Newly built Changchun North Railway Stattion, beauty
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A9006B.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A90078.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A9007D.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A90087.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A90090.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A90096.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A9009E.002C

Hangzhou railway station
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A8A618.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A8A249.001E

Shanghai railway station
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A8EAF7.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A8AB10.002C

Shanghai South railway station
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A8A423.002C

Nanchang railway station
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/009F88E9.002C

Shenyang railway station, one of oldest
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A8AC0A.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A8A339.002C


Shenyang North railway station one of largest
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A8AC61.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A8ABD0.002C

Huizhou railway station, one of new
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A8ACAC.002C

Fuzhou railway station, one of newest
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A8E89B.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A8E8A2.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A8E8B0.002C

Guangzhou railway station, one of worst, well new one will be best
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A8EAEA.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A8EAED.002C

Tianjin Railway station, one of my favorite
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A8EAF9.002C

Liuzhou railway station
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A9079A.002C

Wuxi railway station, picture is too tiny, get better ones later
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A90622.002C

Wuxi airport
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A8F92A.002C

Shenyang east railway station
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A93094.002C

Dezhou railway station
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A01A3F.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A01ADA.002C

wow! some of them are just amazing :eek:
The Changchun station is unbelievable!

Beijing west railway station
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00495267.002C

Chongqing airport phaseI, almost finish construction
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/004FD805.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/004FD848.002C

Changchun airport new terminal, u/c
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A9887A.002C

Chongqing new airport, u/c
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A939D8.002C

Chongqing new airport
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A3FE84.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A3FECA.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A3FF24.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A3FF71.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A4002C.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A40050.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A40085.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A400F3.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A40114.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A40137.002C

Chongqing
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A40164.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A40187.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A401B4.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A401DB.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A40220.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A4023E.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A40264.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A402BE.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A4032D.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A4038B.002C

old terminal
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A403B9.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A403DE.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A40450.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A4041C.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A405D2.002C

The airport itself is not bad, nice design but why on earth would they put those kind of stairs in the airport? It surves no purpose people can use escalators for that. You wouldn't expect a lot of poeple to use stairs with all the baggages with them.

I hate it when they put Chinese words on top of buildings, its hideous. I like Shanghai Railway for the most part. Need to see the interior first.

Chongqing airport interior, u/c

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A9D375.002C

Chengdu airport, new terminal u/c
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A9D415.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A9D41F.002C

Chengdu airport
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A9D424.002C

Chengdu airport
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A9D437.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A9D441.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A9D518.002C

Hangzhou airport
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A9F0B2.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A9F105.001E

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A9F225.001E

Chengdu airport interior
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/004B8D26.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/004B8D2E.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/004B8D35.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/004B8D42.002C

Dam! so many new airports going on in China.

刚建成并投入使用的龙岩站站房工程，是目前我省市级规模最大、功能最齐全的客站房，可容纳旅客3千人，是漳龙线、梅坎线、龙厦线的铁路枢纽。林密 摄
http://www.66163.com/Fujian_w/news/fjrb/img/2004-09/28/Syzh90D.JPG

　　龙岩（冠豸山）机场扩建工程总投资1.56亿元，民航站区占地224亩，按2010年旅客吞吐量14万人次、货邮800吨规模设计，为国内支线旅游机场。2002年3月开工，今年5月25日通航。林密 摄
http://www.66163.com/Fujian_w/news/fjrb/img/2004-09/28/Syzh90M.JPG

Guangzhou Baiyun airport
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A50AA0.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A50AAA.002C

Guangzhou airport parking lot
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A4B743.002C

Qingdao airport new terminal
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A83898.002C

Chongqing airport new terminal
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00AAEA59.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00AAEAC6.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00AAEB83.002C

Slide to right can see part of old terminal
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00AAEC70.002C

Chengdu airport
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00AAFD34.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00AAFD53.002C

西安咸阳国际机场
XIan airport
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/003B6E0E.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/003D943F.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/003D9470.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/003D9499.002C

Wanzhou airport, a very small airport
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A91FE3.002C

Xian airport
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/0083AD86.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/0083ADA4.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/0083ADB9.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/0083ADC8.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/0083ADD6.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/0083ADE9.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/0083AE11.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/0083AE73.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/0083AE8C.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/0083AEDA.002C

Urumqi airport
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00AAB065.002C

While all of these new airports look good, they all look the same. It's too bad.

