Local authorities across China are using their unique resources to continuously create new cultural and tourism experiences, attracting visitors for sightseeing and recreation.
The tourism department in north China's Hebei Province started a Hong Kong-Hebei cultural tourism week, launching a series of events in Hong Kong, including artistic performances and demonstrations of intangible cultural heritage.
The activities are aimed to provide the residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) with a deeper understanding of the charm of Hebei's culture and tourism.
"Today, I am very excited to be in Hong Kong. I brought these exhibits to allow residents of Hong Kong to experience traditional culture, which makes me feel very proud," said Ma Fuliang, a filigree inlay artist, also a national intangible cultural heritage (ICH) bearer.
"I have heard that the ancient town of Zhengding is very beautiful. I would like to go and see it," said a Hong Kong resident.
Leveraging its ice and snow resources, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province has combined sports events with ice and snow tourist attractions and hosted an ice marathon on Wednesday, the first day of 2025, attracting over 2,000 marathon enthusiasts from across the country.
At the same time, a self-driving event was launched on Saturday in Xilingol League of Inner Mongolia in north China, bringing together thousands of vehicles from across the nation.
During the opening ceremony, parade formations and artistic performances were presented to offer a visual feast for the spectators.
"This is our second year coming here, and we are participating in the second race. It has been very enjoyable," said Guo Junke, a participant from Beijing.
Up to date, Xilingol League has received over one million visitors from across the country this winter.
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The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO China Forum 2026 will be held in Beijing on June 21, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) announced on Friday.
The event will feature an opening ceremony and three seminars to review this year's key outcomes such as the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) Statement on Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP) and the ABAC Statement on Connectivity, and prepare high-quality policy suggestions from the business community for the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting slated for November in south China's Shenzhen, the CCPIT said.
"The Asia-Pacific business community has released a joint statement on progress toward the FTAAP and called for an upgraded version of the APEC Connectivity Blueprint on the basis of the outcomes of the Beijing summit in 2014. This fully demonstrates the shared aspiration of the Asia-Pacific business community for stable and smooth industrial and supply chains, and for a universally beneficial and inclusive economic globalization," said Yang Mi, director of CCPIT's general office.
The APEC forum will be closely followed by the 4th China International Supply Chain Expo, which is scheduled for June 22-26 in Beijing.
The expo will feature more than 60 business exchange activities, with foreign provinces serving as guests of honor for the first time, according to the CCPIT.
"At this year's supply chain expo, 48 percent of the foreign exhibitors will be from China's Belt and Road partner countries. During the exhibition, we will hold a Belt and Road trade and investment forum and a roundtable on international chamber of commerce cooperation for the New Land-Sea Trade Corridor. In addition, we will hold an exchange activity for exhibitors, a working meeting of the China International Supply Chain Expo Exhibitors Alliance, the BRICS Women's Leadership Forum, and other exchange activities," said Liu Jiannan, vice chairman of CCPIT.
The expo will also host country-specific promotion sessions, bilateral economic and trade activities, and cross-industry exchanges to facilitate the flow of the resources along industrial and supply chains, according to the CCPIT.
The Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region of France and the Liguria region of Italy will be foreign guest provinces of honor, which will carry out promotion and exchange activities with Chinese guest provinces of honor, the CCPIT said.
As the world's first national-level exhibition focusing on supply chains, the China International Supply Chain Expo is an internationally shared public product.
First held in 2023, the expo has contributed to building more secure, stable, open and inclusive global industrial and supply chains, according to the CCPIT.
Beijing to host APEC CEO forum next month
Beijing to host APEC CEO forum next month
