China International Travel Service

China International Travel Service Limited, Head Office (abbreviated to CITS) was founded in 1954, through its 62 years of development, CITS has been blooming from a foreign affairs reception unit at its early stage under the State Council into a large state owned key enterprises group integrating all inclusive services in the travel industry. For decades, it has sustained a high reputation in the international tourism market by continually offering quality service and developing new products, which fully demonstrates its role as a leading enterprise in China’s tourism industry.

 CITS owns a national network with 122 CITS branches and sub-branch offices across the whole country to provide service wherever people travel within China. CITS is a prestigious trademark of high value in China and is the only tourism company among the country’s Top 500 Enterprises, with its real assets worth RMB 10 billion.

 CITS is the first industrial member of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in China and is the Chairman of the China Association of Travel Services (CATS). Besides, it has been admitted into such international organizations as PATA, IATA, and ASTA. In 2000, it successfully passed the ISO9001 Authentication of its quality service system. In 2004, CITS merged with China Duty-free Group, incorporating it into the CITS Group Corporation.