Dear Gunja Gupta,
Greetings from Top China Travel! Thank you for contacting us. :-)
For a tourist, he/she can choose hotel or local pension/youth hostel for night stay in China. Generally speaking, the rating of the hotel in China can be divided into 3-star, 4-star and 5-star, there are also special boutique hotels in main tourism cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guilin and Lijiang. More information you can check our China Hotels
Regarding the local pension or youth hostel, they are clean and decent accommodation with compared cheaper price, more popular among backpacker or people like to get closer to local life.
If you have any further inquiry or question about tour to China, please also feel free to let us know.
Kind regards,
Zoe