In 2012, he spent about 200 days touring Europe in the RV. He has also done road trips in Australia and the United States.

Back home, Gu has been to many destinations in the southwestern region such as Yunnan province as well as the Tibet and Xinjiang Uygur autonomous regions. In March, he drove his RV from Sichuan province's capital of Chengdu to the Tibet autonomous region's capital of Lhasa.

There are currently about 1,000 large RV campsites in the country and the number is expected to double by 2020, Fang says.

The rising popularity of RVs has drawn the attention of major players involved in the industry. All in Caravanning (AIC), an annual RV expo which was last staged in Beijing in June, attracted nearly 700 exhibitors affiliated with the RV industry. Among the expo attendees were 300 brands including Adria, Pilote and Dethleffs from Europe, as well as major domestic producers such as RV International and Brilliance Auto.

According to organizers, the event has grown from a 5,000-square-meter event to a 35,000 sq m extravaganza over the past seven years.