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Friday 11 September

8 updates
Policy & visas
China Tourism NewsBeijing / Chaoyang District

Beijing Chaoyang Promotes Support Policies for Culture-Commerce-Tourism-Sports-Exhibition Integrati…

On 11 September, at the 2026 CIFTIS Chaoyang District cultural tourism industry policy press conference, the Chaoyang District Culture and Tourism Bureau presented 2026 support policies for culture-commerce-tourism-sports-exhibition integration. In 2025, Chaoyang's 'eight policies' support funds were deployed, with 35 projects receiving 21 million yuan. The 2026 measures cover all formats: performing arts support for large concerts, music festivals and premium performances; special support for quality exhibitions selling 30,000 or more tickets annually; rewards for non-professional leagues based on audience and participant scale; funding for World's Top 100 exhibitions or UFI-certified proj…

Meetings & events
China Tourism NewsChina / Beijing / Tianjin / Hebei

20 Cases Selected as 2026 Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Sports Tourism Best Practices

On the afternoon of September 11, the Sports Leisure and Outdoor Recreation High-Quality Development Forum was held at Shougang Park in Beijing, where 20 cases were released as 2026 Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei sports tourism best practices. They cover sports events, outdoor recreation and Winter Olympics legacy, with 9 in sports event-tourism integration, 5 in outdoor recreation-tourism integration and 6 in Winter Olympics legacy-tourism integration. The collection was organized by China Tourism News and China Sports Press, supported by the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Sports, aiming to deepen integration of sports events, outdoor recreation and Winter Olympics legacy with tourism.

Data & research
Pinchain TourismChina / Beijing

Ge Lei: What Kind of Tourism Professional Should We Become?

Ge Lei, Secretary-General of the China Tourism Association, spoke at Beijing Union University's 'First Lesson' event, discussing the meaning and future of the tourism industry. He described tourism as a way of learning, growing and living, and highlighted three trends: cultural-tourism integration, industry crossover and experience-first. Ge Lei argued that tourism is the industry most resilient to AI disruption, and that sincerity is the greatest human competitive advantage.

Meetings & events
China Tourism NewsChina / Beijing / Guangxi / Wuzhou / Hengzhou

2026 New Tea Beverage Trend Market Debuts at CIFTIS

On 9 September, the 'World Milk Tea, Treasured Guangxi' 2026 new tea beverage trend market opened at the C12 outdoor block of Beijing's Shougang Park, part of the Guangxi guest-province series at the 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services. The market brings together 20 exhibitors including leading national tea beverage brands, Guangxi supply-chain firms, and culture-tourism companies, with three themed zones; the Wuzhou zone features AI digital humans and smart tea-brewing robots. The market runs until 13 September.

Meetings & events
China Tourism NewsBeijing / Ningxia / Shanxi / Xinjiang

Exhibition on Creative Talent Empowering Local Cultural Tourism Opens in Beijing

On September 10, an exhibition on creative talent empowering local cultural tourism development opened in Beijing. Under the theme of pooling wisdom for cultural tourism and empowering revitalization, it features five sections covering an introduction, Ningxia, Xinjiang, Shanxi Loufan, and a conclusion, presenting the overall implementation and core results of the 2023-2025 action plan. The exhibition is guided by the Industry Development Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and hosted by the Central Academy of Culture and Tourism Administration, running until December 10.

Data & research
China Tourism NewsChina / Beijing

CIFTIS Cultural-Creative Zone Features Nearly 700 Park Products

China Tourism News reported that the 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services opened on September 9 at Shougang Park in Beijing, with themed zones showcasing traditional-style and trendy cultural-creative products. The Beijing Municipal Administration Center of Parks said its zone gathered 13 categories and nearly 700 products, with 28 new items launched during CIFTIS. Beijing Zoo, marking its 120th anniversary, brought nearly 70 products. The Beijing cultural-relics zone gathered new products from major museums, and the Beijing Yanjing Eight Crafts Museum displayed products using eight traditional techniques including gold inlay, filigree, and cloisonne. The Tongzhou zone launch…

OTA / TMC
Pinchain TourismBeijing / Ningxia / Guilin / Gansu / Qinghai

UTour Group Appears at 2026 CIFTIS with Over 2,000 Travel Products

On September 11, the 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services opened at Shougang Park in Beijing. UTour Group appeared with a 150-square-meter booth presenting over 2,000 travel products, including nearly 1,700 outbound and over 500 domestic products. UTour launched multiple value-for-money outbound deals covering Southeast Asia, Europe and Australia, along with a sign-up lucky draw.

Policy & visas
Pinchain TourismBeijing

Beijing Revises Museum Regulation Draft, Removing Guide Access Restrictions

The Beijing Municipal Cultural Heritage Bureau responded to a petition on the guide-service clauses of the draft Beijing Museum Regulation, confirming that all 52 related opinions received during the public consultation from June 16 to July 19, 2026 were adopted. Restrictive wording in Articles 34 and 46, including the requirement that group or commercial tours may not be conducted without museum consent, was deleted to remove market-access barriers and ensure fair participation by market entities in museum interpretation services. The revised draft has been submitted to the Beijing Municipal People's Congress Standing Committee for review.

