Send a warning! China’s official ＂high-energy warning＂ hit the pain point of the United States

　　CCTV News:In recent two days, the relevant departments of China have issued three safety warnings for going to the United States in succession, dropping a "blockbuster" on the study abroad and tourism industry in the United States. The American media said that this was a response to a series of discriminatory policies recently introduced by the United States, which hit the pain point of the United States.

　　On the afternoon of June 4th, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China successively issued safety warnings for China tourists visiting the United States at the State Council Office, reminding China tourists to travel to the United States cautiously in the near future. This is another "high-energy warning" officially issued by China after the Ministry of Education issued the No.1 study abroad warning in 2019 on the afternoon of the 3rd.

　　Two days, three departments and three early warnings … … Such efforts and frequency of official moves are undoubtedly "bombshell" for the American study abroad and tourism industry, which once attached great importance to and relied on the China market.

　　Foreign media generally believe that China’s early warning is a response to a series of discriminatory policies recently introduced by the United States. "First it was trade, then technology, and now it’s talent." Bloomberg reported that "the Trump administration has begun to target China’s outstanding and brightest talents in the United States, censor researchers with ties to Beijing and restrict the issuance of student visas." The report quoted data released by the Chinese side as saying that from January to March 2019, the visa refusal rate of Chinese students sent to the United States reached 13.5%, compared with 3.2% in the same period in 2018.

　　Agence France-Presse reported that the decrease of international students from China may be costly for the United States. At present, China is the largest source of international students in the United States. Last year, about 360,000 China students studied in American universities, which has formed an industry with a scale of US$ 14 billion. Solomou, director of the Admissions Office of George Washington University, even more bluntly said, "Their contribution is not only income, but also good performance."

　　In fact, before the early warning was issued by the China government, people in the US education and tourism industries had already felt many warning signals from the market.

　　The Associated Press reported on May 28th that the number of tourists from China to the United States was 2.9 million in 2018, which was 5.7% lower than the previous year. This was the first decline since 2003, reversing the trend of continuous growth in the previous fifteen years. Another set of data cited in the report shows that in 2000, 249,000 Chinese tourists visited the United States, which tripled in 2010 and tripled in 2015.

　　According to the Financial Times, China tourists spent $36.4 billion in the United States last year, making it the largest source of tourism revenue in the United States.

　　In order to save the lost tourists from China, the American tourism industry is in a hurry and has introduced various measures to meet the needs of tourists from China. IHG employs staff who can speak Mandarin and Cantonese, provides tea in the hotel room, and offers breakfast with China characteristics.

　　Milwaukee, Wisconsin is not well-known in China, but after a China tour bus came to Harley-Davidson Museum from Chicago a few years ago, the local tourism industry decided to seize this opportunity. They translated the guidebook into Chinese, and even went to Beijing to participate in the trade exhibition and actively promoted it. The local government hopes that the Sino-US trade war will end as soon as possible, which will further expand the tourist market in China.

　　In San Francisco, in order to attract tourists from China, some restaurants began to support Alipay payment and provide Chinese menus for their guests.

　　Su Anli, the American hotel giant and CEO of Marriott International Hotel Group, said that the attraction of the United States to China tourists is declining due to the escalating tariff war in the United States, which is a worrying trend. In contrast, the business performance of American hotel industry in China is very strong, and he is very optimistic about the China market.