The company is a witness to the reform and opening up of China's tourism industry. In 1980, with the approval of the Party Central Committee, China Youth Travel became the first travel agency company founded after China's reform and opening up; in 1997, China Youth Travel became the industry's first A-share listed company with a complete tourism concept; at the end of 2017, in accordance with the central group reform spirit, China Youth Travel was transferred from the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League to China Everbright Group and included in the first-level corporate sequence directly under the Everbright Group, becoming a tourism listed company with the development background of a major central financial holding group. The actual controller of the company was also changed from the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League to the State Council. The travel agency business is the company's traditional core business. The company always adheres to “genuine products, high-end customization, creative themes, and destination services” as the main focus, and is committed to building a one-stop comprehensive Internet travel service platform to provide customers with customized, themed and boutique travel services. The main products include scenic area business, integrated marketing, travel agency business, hotel business, cultural tourism development business, strategic investment business, etc. The company's main honors include: National Travel Service Quality Benchmark Unit, Most Honest Travel Agency Brand, Best Customer Service Award, Best Quality Travel Agency, Shanshui Hotel won the 23rd China Hotel Industry Golden Horse Award, etc. It has successively won major honors and awards such as the only China Quality Award nomination award in the Chinese travel agency industry, China's Best Customer Service Award, China's Top 500 Corporate Social Responsibility Award, China's Top Ten Model Companies for Corporate Social Responsibility, and 40 Brands in 40 Years of Reform and Opening-up. The “Shuiman Rainforest Tourist Resort” Maona Village Cultural Tourism Project in Wuzhishan, Hainan has successively won honorary titles such as “National Key Village for Rural Tourism” and the third batch of “Typical Cases of Rural Revitalization” in Hainan Province.