Thursday 10 September

9 updates
Data & research
Pinchain TourismShanghai / China / Beijing / Sichuan / Zhejiang

Amap Street Scan List 2026 Released: Algorithm Upgrade, Covering 269 Cities

On 10 September, Alibaba Group's Amap announced the full AI-ification of its Street Scan List, upgrading the ranking algorithm with spatial intelligence, and officially released the Amap Street Scan List 2026. The new algorithm increases the weight of behaviours such as dedicated visits and repeat visits, and introduces professional ratings. The Champion List added coffee, bar and entertainment categories; the Fireworks Small Shop List expanded to 269 cities; and the national BEST100 series was launched for the first time. Data shows that in its first year, the list served over 880 million users, with 36.6 billion kilometres of annual navigation to listed merchants, driving a 424% year-on-y…

OTA / TMC
Pinchain TourismChina / Beijing / Hulunbuir / Hangzhou / Altay

Qunar: Mid-Autumn Moon-Viewing Flight Searches Up 2x YoY

On September 10, train tickets for the eve of Mid-Autumn Festival went on sale, accelerating flight and hotel bookings. Qunar data shows this week's Mid-Autumn and National Day flight-hotel bookings rose 119% week-on-week, entering peak season. With only 3 days between the 2026 Mid-Autumn and National Day holidays, the 'take 3 days off for 13 days' plan went viral, unlocking the longest concentrated travel window in nearly a decade. Mid-Autumn first-day flight prices are 30% lower than National Day first-day; travelers booking flights to 2 or more destinations rose 25% YoY. Mid-Autumn 'moon-viewing flight' searches grew 200% YoY; treasure small-town product searches rose over 60% month-on-m…

Policy & visas
China Tourism NewsChina / Beijing

Ding Xuexiang Attends 2026 Global Services Trade Summit

The 2026 Global Services Trade Summit was held in Beijing on 9 September, with Ding Xuexiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier of the State Council, attending and delivering a keynote speech. Ding proposed three points: promoting services trade through high-quality services sector development; expanding services trade through inclusive progress and reducing cross-border factor flow barriers; and building new engines through digital and intelligent empowerment, including AI and digital technology sharing. The summit was co-hosted by the Beijing Municipal Government, the Ministry of Commerce, UNCTAD and WIPO, with about 800…

Meetings & events
China Tourism NewsChina / Beijing

CIFTIS Promotes Deep Integration of Culture, Commerce, Tourism, Sports and Exhibitions

The 2026 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) runs from 9 to 13 September in Beijing, featuring for the first time a 'China Services' zone in the core theme exhibition area and 'going global' service zones in several thematic exhibitions. The article argues that deep integration of culture, commerce, tourism, sports and exhibitions is an inevitable choice for upgrading service consumption. Data shows services exports grew 17.6% in the first half of the year; inbound tourism drove travel services exports to RMB 229.2 billion, up 31.1%; and personal culture and entertainment services exports grew 57.2%. About 90 countries, regions and international organisations and over 1,…

Meetings & events
China Tourism NewsBeijing

Naked-Eye 3D Light Show Debuts at Shougang Park for CIFTIS

On the evening of September 9, the 'Landscape of Western Beijing, Vital Yongding' naked-eye 3D light show was staged at Shougang Park in Beijing. As one of this year's CIFTIS supporting activities, it uses the Shougang Park cooling tower as the core display carrier, telling stories of western Beijing's mountains and rivers and industrial transformation through dynamic images and stereoscopic 3D forms. The show runs for 3 consecutive days from September 9 to 11, with one performance each at 19:30, 20:30, and 21:30 daily.

Data & research
China Tourism NewsBeijing / Pinggu District

Beijing Pinggu Releases Rural Leisure Tourism Innovation Results

On September 9, the 2026 CIFTIS Pinggu District special press conference was held at Shougang Park, releasing the district's rural leisure tourism innovation results. Anchored to 'Capital Peach Blossom Spring, World Leisure Valley,' Pinggu innovates agriculture-culture-tourism-sports-commerce integration, creating new consumption scenes such as Taoyuanli Happy Farm and Lishugou Leisure Valley. Leading tourism enterprises including CITIC, Wanda, and Sweetome have clustered there, with regional tourist reception and comprehensive tourism revenue rising steadily. Next steps include deepening integration and opening-up, upgrading international facilities, and linking global resources via CIFTIS.

