China International travel Service (CITS) was founded in 1954, serving as the largest comprehensive travel agency in China . It has enterprises under its direct administration, of which 12 are distributed in the United States , Japan , France , Sweden , Denmark , Germany , Canada , Australia and Hong Kong . In addition, the CITS Group has 160 membership enterprises nationwide. Taking travel as its mainstay, CITS has developed into a multifunctional enterprise, dealing in tourism investment, aviation, satellite communications, computerized reservation, hotel management, insurance and tourism infrastructure construction. For decades, it has sustained a high reputation in the International tourism market, fully demonstrating its role as a leading enterprise in China 's tourism industry.