Chinese President Xi Jinping's special envoy, Tie Ning, attended Mexico's presidential inauguration ceremony in Mexico City on Tuesday.
Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo was sworn in as Mexico's first female president on Tuesday after the 62-year-old won the presidential elections in June.
During a meeting with Sheinbaum following the ceremony, Tie, vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, conveyed Xi's congratulations and best wishes to the Mexican president.
China and Mexico have maintained a high level of development in their comprehensive strategic partnership in recent years, which has become increasingly strategic, complementary and mutually beneficial, said Tie.
She added that the Chinese side is ready to strengthen the alignment of development strategies with Mexico so that the two countries can become trustworthy friends and good partners in shared development on the path to modernization.
For her part, Sheinbaum asked Tie to convey her high respect and sincere greetings to the Chinese president and thanked him for sending a special envoy to her inauguration ceremony, noting that Mexico and China are good partners who support each other.
The new Mexican administration attaches great importance to relations with China and is ready to further enhance friendly exchanges with China in various fields to promote greater development of Mexico-China relations, Sheinbaum said.
Chinese president's special envoy attends Mexico's presidential inauguration ceremony
Chinese president's special envoy attends Mexico's presidential inauguration ceremony
China's "film plus" model has fueled consumption boom and economic vitality in many cities across the country.
In Fuzhou City of east China's Fujian Province, growing flow of customers are entering shopping malls for films, dining, shopping, and leisure activities.
With movie ticket stubs from the cinema, customers can enjoy exclusive discounts on meals, retail items, and more within the commercial area.
Conversely, consumers can present their shopping receipts from the mall to enjoy discounts on movie tickets.
"Film plus entertainment" and "film plus dining" have already emerged as new trends in consumption, creating a "two-way traffic" between cinemas and other businesses, a mall manager said.
"The 'film-plus' campaign has fueled the film ticket stub economy, linking catering, entertainment, and other sectors to drive customer traffic and create a virtuous cycle of customer traffic and sales," said Qiao Jie, manager of a shopping mall in Fuzhou.
Since the beginning of this year, the China Film Administration and the China Media Group have jointly spearheaded the "China Film Consumption Year" campaign, featuring a wide range of cinema-related promotional events and discount programs across the country.
It elevates what was once a singular movie-watching expense into a "one-stop" consumption experience that integrates film, dining, shopping, leisure and even tourism, fostering new business models and boosting spending.
"In the past, watching a film simply meant stepping into a cinema. Now, the concept has expanded into broader spaces and diverse fields. Thus, 'film-plus' has upgraded the film consumption into a more diverse and novel lifestyle consumption experience," said Chen Tao, assistant dean of the School of Liberal Arts of Renmin University of China.
China's "film plus" model fuels consumption boom, economic vitality