Data & research
Pinchain TourismShanghai / Shangrao / China / Beijing / Nanjing / Harbin / Chengdu / Altay

Off-peak travel prices fall as seniors and young professionals drive September demand

With summer family traffic fading and the Mid-Autumn and National Day holidays yet to begin, China's domestic travel market has entered an off-peak window with lower airfare and hotel prices. Tuniu data show stronger travel intent among people over 50 since September; Tongcheng data show a notable share of travellers aged 55-plus and young professionals splitting 3–4 days off with annual leave; Meituan data show people aged 20–30 account for nearly 50% of "low-season" travellers. Tongcheng's discounted airfare list shows September off-peak fares are 30–40% cheaper than during the Mid-Autumn and National Day holidays, while pre-Mid-Autumn hotel rates are down 30–40% from August. The National…

Air & distribution
CATAChina / Beijing

CATA Holds Second Civil Aviation Flight Management Training in Beijing

From September 7 to 9, 2026, the Aviation Safety Committee of the China Air Transport Association (CATA) held its second civil aviation flight management training program in Beijing, with 74 flight management staff from airlines nationwide attending a three-day program. The curriculum covered ten topics including flight instruction and technical management, civil aviation safety management and human factors, EBT training, unsafe event investigation, flight safety performance management, and SMS audit issues and improvements, aiming to help flight managers shift from technical specialists to composite managers.

Meetings & events
China Tourism NewsChina / Beijing / Tianjin / Hebei / Hengshui

Hebei Study Tourism Exchange Event Promotes Regional Collaboration

The fourth Hebei Study Tourism Exchange Event (Hengshui venue) was held with about 190 delegates from Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Shandong and Henan. Hengshui has accredited 76 study tourism quality improvement pilot units and developed over 420 courses; in 2025 the city received 1.371 million study tourists, up 12% year on year. Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei signed a study tourism cooperation agreement, and six localities signed a framework agreement on deep cultural-tourism cooperation to build a 'one-hour study circle'.

Wednesday 9 September

6 updates
Meetings & events
China Tourism NewsBeijing

CIFTIS Culture and Tourism Section Debuts with New Integrated Scenarios

The culture and tourism service section of the 2026 CIFTIS opened at Shougang Park in Beijing, themed 'Culture-Tourism Integration, Digital Empowerment.' The exhibition brings together Beijing districts and enterprises, showcasing cultural creative products, immersive experiences, and tech interactions, including the Capital Museum's Maya civilization exhibition, Pop Mart's intangible heritage fusion products, and Yanqing's MR Great Wall experience, reflecting new consumption scenarios integrating culture, commerce, tourism, and sports.

Meetings & events
Pinchain TourismBeijing / Yushu / Qinghai

Beijing-Yushu Cultural Exchange Week Kicks Off in Beijing

On September 9, the 'Sanjiangyuan Rise · Yushu Meets Beijing' cultural exchange week opened at Shougang Park in Beijing, running until September 13. Leveraging the CIFTIS platform, the event showcases the achievements of Beijing's counterpart support to Yushu over 16 years, including intangible cultural heritage displays, industry promotions, and food tastings, along with a 'Qinghai Good Products' matchmaking event.

Meetings & events
China Tourism NewsChina / Beijing

2026 World Tourism Cooperation and Development Conference Held in Beijing

On September 9, the 2026 World Tourism Cooperation and Development Conference was held at Shougang International Convention Center in Beijing, themed 'Digital Intelligence Renewal, Harmony and Win-Win'. The conference released the 'World Tourism Cities Development Report (2025-2026)', with Beijing ranking fifth. Multiple signings took place, including Beijing inbound tourism cooperation agreements, and a travel trade fair was organized.

Meetings & events
China Tourism NewsBeijing / Yushu

'Beijing Grand Audiovisual' Exhibition Debuts at CIFTIS, Integrating Tech and Tourism

The 'Beijing Grand Audiovisual' exhibition, hosted by the Beijing Municipal Radio and Television Bureau, debuted at the 2026 CIFTIS, showcasing technologies like naked-eye 3D, 8K 'super live,' and XR glasses. Inspired by film and TV IPs such as 'Tree of Life,' the exhibition launched 'Travel Beijing with Films' check-in routes and released Yushu film tourism routes, integrating audiovisual IP with cultural tourism scenarios.

Meetings & events
China Tourism NewsBeijing

Beijing Zoo 120th Anniversary Philatelic Products Debut at CIFTIS

The 'Beijing Zoo 120th Anniversary' philatelic cultural products, developed by China Philatelic Corporation and Beijing Zoo, debuted at CIFTIS, with eight products including commemorative envelopes, postcards, and stamp folders. Among them, the 'Meng Qi Xin Cheng' frame set is designed for panda Meng Meng's 20th birthday, and the 'Bamboo Forest Six Little Cuties' stamp folder depicts the panda family of six reuniting, blending the zoo's century-long history with cuteness.

Payments & expense
China Tourism NewsBeijing

Beijing Chaoyang District Has Over 5,000 Foreign Card POS Terminals, Ranking First in City

At the press conference on 'Two Zones' construction, Beijing's Chaoyang District revealed that key merchants in the district have over 5,000 foreign card POS terminals, accounting for more than one-third of the city's total, with foreign card transaction volume ranking first in the city, representing 48.9% of the city's total. Chaoyang has formed a mature foreign-related consumption scenario system covering dining, accommodation, transport, tourism, shopping, and entertainment, enhancing inbound consumption convenience.

Tuesday 8 September

2 updates