Chinese spending on shopping, food hit record high during National Day holiday

 

Tourists walk on a rope bridge at Jiuxianhu scenic spot in Shangrao City, east China's Jiangxi Province, Oct. 7, 2016. Altogether 593 million people visited tourist attractions around the country and spent 482.2 billion yuan (about 72.3 billion U.S. dollars) during this year's National Day holiday, up 12.8 percent and 14.4 percent respectively year on year, according to the China National Tourism Administration. (Xinhua/Zhuo Zhongwei)