Openness fuels surge in China's inbound visitors, strengthens people-to-people exchanges

Mauri Joseph Tualaulelei (L) talks with a teacher at the College of International Cultural Exchange, Central China Normal University in Wuhan City, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 8, 2026. Tualaulelei from Samoa is pursuing a master's degree in Physical Education at the university. He has been in China since 2017. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)