Located on China's central eastern coast, Shanghai is the best place to approach the Yangtze River Delta, which is one of the most densely populated and wealthy regions in China with an urban population of 50 million and accounting for 21% of China's total gross GDP.
 

China has a fifth of the world's population (over 1.3 billion), 12% of whom are over 60 years old - a hugh market for quality medical and senior services.
 

The number of Chinese outbound travelers has tripled in the past 5 years, and over 40% of these travelers consider recreation and relaxing as their main purposes.

Medical and health-related outbound travel is becoming trendy in China. South Korea (for plastic surgery), Japan (for hot springs) and European countries (for spas and rehab) are on the favorite list of destinations.
 

Domestically, due to the discrepancies among regional medical level, Chinese residents travel to big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou  for medical treatment
 

Coastal cities like Xiamen and Qingdao are attracting more domestic traveler for relaxing and rehabilitation.
 

Fitness/slimming/spa/massage centers in China are already merging into urban people’s daily life.
 

In the first half of 2008, China recorded 20 million inbound travelers from all over the world. Chinese medicine and other therapies have become more popular among Westerners.