Dunhuang's airport is extremely small but at least the building sort of has a distinct design.

http://www.kosaiji.org/pilgrim/SilkRoad/dunhuang/airport.jpg

http://homepage3.nifty.com/pochy/img/zhongguo/950217-dunhuang-airport.jpg

Zhenzhou railway station
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A783D3.002C

Guangzhou new baiyun airport
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/004B098F.002C

首都机场
Beijing airport
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/004B094F.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/004B095F.002C

Shanghai Pudong airport
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/004B09C3.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/004B09CE.002C

Shanghai Hongqian airport
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/004B09B6.002C

Dalian railway station
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/003FDE28.002C

Very impressive!

Tell me something about China's airline industry please. I know it is the second largest in the world. How many domestic airlines do you have?

Please post pics of all different Chinese airlines planes. I would love to see them.

I don't know exactly how many airlines in China now, because some merges or some splits happen so often. 15-20 years ago, there was only one airline--China People's Airline--is the mother of all current Chinese airline, and of course they all are state-owned. the biggest 3 are Air of China(Don't be confused with China Airline), China Eastern Airline, and China Southern Airline, and many other local airlines.

Here is a good website collecting many sorts of airplane is many airports, so probably it concludes all different airlines planes. The guy I believe is from HK, so it has more pictures from HK and other southern Chinese cities
http://www.geocities.com/edwardairport/eng.html

For example from Hong Kong Chap Lap Kok New Airport, there are
Air China (http://www.geocities.com/edwardclk/ca.html)
China Eastern (http://www.geocities.com/edwardclk/mu.html)
China Northern (http://www.geocities.com/edwardclk/cn.html)
China Northwest (http://www.geocities.com/edwardclk/chinanw.html)
China Southern (http://www.geocities.com/edwardclk/cz.html)
China Southwest (http://www.geocities.com/edwardclk/sz.html)
China Xinjiang (http://www.geocities.com/edwardclk/xo.html)
China Yunnan (http://www.geocities.com/edwardclk/cy.html)
China Xiamen (http://www.geocities.com/edwardclk/xa.html)
HK has
Cathy Pacific (http://www.geocities.com/edwardbaba/cx.html)
Dragon Air (http://www.geocities.com/edwardclk/ka.html)
Taiwan Has
China Airlines (http://www.geocities.com/taiwanedwardcici/CI.html)
Mandarin Air (http://www.geocities.com/edwardclk/man.html)
Eva Airline (http://www.geocities.com/edwardclk/br.html)

From Guangzhou airport you can find more
Shanghai Airline (http://www.geocities.com/edwardairport/zb-2843.html)
China Hainan Airline (http://www.geocities.com/edwardairport/zb-2652.html)
China Wuhan Airline (http://www.geocities.com/edwardairport/zb-2919.html)

From Shenzhen airport
Shenzhen Airline (http://www.geocities.com/edwardairport/b-2668b.JPG)
China Xinhua Airline (http://www.geocities.com/edwardairport/b-2908b.JPG)
China Shandong Airline (http://www.geocities.com/edwardairport/b-2995b.JPG)

There are at least a few more Chinese airlines are not shown on this websites, like Sichuan Airline, Tongyong(?not right english name), Nanjing, Guizhou,Changcheng(Great wall), Chang'an, Zhongyuan, etc.

