Below is the collection of useful online resources related with China visit, including but not limited to, ticket, hotel, travel, visa, car rental, translation, etc.
Please feel free to share, rate, comment and add if I miss something.
1. Ticket
http://www.12306.cn/mormhweb/
The official website of former Ministry of Railways, it is the most and only authentic website to book train ticket online, check railway schedule, timetable. The website is only in Chinese.
http://www.qunar.com/
One of the best website to search and book air ticket in China, we use it to find cheap air ticket, flight time table and schedules. The website is only in Chinese.
http://english.ctrip.com/
Ctrip is as popular as Qunar in term of flight ticket booking, the price of Ctrip is somewhat more expensive than Qunar. But it has an English version website.
2. Hotel
http://english.ctrip.com/
Ctrip offers complete selection of luxury, budget hotels in almost all locations of China.
http://www.qunar.com/
Qunar is on the same level of Ctrip in term of hotel reservation, but the platform is in Chinese.
http://www.jinjianginns.com
The best chain hotel in China, price range from 150RMB to 300RMB, nice and clean room, nice food. In most cities of China, you can find Jinjiang Inns.
P.S I often use Jinjiang Inns during business trip
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A well known chain hotel in China, almost as good as Jinjiang Inns, nice room, nice food, nice smile. Just found it has an english page with reservationn hotline.
3. Car Rental
http://en.zuche.com/
A big car rental company in China, they call themselves the "biggest" but I don't know. Have an english version website.
http://corporate.1hai.cn/english/
Another big car rental company, found the on hao123.com, which at least need 2 million RMB advertising fee, so if they can spend that much on advertising, it might worth you to check out. They have an English website.