《今日美国报》网站8月4日文章，原题：开车去旅行：中国人爱上房车
开着满载必备品的房车穿梭于公路、小道、宿营地之间观赏美景是典型的美国夏季消遣方式。现在，这股潮流来到中国。
北京女企业家刘女士今年刚满40岁，却已过上退休生活。周四，刘小凡一家驾驶着花了9.3万美元购买的中国制造的房车与其他数百名房车爱好者一起来到北京房山区的一个露营地。
在经历30多年的经济快速增长后，富裕起来的中国公民正忙着尝试新的生活方式和消遣方式，房车露营成为近来新的流行趋势。为推动国内旅游业发展和刺激消费者支出，企业家和中央政府对此也大力支持。
中国房车露营联盟秘书长王继东表示，交通法规要求大型房车必须获得重型汽车牌照，而且不鼓励拖车型房车发展，这限制了潜在买家。他希望能够在两年内劝说北京放松这一规定。北京国际汽车露营公园总经理路军也表示，拖车式房车公园将会吸引中国游客以及未来的房车买家。
51岁的孔先生对此深信不疑。这名房地产商人是一个房车迷，他带着老婆孩子驱车17个小时从长沙来到北京参加周四的露营活动。他说：“我讨厌坐飞机，它让我感觉像是一名受到人身限制的人质或罪犯。但房车不同，我可以随便走，随便停，还能做我爱吃的饭，很自由。”
温州一家汽车公司的经理杭勇说：“中国政府支持房车产业发展，人们想要拥有房车的愿望肯定会不断增长。”他所在的公司计划生产廉价的中国式房车。45岁的大学教师黄老师认为，低廉的价格对于在中国普及房车至关重要。
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.