The ranking if Chinese airports by passengers handling in 2003. In 2004, the numbers are all increase pretty much, for example, from Jan-August in 2004, Shanghai 2 airports have already handled 34million passengers, more than whole last year. Shenzhen airport Jan-Aug 2004 handled 9.5million people, close to whole 2003 year.

There are 126 airports on the list, I give the English name for top 50 airports.
排名 机场 旅客吞吐量( 人次 )
rank airport passenger handling
1 北京 24,283,818 Beijing
2 上海浦东 15,063,622 Shanghai Pudong
3 广州 15,012,696 Guangzhou (old Baiyun)
4 深圳 10,842,652 shenzhen
5 上海虹桥 9,692,386 Shanghai Hongqiao
6 成都 8,196,742 Chengdu
7 昆明 7,432,596 Kunming
8 海口 6,029,249 Haikou
9 西安 4,397,991 Xi'an
10 杭州 4,352,301 Hangzhou
11 厦门 4,296,394 Xiamen
12 重庆 4,287,505 Chongqing
13 青岛 3,491,026 Qingdao
14 大连 3,420,307 Dalian
15 南京 3,329,477 Nanjing
16 武汉 3,305,600 Wuhan
17 沈阳 3,010,752 Shenyang
18 长沙 2,992,543 Changsha
19 乌鲁木齐 2,619,411 Urumqi
20 福州 2,543,718 Fuzhou
21 哈尔滨 2,148,086 Harbin
22 温州 1,983,464 Wenzhou
23 贵阳 1,976,768 Guiyang
24 桂林 1,970,615 Guilin
25 郑州 1,868,550 Zhengzhou
26 济南 1,739,838 Jinan
27 三亚 1,694,298 Sanya
28 宁波 1,300,934 Ningbo
29 长春 1,279,379 Changchun
30 南宁 1,222,900 Nanning
31 南昌 1,172,159 Nanchang
32 天津 1,103,491 Tianjin
33 太原 1,032,959 Taiyuan
34 西双版纳 951,341 Xishuangbanna
35 合肥 929,053 Hefei
36 泉州 893,023 Quanzhou
37 兰州 804,955 Lanzhou
38 烟台 746,105 Yantai
39 汕头 691,935 Shantou
40 张家界 668,814 Zhangjiajie
41 拉萨 645,662 Lahsa
42 丽江 607,761 Lijiang
43 珠海 585,264 Zhuhai
44 呼和浩特 507,625 Hohhot
45 银川 445,745 Yinchuan
46 武夷山 384,977 Wuyishan
47 延吉 381,849 Yanjie
48 湛江 329,777 Zhanjiang
49 西宁 320,227 Xining
50 舟山 260,331 Zhoushan
51 宜昌 245,625
52 北海 240,101
53 黄山 238,655
54 喀什 216,946
55 大理 198,218
56 伊宁 193,502
57 石家庄 192,426
58 包头 186,560
59 库尔勒 181,401
60 九寨沟 174,456
61 常州 161,161
62 万县 151,717
63 芒市 150,593
64 黄岩 135,897
65 义乌 129,914
66 宜宾 128,673
67 中甸 110,558
68 敦煌 95,490
69 牡丹江 91,694
70 绵阳 89,055
71 思茅 85,510
72 海拉尔 85,082
73 徐州 78,581
74 泸州 73,143
75 柳州 68,048
76 昭通 66,920
77 临沧 66,617
78 南通 64,086
79 阿尔泰 62,554
80 西昌 58,193
81 阿克苏 56,369
82 昌都 53,939
83 威海 52,848
84 洛阳 48,470
85 恩施 47,355
86 常德 46,198
87 临沂 45,102
88 连云港 44,527
89 梅县 44,003
90 榆林 43,814
91 保山 42,239
92 铜仁 41,510
93 齐齐哈尔 32,485
94 景德镇 30,799
95 佳木斯 29,912
96 赣州 28,571
97 吉林 28,160
98 赤峰 26,100
99 丹东 24,997
100 襄樊 24,438
101 南阳 23,181
102 秦皇岛 18,144
103 和田 18,007
104 塔城 17,117
105 锦州 16,777
106 盐城 16,549
107 锡林浩特 16,541
108 汉中 16,470
109 延安 14,754
110 乌兰浩特 13,219
111 嘉峪关 13,149
112 通辽 11,531
113 库车 10,478
114 永州 9,754
115 衢州 8,877
116 潍坊 7,728
117 攀枝花 6,424
118 安庆 5,224
119 黑河 4,151
120 长治 3,633
121 且末 3,235
122 阜阳 2,957
123 广元 2,253
124 格尔木 1,445
125 东营 704
126 乌海 542

