March 19, China Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (CAAPA) The 2025 China (Beijing) International Amusement Facilities and Equipment Expo and the 2025 Beijing International Tourism, Leisure and Entertainment Industry Expo, hosted by CAAPA, successfully opened in Beijing. This expo covers approximately 60,000 square meters, with nearly 600 exhibiting companies. Exhibits cover digital technology, smart tourism, cultural creativity, tourism equipment, sports equipment, scene creation, and more; Nearly 20 forums were held concurrently with the exhibition, covering safety, low-altitude, theme parks, urban parks, culture, commerce, tourism, tourist attractions, digital technology, and stock revitalization, involving more than 100 important topics.

Yao Jun, President of CAAPA

In his address, Yao Jun, President of CAAPA, stated that this year's Two Sessions work report proposed "vigorously boosting consumption, improving investment efficiency, and comprehensively expanding domestic demand," using consumption to boost economic circulation and consumption upgrades to lead industrial upgrades. Tasks such as "implementing and optimizing the vacation system and releasing the consumption potential of culture, tourism, and sports" were clearly defined. The tourism industry, as an emerging strategic pillar industry, people's livelihood industry, and happiness industry, has received considerable attention. General Secretary Xi Jinping has made a series of statements and deployments on tourism work. The Party and the state have made concerted efforts in policy guidance, industrial integration, product supply, and market consumption, providing strong impetus for content innovation, quality improvement, and quantity increase on the supply side of the cultural tourism and leisure entertainment industry, and laying a solid foundation for the further prosperity and development of the cultural tourism industry. By hosting the 2025 China (Beijing) International Amusement Facilities and Equipment Expo and the Tourism, Leisure and Entertainment Industry Annual Meeting, CAAPA continues to leverage its unique advantages and important role in the content supply side of culture, tourism, leisure and entertainment, promoting quality improvement and efficiency increase of tourism products, collaborative innovation of industries, and efficient supply and demand matching, contributing to the modernization and high-quality development of the tourism industry.

The China International Amusement Facilities and Equipment Expo, hosted by CAAPA, has been successfully held for 41 sessions, becoming one of the most influential comprehensive platforms in the international tourism and leisure industry, showcasing the core competitiveness of Chinese cultural tourism creative enterprises and equipment manufacturing enterprises.

Ma Li, Deputy Director of the Industrial Development Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism; Zhang Tao, former Director of the Industry Association and Chamber of Commerce Work Bureau of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission; Zhou Rong, Director of the National Sports General Administration Sports Equipment Center; Wang Jian, Vice President of the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association; Wang Min, Executive President and Secretary-General of the China Chamber of Commerce; Wang Yongli, Party Secretary and Director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council's Professional Manager Research Center; Matt Barton, Chairman of the Board of Directors of TEA (Themed Entertainment Association); Jack Chan, Executive Director and Vice President of IAAPA Asia Pacific; VGP Ravidas, President of the Indian Amusement Association; and Xu Zhanqiang, former President of the Malaysian Amusement Association, and other leaders and guests were invited to attend the opening ceremony.

Yao Jun, President of CAAPA; Zhao Wenjing, Vice President; Rong Zhigang, Vice President and Consultant of Huachang Fantasi Culture and Technology Group; Li Shengzong, Vice President and former CEO of Hong Kong Ocean Park; Xu Xiaoyin, Vice President and Director of the Global Dinosaur City Management Committee of Dinosaur Park Culture and Tourism Group; Wang Wei, Vice President and Chief Product Officer of Haihe An Group; Zhao Jingtao, Vice President, Party Committee Member and Deputy General Manager of Harbin Madiel Culture and Tourism Investment Group; Deng Zhiyi, Vice President and Chairman of Guangdong Jinma Amusement Equipment Co., Ltd.; Ye Weitang, Vice President and Chairman of Zhongshan Jinlong Amusement Equipment Co., Ltd.; Chen Jiansheng, Vice President and Chairman of Zhejiang Southern Cultural Tourism Technology Co., Ltd.; Pei Li, Vice President and General Manager of Chengdu Tailong Amusement; and Xu Ping, Secretary-General of the Association, and other association leaders attended the opening ceremony.

For the next two days (March 20-21), sub-forums of the 2025 China (Beijing) International Amusement Facilities and Equipment Expo and the 2025 China Tourism, Leisure and Entertainment Industry Annual Meeting—the 2025 China Immersive Cultural Tourism and Digital Technology Innovation Forum, the 2025 Cultural Tourism Stock Resource Revitalization Forum, the 2025 Cultural Tourism New Scene and New Species Creator Forum, the 2025 Cultural Tourism Creative Planning Forum, and the 2025 Culture, Sports and Tourism New Business Development Forum—will continue to be held at the China International Exhibition Center (Shunyi Hall).

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