If you have been to Xining, welcome to share with us the top things to do and what to see in this city. With a history of over 2100 years, Xining covers a total area of 7,665 square kilometers with a population of 2.1 million people. As the capital city of Qinghai Province, Xining is the center of politics, economy, culture, education, technology, transportation and commerce. The weather is relatively ideal as it is not very cold during the winter and not very hot in the summer. The average annual temperature is 7.7 centigrade, and the annual rainfall is 425 millimeter. Xining has surely blossomed as an industrial and modern city on the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau. The city boosts sophisticated and convenient traffic and communication systems railways from Lanzhou to Qinghai and Qinghai to Tibet run through Xining while highways link the city together. Additionally, there are 16 flight courses to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Chengdu, etc. Xining is also renowned as an environmentally conscious city. Xining has also been praised as "China's Excellent Tourism City" and one of the cleanest cities in the nation. Check more guide information about Xining in the following Xining attraction list.