You are required to produce your passport for inspection when reserving and purchasing tickets, and when boarding. The CAAC is an umbrella organization for the numerous carriers and subsidiaries that service countries such as China Eastern, China Southern, China Northern, Great Wall, and Yunan Airlines.
Discounts are available for students, teachers and senior citizens.
An airport tax of about Y50 is payable on all domestic flights. A combined timetable is published by the CAAC twice a year in addition to the individual carriers own timetables. Land Extensive long-distance buses provide the traveler with a means of sampling the varied lifestyles throughout China as the buses make regular stops in towns and villages along the way. Government operated bus services are generally safer and more reliable than the private ones. A particular concern for the traveler may be the horror stories of bus travel in China.