The 2024 China Tourism, Leisure and Entertainment Industry Development Conference successfully opened!
On October 23, the 2024 China Tourism, Leisure and Entertainment Industry Development Conference, hosted by the China Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (CAAPA), successfully opened in Zhengzhou. Leaders from the Resource Development Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Henan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Zhengzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film and Tourism, and other relevant government departments attended the meeting.
Li Yanqing, Member of the Party Group and Vice Director of the Henan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism
Li Yanqing, Member of the Party Group and Vice Director of the Henan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, delivered a speech, stating that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has attached great importance to the development of the tourism industry and has made important instructions and directives on tourism work on many occasions. In recent years, Henan Province has earnestly implemented the important instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping, adhering to aesthetic leadership, artistic highlights, creative drive, technological empowerment, and cross-border integration, continuously incubating new tourism products, and creating new landmarks for culture and tourism. "Henan, Our Hometown" is becoming a pioneer and experimental area for the integration of culture and tourism.
As an important organization in the culture and tourism industry, the China Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions has created the Tourism, Leisure and Entertainment Industry Expo and the Tourism, Leisure and Entertainment Development Conference, influential international events that meet real market needs, for 40 years. It has built a huge industrial cluster ecosystem,
This conference will deepen communication and cooperation between Henan and the members of the China Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions and other culture and tourism professionals, promoting high-quality development of Henan's culture and tourism.
Yao Jun, President of the China Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions
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Yao Jun, President of the China Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, stated in his speech that in the new era and on the new journey, the tourism industry's importance to people's livelihood and socio-economic development is unprecedented. How the culture and tourism leisure industry can achieve consumption growth and energy transformation through product innovation, business model upgrades, structural optimization, and model changes, and play an important role in "serving a better life," expanding domestic demand, stabilizing the economy, and ensuring people's livelihood, is a question of the times and a practical issue facing every culture and tourism professional.
China Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions
resolutely implements the requirements of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on "deepening the reform of industry associations and chambers of commerce," giving full play to the unique advantages and important role of associations in the tourism, leisure and entertainment field, actively taking on responsibilities in serving the country, society, the public, and the industry, and in promoting the practice of building a Chinese-style modern socialist country. Through holding the 2024 China Tourism, Leisure and Entertainment Industry Development Conference and Expo, it will further study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions and directives on tourism work, implement the relevant work arrangements of the National Tourism Development Conference, focus on deepening reforms, optimizing structure, enriching supply, and expanding consumption, and strive to promote the cultivation of new scenarios and new formats in the tourism, leisure and entertainment industry, boost the vitality of service consumption, renew the economic development momentum, promote in-depth reform in the culture and tourism field, help the modernization and high-quality development of the tourism industry, and continuously meet people's personalized, diversified, and high-quality consumption needs and their needs for a better life.
Dai Bin, President of the China Tourism Academy
Dai Bin, President of the China Tourism Academy, delivered a keynote speech entitled "Current Tourism Economic Situation and Development Strategies." Using the just-past National Day holiday as a starting point, he analyzed the new characteristics of the tourism market from the perspectives of flow direction, flow volume, flow speed, and flow quality, summarized the operation of the tourism market's exceeding expectations growth in the first three quarters of 2024, made a prospect and judgment on the tourism economy for the whole year of 2024, and put forward key suggestions for future work from a policy perspective.
Data Analysis Institute of the China Tourism Academy
Zhang Jiayi
Zhang Jiayi, Assistant Researcher at the Data Analysis Institute of the China Tourism Academy, represented the China Tourism Academy and the China Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions in releasing the "Research Report on Investment in the Culture and Tourism Industry and Amusement Equipment Procurement Index in the First Three Quarters of 2024." The report shared the new characteristics, new trends, and future focus areas in the investment and equipment procurement fields of the culture and tourism industry in the first three quarters of 2024.
Li Dawei, Vice Chairman and General Manager of Henan Provincial Culture and Tourism Investment Group
Joseph Corbo, Chief Operating Officer & Executive Producer, Prodea Asia
General Manager, Meituan Culture and Tourism Industry
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President, Culture and Tourism Research Institute
Lu Mengxi
Shen Gongtian, Chairman of the National Standardization Technical Committee for Cableways and Amusement Facilities
Fang Hongfeng, Vice President of Haichang Ocean Park Holdings Co., Ltd.
