Two new hotels in China is slated to open - the Sofitel Xining (the city's first internationally-branded hoteL) and The Sebel Xining (the first ever Sebel-style serviced apartment property in the whole of China).  Both hotels will be located 30 minutes from Xining Airport in the West of Xining city, making it one of the best accommodation that is closes to the major municipal government offices. It is also 20 minutes from the high-speed train station, 80 minutes from Lanzhou by train and one and a half hours from Xi’an by air.