All industries are working hard to open up a new bureau. China’s economic recovery momentum is enhanced and new potential is continuously released.
CCTV News:Flowers bloom in May and forge ahead in China. The times are changing, and the background of struggle remains unchanged. Because of labor creation, we have the glory of history and today’s achievements, and we will surely meet a bright future. All industries are working hard to open a new bureau and form a powerful driving force for China’s high-quality development.
Innovating to "burn" the new vitality of the consumption of sports travel
During the fiery May Day holiday, "Mobile China" is full of vitality, and the consumption of cultural tourism is surging. New ways of playing and new experiences attract tourists to achieve new "traffic passwords". The new supply of county metropolitan area activates more new consumption scenes and experiences, showing the development resilience and vitality of the cultural tourism consumer market. From "ice and snow economy" to "annual flavor economy", from "flower viewing economy" to "holiday economy", China’s consumer market continues to release new potential.
Local integration of characteristic resources "Shangxin" cultural tourism boutique
The "May Day" holiday is a time when the consumption demand of cultural tourism is released in a concentrated way. All localities actively integrate "characteristic" cultural tourism resources, constantly "innovate" cultural tourism products, and cross-border integrate elements such as performing arts, intangible cultural heritage and local cuisine with tourism.
"Unlock" the trendy gameplay to enrich the new holiday experience
A series of trendy games are constantly "unlocking", keeping pace with the times and enriching people’s new holiday experiences.
Pinghu, Zhejiang Province: Characteristic Travel into "Traffic Password"
Renovations in various places have opened an upgraded version of the holiday city light show. The bright national tide lights in Pinghu, Zhejiang Province light up the night sky, and folk activities such as non-legacy iron flowers and kettle performances are unique, and the characteristic literature has become a new "traffic password".
Jiangxi Wanzai: Innovative gameplay transforms resources into economic results.
For thousands of years in Jiangxi, the "Fireworks Show" combined with new discharge methods such as drone performance, floating platform on the water surface, and 3D stereoscopic discharge brought a new immersive experience, and the fireworks show was played over 100 million times in online video. The occupancy rate of local star-rated hotels reached 100%, and the catering and other service industries showed a spurt growth. Wanzai innovative gameplay transformed unique resources into county economic results.
Wu Yuan, director of Wenguang New Tourism Bureau in Wanzai County, Jiangxi Province, said that the immersive fireworks show "Fireworks Love" was put from May 1 to May 5. Afternoon tea is prepared for tourists, and thousands of local lantern shows are presented. While drinking tea and watching a play, tourists can also experience the characters in the play. Adhere to the road of integrated development of "fireworks+cultural tourism", expand the IP influence of the cultural tourism brand "Come to see fireworks every Saturday", and strive to make the fireworks drive the local economic development.
Wu Sa, deputy director of the Economic Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission, said that the proportion of experience tourism is getting higher and higher, and young people pursue more distinctive tourism experiences, such as camping, immersive night trips, low-altitude economy, flying experiences and concerts. All localities seize the "flow" bonus, actively improve the quality of tourism products and innovate the supply of tourism products.
Cultivate new scenes and new formats to enhance international influence
Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing and other international consumer center cities have cultivated new scenes and new formats through innovation to enhance the global influence of the consumer market.
Focus on Chongqing and set off a new upsurge of low-altitude consumption
Chongqing Low-altitude Flying Consumption Week focused on creating new low-altitude consumption projects such as aerobatics, skydiving, seaplanes and airship cruises.
Shanghai: the immersive experience of integrating digital consumption is full of science and technology.
Shanghai deeply integrates digital consumption with the first store economy. The first artificial intelligence immersive experience project in China is open to the public during the holiday. This innovative "AI+ Smart Travel" project combines elements such as AI dialogue, scene interaction and plot experience, and the immersive travel experience is full of science and technology.
Upgrade the "magnetic attraction" of the international consumption center city.
Constantly upgrading and rejuvenating the consumer experience, plus the "magnetic attraction" of the international consumer center city. Beijing opened the 2024 International Twin Cities Consumer Festival with high quality, and more than 100 selected brands from Austria and Switzerland appeared in many key business districts in Beijing. Focusing on service consumption and automobile consumption, Shanghai has launched more than 1,000 special activities to add new momentum to the consumer market.
Harbin: The maintenance and reconstruction project of the West Bridge was successfully completed.
