghai anchors a constellation of ancient water towns and classical garden cities — Hangzhou with its misty West Lake and Suzhou with its UNESCO-listed scholar gardens — all within 90 minutes by high-speed rail.

North China

North China stretches from the Yellow River plains to the Manchurian forests, encompassing China's political capital and its coldest winter festival city. This region is defined by imperial grandeur, vast scale, and dramatic seasonal contrasts — scorching dry summers in Beijing, sub-zero winters in Harbin where the Songhua River freezes solid enough to host ice sculpture cities.

Northwest China

Northwest China is the ancient heart of the Silk Road, a vast corridor of desert, mountain, and oasis stretching from the ancient capital of Chang'an westward toward Central Asia. Xi'an anchors the region with the Terracotta Army and one of China's best-preserved Ming city walls; beyond it, the Shaanxi plain gives way to Gansu's Gobi Desert, the Dunhuang caves, and the snowcapped peaks of the Qilian Mountains.

South China

South China is defined by the Pearl River delta, the South China Sea coast, and the limestone karst uplands of Guangxi province. The region enjoys a subtropical climate — warm year-round with a rainy season from April to September — and offers travellers the famous Li River scenery between Guilin and Yangshuo, one of the most photographed natural landscapes in Asia.

Southwest China

Southwest China is a land of dramatic topography and extraordinary biodiversity, where the Sichuan Basin gives way to the limestone karst formations of Guangxi. Chengdu serves as the gateway to giant panda reserves, high-altitude monasteries, and some of the world's most scenically spectacular national parks; Guilin and the Li River valley deliver the landscape that has defined the Chinese aesthetic imagination for centuries.