"The BRI is a key platform for galvanizing the global economy," said Wang Fan, president of China Foreign Affairs University, who pointed to a throng of challenges facing global growth prospects, including rising protectionism and volatility in the international landscape.

In the normal course, the 40-square-meter restaurant keeps its doors open 365 days a year as its patrons include diners from all around the world, including tourists who throng the famed eating house.

The May Day travel rush in China signals the nation's stepped-up recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, with people thronging at railway stations, airports and tourist sites, criss-crossing provinces.

Amid the boom, Chinese bakery products such as mung bean cake, pineapple pastries, sesame seed cookies and buns made with glutinous rice are becoming increasingly popular, partly because of promotion by social media influencers who throng to give reviews of Chinese-style bakeries and make recommendations, said the report.

Other major tourist cities, including Xi'an, Sanya, Harbin, and Chongqing, all logged a robust recovery over the seven-day Spring Festival holiday, with tourists thronging to popular tourist destinations and restaurants.

When millions begin to throng such venues, especially ski resorts and hotels with similar features that have mushroomed nationwide in recent times, rise in vacation sales is expected to be inversely correlated to steep drops in winter temperature.

The throng of customers checking out the latest skiing equipment at his stall during the World Winter Sports (Beijing) Expo 2020 is sweet music for Christian Wilhelm as he gets ready to surf the emerging winter sports wave in China.

Thousands of tourists have been thronging this city to experience the magnificence and grandeur of its scenic spots that have been portrayed in a fascinating manner in the TV serial.

This trend of Chinese tourists thronging places featured in entertainment is extending to even destinations abroad.