Four cities, one vision -- China's prosperity has a new geography
The annual cultural offering spread beyond Beijing, with secondary locations hosting stages in four other Chinese cities. Their selection signifies China's economy advancing across multiple sectors and transitioning towards high-quality development.
Macro
Int'l visitors enjoy "very Chinese time" in New Year traveling, shopping
Although the Spring Festival used to be a low season for inbound travel, this year, more international tourists flew in to experience the country's most important time for family reunions.
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Economic Watch: China's Spring Festival spending surge becomes a global harvest
The 2026 Spring Festival holiday, extended to nine days, is the longest in recent years, and Chinese tourists are making the most of it. The National Immigration Administration estimates that daily inbound and outbound passenger traffic nationwide will average 2.05 million during the holiday, a 14.1 percent increase from last year.
moreHainan FTP sees tourism, consumption boom during first Spring Festival after special customs operations
During the first Spring Festival holiday since the launch of island-wide special customs operations in China's Hainan Free Trade Port (FTP), the southern tropical island has become a popular destination for tourists, injecting fresh momentum into the tourism and consumption markets.
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Markets
China's consumer spending reports steady growth in Spring Festival holiday
Chinese consumers ushered in the Spring Festival holiday with a burst of spending, filling restaurants and malls and traveling across the country, which offered an early-year boost to the consumption sector.
China's 2026 Spring Festival box office exceeds 2 bln yuan
China's 2026 Spring Festival box office, including presales, topped 2 billion yuan by Wednesday afternoon, four days into the nine-day holiday.
