《今日美國報》網站8月4日文章，原題：開車去旅行：中國人愛上房車

開著滿載必備品的房車穿梭于公路、小道、宿營地之間觀賞美景是典型的美國夏季消遣方式�，F(xiàn)在，這股潮流來到中國。

北京女企業(yè)家劉女士今年剛滿40歲，卻已過上退休生活。周四，劉小凡一家駕駛著花了9.3萬美元購買的中國制造的房車與其他數(shù)百名房車愛好者一起來到北京房山區(qū)的一個露營地。

在經歷30多年的經濟快速增長后，富裕起來的中國公民正忙著嘗試新的生活方式和消遣方式，房車露營成為近來新的流行趨勢。為推動國內旅游業(yè)發(fā)展和刺激消費者支出，企業(yè)家和中央政府對此也大力支持。

中國房車露營聯(lián)盟秘書長王繼東表示，交通法規(guī)要求大型房車必須獲得重型汽車牌照，而且不鼓勵拖車型房車發(fā)展，這限制了潛在買家。他希望能夠在兩年內勸說北京放松這一規(guī)定。北京國際汽車露營公園總經理路軍也表示，拖車式房車公園將會吸引中國游客以及未來的房車買家。

51歲的孔先生對此深信不疑。這名房地產商人是一個房車迷，他帶著老婆孩子驅車17個小時從長沙來到北京參加周四的露營活動。他說：“我討厭坐飛機，它讓我感覺像是一名受到人身限制的人質或罪犯。但房車不同，我可以隨便走，隨便停，還能做我愛吃的飯，很自由�！�

溫州一家汽車公司的經理杭勇說：“中國政府支持房車產業(yè)發(fā)展，人們想要擁有房車的愿望肯定會不斷增長�！彼�所在的公司計劃生產廉價的中國式房車。45歲的大學教師黃老師認為，低廉的價格對于在中國普及房車至關重要。

英文原文：

FANGSHAN, China — Loading up the Winnebago and seeing the country via its highways, byways, campgrounds and tourists traps is a classic American summertime pursuit. And now it's come to China

"We've done all the usual kinds of travel," says Beijing businesswoman Liu Xiaofan, who though only 40 has just retired. "Now we want to enjoy our lives, and our RV can help us live a happy and healthy life."

On Thursday, they drove their Chinese-made Zhongtian recreational vehicle, bought recently for $93,000, to join hundreds of other RVing fans at a campsite rally in Fangshan, a southwestern district of China's capital.

The Lius want to go well beyond a cross-China excursion: They hope one day to drive to Europe and eventually travel coast-to-coast across the USA.

After more than three decades of dramatic economic growth, China's better-off citizens are busy testing new lifestyles and leisure pursuits, from horse riding and skiing to golf and overseas travel. RV camping is another recent trend here, promoted by entrepreneurs and a central government keen to boost domestic tourism and consumer spending.[FS:PAGE]    In a nation of 1.3 billion people, where car ownership remains a dream for most Chinese, RV owners number 5,000, with just a few dozen RV camps, according to the China RV & Camping Association. Approximately 8.9 million households own an RV in the USA, according to the Recreation Vehicle Industry Association, and there are thousands of RV camps in the country.

Change is coming fast in China, says Wang Jidong, the RV association's secretary general, as local governments and businesses build hundreds of RV camps nationwide.

Americans still can't grasp the fast pace of development in China, says Lu Jun, 41, general manager of the Beijing International Automotive Camping Park, which opens later this month in south Beijing.

"When I talk to U.S. RV suppliers, they ask if I want to buy three or four vehicles," says Lu of imported RVs costing over $70,000 each.

His reply? "I want to buy 1,000" to fill the 100 camps his company will build within two years.

Traffic rules that require a heavy vehicle license for larger RVs, and discourage trailer-type RVs, put off potential buyers, complains Wang, whose association hopes to persuade Beijing to relax the laws within two years. Meanwhile, trailer parks will hook Chinese tourists, and future RV buyers, by offering rental RVs in fixed, user-friendly environments, Lu says.

Kong Fanning needs no convincing. A real estate businessman and RV fan, Kong, 51, drove his wife and daughter 17 hours from their home in Changsha city to attend Thursday's rally. He has racked up 31,000 miles in two years in his 15-foot RV, small enough to be driven on an ordinary license.

"I hate flying; it makes me feel like a hostage or convict to be so restricted, but with an RV I can go, and stop, wherever I like," he says. "I can cook what I like and enjoy so much freedom."

Luxurious RVs from the USA, such as Jayco's Presidential 390, a coachlike model costing $650,000 in China, drew many admirers, including Hang Yong, an auto executive from the wealthy eastern city Wenzhou.

"In China, there is official support for the RV industry, and people's desire to own one will definitely grow," says Hang, whose company plans to manufacture cheaper "Chinese-style RVs," with features such as fan extractors to cope with stir-fried Chinese food.

The prospect of RV competition from China, infamous for cheap knockoffs, worries some Americans. In June, U.S. RV blogger Bob Zagami warned that putting a Chinese-made RV on to a U.S. dealership "is about as un-American as you can get."

Even so, cheaper prices are vital to growing the RV culture among ordinary Chinese, says university teacher Huang Jie, 45. She plans to buy a low-end local model for a trip to Tibet.