Thanks..

The information is great and gives insight into a booming China.

Nanjing railway station u/c, it will be one of the largest and most beautiful one in China
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/009E8F78.002C

Shenzhen railway station
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00AC1682.002C

Shenyang Taoxian airport
old terminal
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00ABD05F.002C

new terminal
http://www.little-sun.com/select/list_works.asp?id=28785&column=tree&years=2004h

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00ABDAC0.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00ABDC40.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00ABDD1F.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00ABDF88.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00ABE06C.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00ABE168.002C

Shenzhen railway station
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00AC1682.002C

Shanghai Pudong
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00ABEB62.002C

Fuzhou Changle airport
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/004042A9.002C

Chengdu railway station platform
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00AD50FE.002C

Guangzhou new Baiyun airport
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00961E1E.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00961E49.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/009620AD.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/009620C3.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/009620EA.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/0098FA1F.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00997F25.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00AEA88B.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00AEA96B.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00AEB296.002C

Xian airport
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B0CCA4.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B0CCF9.002C

Lasa airport
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B0CDC5.002C

Guangzhou airport
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B0E2B2.002C

Urumqi airport
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B0E3F8.002C

Kunming airport
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B0D06B.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B0D0C5.002C

重庆机场的绿化
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B21B9D.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B2225F.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B22335.002C

重庆机场
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B20599.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B20310.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B206D2.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B207A1.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B20A7F.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B20AC8.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B20BCD.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B20CC0.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B20E30.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B20F9C.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B2106E.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B2111C.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B2130C.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B2134B.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B21412.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B214BB.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B21559.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B21759.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B21865.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B219F5.002C

绵阳南郊机场（4D级）
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00A99581.002C

Beijing airport 2nd terminal
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B2819B.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B281A8.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B281BB.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B281C7.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B281E3.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B281EE.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B28221.002C

宁波栎社国际机场
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/00B20F5D.002C

乌鲁木齐国际机场
http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/009FD178.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/009FD19C.002C

http://forum.xinhuanet.com/upfiles/009FD1AD.002C

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乌鲁木齐 城市和机场都的确不小
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The railway stations are all very impressive, but aren't they a tad too big? I know they need to be capable of handling large volumes of passengers but a station that's too big is a nightmare to walk through and navigate. I do rather suspect that if it were not for the intricate entry system, a smaller station could still handle the same volume by reducing passenger dwell time. Also, they really need to improve the channellisation of road traffic on station and airport forecourts.

The railway stations are all very impressive, but aren't they a tad too big? I know they need to be capable of handling large volumes of passengers but a station that's too big is a nightmare to walk through and navigate. I do rather suspect that if it were not for the intricate entry system, a smaller station could still handle the same volume by reducing passenger dwell time. Also, they really need to improve the channellisation of road traffic on station and airport forecourts.

Most of the big stations have very efficient designs, for example Beijing south station has only around 10 easy to see platforms all available from a large central hall while Beijing main station is a confusing labyrinth of tight crowded smoke-filled corridors with auxiliary platforms in random places. Same with Tianjin station before its renovation, but now it's as convenient as Beijing south.