Recently, after four hours of overall hoisting construction, two left and right steel box beams with a length of 32.94 meters and a weight of 218.4 tons were accurately erected to the design line. At this point, the urban quality improvement guarantee project of Harbin Asian Winter Games — — The maintenance and reconstruction project of Harbin West Bridge completed the most critical beam replacement operation.
After the project is opened to traffic, it will further enhance the traffic capacity of the main roads in the central city of Harbin and create more convenient travel conditions for the 9th Asian Winter Games in 2025.
Pipeline laying is completed in the Yangtze River shield crossing project on the East China-Russia line.
Key Control Project of Sino-Russian East Line Natural Gas Pipeline in Nantong, Jiangsu — — The Yangtze River shield crossing project completed pipeline laying on the 3rd, and the main project was fully completed.
The Yangtze River Shield Crossing Project is a one-way shield tunneling project for oil and gas pipelines with the longest distance, the deepest buried depth, the largest caliber and the most complicated construction conditions in the world. It is expected to be put into operation before the end of 2024.
Full Bridge Closure of Huangcao Wujiang Double-track Bridge on Yuxiang High-speed Railway
On May 3rd, Huangcao Wujiang Double-line Bridge on Chongqing-Qianjiang section of Chongqing-Hunan high-speed railway successfully completed the closure of the whole bridge, marking the completion of the main structure of the bridge.
The Huangcao Wujiang Double-track Bridge has a total length of 593.65 meters and a design speed of 350 kilometers per hour. After it is completed and opened to traffic, it will realize the one-hour high-speed rail connection between Chongqing’s main metropolitan area and the Wuling mountain town group in southeast Chongqing.
The box office (including pre-sales) of the "May 1st" new film has exceeded 1 billion yuan.
According to the data of Lighthouse Professional Edition, on May 1st, the national box office reached 411 million, ranking among the top three on the first day of "May 1st File" in China film history.
As of 13: 01 on May 3rd, the box office (including pre-sale) of the "May 1st" new film has exceeded 1 billion yuan. The first overseas peacekeeping film "Peacekeeping Riot Squad", the comedy "thelma and louise Money" and the crime film "Fortress Besieged in Kowloon Castle" are temporarily listed in the top three box office (including pre-sale).
The single-day passenger flow at Hengqin Port exceeded 85,200, reaching a new high.
During the May Day holiday, Hengqin Port ushered in the peak of passenger flow. On May 2nd, the single-day passenger flow at Hengqin Port exceeded 85,200, a year-on-year increase of 53.8%, setting a historical record for single-day passenger flow.
From the afternoon of April 30th, the passenger flow in the passenger inspection hall at Hengqin Port began to increase significantly, and there was an endless stream of outbound tour groups to Southeast Asia and tourists to Australia.
With the official opening of Hengqin Port’s joint "one-stop" passenger and truck passage and the on-board personnel inspection and release hall, it is more and more convenient for Macao single-brand cars to travel between Qin and Macao. According to the data, since the joint "one-stop" passenger and truck passage at Hengqin Port was fully opened, the daily average number of customs clearance vehicles was about 6,000, up by about 9.6% year-on-year.
Due to the large traffic volume during the May 1 holiday, Hengqin Border Inspection Department reminded inbound and outbound passengers to reserve enough time and travel at the wrong peak.
During the May 1 holiday, it is more convenient for foreign tourists to implement optimization measures in many places in China.
During the May Day holiday in 2024, the number of people entering China ports continued to rise, and the number of foreign tourists visiting China during the holiday also increased. Implement payment optimization measures in many places and continuously improve the level of payment facilitation.
The airport is generally the first stop for foreigners to come to China. It is the first choice for many foreigners to solve the payment problem here. At Shanghai Hongqiao Airport, it took the Serbian guy less than 10 minutes to get a travel pass.
Bank card is an international payment method. Nowadays, when foreigners come to China, they can not only apply for a bank card quickly and conveniently, but also improve the coverage and efficiency of foreign card acceptance. In 2024, the number of wild card POS machines in Shanghai will increase to 80,000, and foreigners can easily use wild cards for consumption in key business districts.
Since 2024, the coverage rate of foreign card acceptance of key merchants in key cities across the country has continued to increase. The acceptance coverage rate of overseas bank cards in key areas of Guangzhou is over 90%, and over 80% of key merchants in Jiangsu Province can accept overseas bank cards.
Not only in cities, but also convenient payment services are extending to the countryside. In Daming Mountain Scenic Area in Lin ‘an, Zhejiang, foreigners can choose a variety of payment methods.