Fang Tengfei, Vice President of Tencent Cloud, General Manager of Nongjian Travel Industry
Li Zhenxing, Scenic Spot Operation Manager, New Oriental Culture and Tourism Group
Wang Dan, Head of Happy Twist's Performance Innovation Business and Head of Happy Twist Children's Theatre
Li Dawei, Vice Chairman and General Manager of Henan Provincial Culture and Tourism Investment Group; Joseph Corbo, Chief Operating Officer & Executive Producer, Prodea Asia;
Lu Mengxi, General Manager of Meituan Culture and Tourism Industry and President of the Culture and Tourism Research Institute; Shen Gongtian, Chairman of the National Standardization Technical Committee for Cableways and Amusement Facilities; Fang Hongfeng, Vice President of Haichang Ocean Park Holdings Co., Ltd.; Fang Tengfei, Vice President of Tencent Cloud and General Manager of Nongjian Travel Industry; Li Zhenxing, Scenic Spot Operation Manager of New Oriental Culture and Tourism Group; Wang Dan, Head of Happy Twist's Performance Innovation Business and
Head of Happy Twist Children's Theatre, respectively shared their insights on the following themes: "Upholding the Right Principles and Embracing Innovation, Open Cooperation—Jointly Discussing a New Chapter in the Development of Henan's Culture, Tourism, and Sports," "Localization Practice of International IP in China," "Release and Interpretation of the 2024 China Tourism Leisure and Vacation Market New Trend Development Report," "Current Status and Future Development Prospects of Amusement Facilities Standards in China," "Following the Trend, Seizing the Opportunity—Innovation-Driven Platform Development of Ocean Culture and Entertainment," "Using Culture to Shape Tourism, Integrating the Virtual and the Real—Thoughts and Tencent Practices on Digital Culture and Tourism," "Research and Study Empowering High-Quality Development of the Culture and Tourism Industry," and "Happy Twist Reshapes Immersive Entertainment."
Gao Chihai, Joint Chief Editor of China Tourism Academy's "China Tourism Review," hosted a roundtable discussion on "Innovative Development of County Tourism," Zhang Deyao, Deputy Secretary of the Taijiang County Committee of Guizhou Province; Wang Li, County Head of Lingchuan County, Shanxi Province; Ding Wenxia, County Party Secretary of Zhongmu County, Henan Province; Zhao Xiufeng, County Head of Xuan'en County, Hubei Province; and Dong Yunyun, Deputy Director of the Bureau of Culture, Radio, Film, Tourism and Sports of Deqing County, Zhejiang Province participated in the roundtable discussion.
Xiong Xiaojie, Director of the Brand Marketing Committee of the China Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions and Chairman of Times Culture and Tourism, hosted "New Culture and Tourism, New Scenarios, New Consumption " roundtable discussion. Zhang Xiongwen, director, vice general manager, and member of the Party Committee of Zhejiang Provincial Tourism Investment Group; Li Yichong, joint chief planner of China's "Village BA," director of Henan's "Village Opera," and founder of the Chinese conceptual national style cultural tourism brand "Into the Flower Room"; Qiu Kai, chairman of K歌儿 Group; and Tian Dazhi, founder of Shanghai Jinwu Jinchao Culture Technology Co., Ltd., participated in the roundtable discussion.
Zhao Wenjing, vice president of the China Amusement Machine and Amusement Park Association; Rong Zhigang, vice president; Gu Junfa, vice president; Wang Wei, vice president; Xu Xiaoyin, vice president, director of the Dinosaur Park Cultural Tourism Group and the Global Dinosaur City Management Committee; Zhao Jingtao, vice president, member of the Party Committee and vice general manager of Harbin Madiel Cultural Tourism Investment Group; Chen Jiansheng, vice president and chairman of Zhejiang Southern Cultural Tourism Technology Co., Ltd.; Ye Weitang, vice president and chairman of Zhongshan Jinlong Amusement Equipment Co., Ltd.; and Xu Ping, secretary-general of the China Amusement Machine and Amusement Park Association, and other leaders attended the meeting.
October 24-26, 2024 China (Zhengzhou) Tourism, Leisure and Entertainment Industry Expo and 2024 China Tourism, Leisure and Entertainment Industry Development Conference Series Sub-forums: Ropeway and Amusement Facilities Safety Special Conference, China Tourism and Leisure Development Trend Research Conference, China Cultural Tourism Creative Planning and Marketing Forum, China Cultural Tourism and Commerce Innovation Development Forum, China Cultural Tourism Secondary Consumption Activation Forum, China Cultural Tourism Project Experience Upgrade Forum, China Cultural Tourism New Scenarios, New Industries, and New Species Creators Forum, Urban Park Quality Improvement and Efficiency Enhancement Forum, China County Cultural Tourism Project Innovation Development Forum, China Immersive Cultural Tourism and Digital Technology Innovation Development Forum, China Urban Entertainment, Leisure and Experiential Commercial Innovation Development Forum, China Tourist Scenic Area Content Quality Improvement and Upgrade Forum, China Internet Celebrity Amusement Product Release Conference, and other activities will be held at the Zhengzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center.
