CITSHeadOffice was originally established as a foreign affairs reception unit in the State Council. After the reform and opening up, it has truly become an independent enterprise. It is the largest and most powerful international travel agency (group) in China with a registered capital of 280 million yuan and more than 2,300 employees.
CITSHeadOffice, as a leading enterprise in attracting tourists to China, has made great contributions to the development of national tourism, the cultivation of tourism talents, the promotion of friendly exchanges between China and people around the world, the increase of non-trade foreign exchange income for national economic development, the improvement of people's quality of life, the expansion of domestic demand and the development of local tourism. Over the years, CITSHeadOffice has attracted and received more than 9 million overseas tourists and earned more than 3 billion US dollars in foreign exchange. The contact number of foreign tourists accounts for more than 65,438+0,300 of China International Travel Service, accounting for more than 65,438+00% of the international tourism market. In 2002, the enterprise realized operating income of more than 3.9 billion yuan; Foreign exchange earned 65.438+0.5 billion US dollars. After 49 years of hard work, the enterprise has developed into a large state-owned backbone enterprise (group) with assets of 3 billion yuan and annual profits and taxes of more than 200 million yuan.
After several generations of struggle, "CITS China International Travel Service" has become a well-known brand at home and abroad. 1999 was recognized by the State Trademark Office as the only well-known trademark of China in China tourism industry, and has been registered in more than 60 countries and regions around the world. CITSHeadOffice's contribution and popularity make it the only legal member of WTO (World Tourism Organization) in China and the president unit of China Travel Agency Association. At the same time, CITS has successively joined PATA (Pacific Asia Tourism Association), IATA (International Air Transport Association), ASTA (American Travel Agency Association) and other international organizations. In 2000, CITSHeadOffice passed the ISO900 1 international quality system certification.
Since 1990s, CITSHeadOffice has begun to invest in other fields, diversify its business and expand its scale, so as to achieve long-term and stable development. It has successively invested in well-known and influential enterprises such as Bank of Communications, Hainan Airlines, Taikang Life Insurance and Guardian International Auction Company, and has become its shareholders. CITSHeadOffice, as the main sponsor, controls cits joint Co., Ltd., the first listed company under CITSHeadOffice. CITSHeadOffice and American Express, a fortune 500 company, jointly established CTS Express Travel Agency Co., Ltd. and CTS Express Aviation Service Co., Ltd., and held a holding position. In addition, CITSHeadOffice has invested in more than 20 domestic wholly-owned holding enterprises such as China CITS Trading Co., Ltd., CITS Industrial Development Company, CITS Consulting and Development Company, CITS Overseas Economic Cooperation Company and CITS Entry-Exit Service Co., Ltd. In the new century, China International Travel Service Head Office has owned assets of more than 2.3 billion yuan in six sectors, namely CITSHeadOffice, cits joint, China Travel Service Trade, China Travel Service Industry, China Travel Service Property and China Travel Service Express, which support each other.
Over the years, CITSHeadOffice has achieved outstanding business performance. Since the ranking of tourism enterprises by China National Tourism Administration, the main business indicators of CITSHeadOffice have been at the top of the list, and won the awards of "Top 100 Travel Agencies in China", "Best Enterprise Award", "Highest Foreign Exchange Earning Award for Travel Agencies" and "Highest Outreach Award for Travel Agencies". 1994 cites head office is listed as 100 pilot enterprises of modern enterprise system by the State Council. 1998 was listed in 520 national key enterprises; In 2000 1 and 2002, it was listed as one of the top 500 enterprises in China by the National Bureau of Statistics for two consecutive years (ranked as 219/243rd, and tourism1bit), and was rated as an excellent central enterprise for maintaining and increasing the value of state-owned assets by the Ministry of Finance.
Due to the excellent service and large-scale operation management of CITSHeadOffice, there are 14 overseas companies in the United States, Europe, Japan and Australia, with more than 1400 stable customers. With 150 subsidiaries and joint ventures in China, it has become a well-known large-scale travel agency enterprise group at home and abroad.
1998 cites head office became a large enterprise managed by the central government, and in 2003 it became an enterprise managed by the State Council SASAC. At the end of 2003, with the approval of the State Council and State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the company was reorganized with China Duty Free (Group) Corporation. Under the new situation, we will continue our efforts to create greater glories and make greater contributions to China's tourism industry. China Duty Free (Group) Corporation (hereinafter referred to as China Exemption Company) is a state-authorized franchise company, which uniformly manages the sales of duty-free goods nationwide. It was directly under the National Tourism Administration. According to the spirit of the central document (No.1999), China Exemption Company became a central enterprise after being decoupled from the National Tourism Administration, and is now determined by the central government as an important backbone enterprise of 163.
China Duty Free Company, the predecessor of China Duty Free Corporation, was formally established with the approval of the State Council in 1984. With the continuous expansion of business, Zhongmian Group was formally established on10.8 with the approval of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce 1999. As the core enterprise of China Duty Free Group, China Duty Free Company was renamed as China Duty Free (Group) Corporation. China Duty-free Goods General Corporation has carried out centralized and unified management of all kinds of duty-free shops in China, such as unified operation, unified organization of supply, unified formulation of retail prices and unified formulation of management regulations, according to the authorization of the state and relevant policies and regulations. Its business has developed rapidly and occupies a certain position in the international duty-free industry. Since 1994, the annual sales of duty-free shops in China National Duty Free Goods Corporation has exceeded 200 million US dollars, ranking among the top 20 duty-free goods sellers in the world.
The duty-free goods sales business of China Duty Free Goods Corporation is mainly distributed in port duty-free shops, city duty-free shops and diplomatic duty-free shops. Duty-free shops at ports are generally set up in the customs isolation areas of airports, ports, stations, trains and other places entering and leaving China, while duty-free shops in cities and duty-free shops for diplomats are set up in specific areas under customs supervision. The supply target is limited to passengers who are about to board the plane, board the ship and go to other countries by bus, international seafarers and diplomats in China.
Up to now, China Duty Free Products Corporation has set up more than 150 duty-free shops in more than 90 major port cities and border areas in 26 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, including eight categories of duty-free shops, including airport duty-free shops, on-board duty-free shops, railway station duty-free shops, passenger station duty-free shops, foreign duty-free shops, land port duty-free shops, diplomatic duty-free shops and urban duty-free shops.