Cover News Reporter Yang Ruiwen
On March 24, the 2024 Chengdu Double Heritage Marathon kicked off at Dujiangyan Phoenix Stadium. 35,000 runners from 26 countries and regions including the United States, France, and Russia gathered in Dujiangyan, and the city's civil sports Enthusiasm was ignited, and the number of participants and the scale of participation reached a new high for the event.
This spring, Chengdu’s concert market continues to be as hot as before. As one of the most popular cities for large-scale concerts, according to incomplete statistics, in March alone, there were 20 star concerts, music festivals and livehouses. Remaining field. In addition, concerts by many popular singers will also start in April.
Sports events are packed, concerts are blowing out, and exhibitions are exciting... As the construction of the "Three Cities and Three Capitals" accelerates, various new consumption scenarios emerge in Chengdu, a city that embodies Tianfu cultural characteristics, highlights the characteristics of a park city, and leads international fashion. International consumption center cities are emerging at an accelerated pace.
2024 Chengdu Double Heritage Marathon started with a gunshot at Dujiangyan Phoenix Stadium. Pictures provided by the Propaganda Department of the Dujiangyan Municipal Party Committee
htmlMore than 3,000 badminton matches are held every year in 3 years
35,000 runners break the record of the non-heritage marathon.
html On March 25, the 2024 Chengdu Double Heritage Marathon kicked off at the Dujiangyan Phoenix Stadium, from the United States 35,000 runners from 26 countries and regions including China, France and Russia gathered in Dujiangyan to participate in three events including full marathon, half marathon and 5km fun run.As the 10th event held by the Chengdu Double Heritage Marathon, the total size of this event is 35,000 people, and the number of participants and the scale of participation have reached a new high.
On the world's first marathon track that connects world cultural heritage and world natural heritage, runners filed out from the starting point in batches at different times. While experiencing the joy of running, they also deeply experienced the rich history and culture of Dujiangyan and the "good mountains and good mountains". Water and good air” natural resources.
The scene of the Thomas and Uber Cup draw ceremony. Photography by Chen Yuxiao
Two days ago, the draw ceremony for the 2024 Thomas Cup and Uber Cup World Badminton Team Championships was held in Chengdu. The event that will kick off in Chengdu on April 27 is the highest level before the Paris Olympics. The badminton event is also the first time that southwest China has hosted the world's highest-level badminton event.
According to statistics from the Chengdu Badminton Association, in Chengdu, there are more than 257 arenas with four or more badminton courts, more than 440 indoor and outdoor badminton courts with four or more courts, and more than 50 people who engage in long-term badminton fitness exercises. million, and holds an average of more than 3,000 badminton events at all levels and types every year.
In recent years, Chengdu has successfully hosted the World Table Tennis Championships, the Universiade, and the ITTF Mixed Team World Cup, and actively prepared for major international events such as the Thomas and Uber Cup, the World Games, and the World Gymnastics Championships, basically achieving "big competitions every year."
From a "golden host city" and "city of outstanding contribution" favored by international sports organizations, to ranking eighth in the world on the list of global sports capitals, Chengdu uses events as a medium and the city as a window to vividly show China to the world With the ever-changing atmosphere of modernization, it has completed a wonderful two-way journey with the international sports media.
The concert will accelerate the "out of the circle" of Dong'an Lake Sports Park. Pictures provided by the Propaganda Department of the Longquanyi District Committee
The performance economy is still booming
Various concerts and concerts are gathering
In March this year, I happily came to Chengdu from Yunnan to check in for JJ Lin's concert. "I went to see Eason Chan and Jacky Cheung's concerts at the end of last year. Although I only lasted for two or three days at a time, it didn't affect my travels to museums, Taikoo Li and other places." Xinran said that she enjoyed shopping during the day and watching performances at night. Chengdu’s urban appearance and pace of life. Nowadays, more and more young people, like Xinran, prefer to use concerts as the center of the circle and start in-depth consumption across cities at a destination.
Landlord's Cat "World/Youth" 2024 Tour Concert, JJ Lin JJ20 World Tour Concert... Recently, performances in Chengdu have gathered again. The spring river is warm and everything is rejuvenating. Chengdu plays "Spring Day" with wonderful performances one after another. overture".
The performing arts market is booming, and the new landmark of Dong'an Lake Sports Park is favored by many singers. A staff member of the guest room department of a hotel near Dong'an Lake revealed that during the concert, her hotel could achieve a 100% booking rate. "Especially for performances by popular singers like Eason Chan and Jacky Cheung, it can be said that it is hard to get a room before and after the performance." ."
The relevant person in charge of Longquanyi District said that with the gathering of popularity, Longquanyi District will attract a group of powerful, resourceful and influential cultural and performing arts organizers, and will also support local cultural and performing arts enterprises to improve their quality and capabilities. , and strive to hold more than 100 high-level competitions throughout the year.
This month, Chengdu will also welcome many celebrity concerts such as Zhou Chuanxiong and Gigi Leung. Spring Sugar Music Festival, 2024 Treasure Music Festival and multiple livehouse performances will be staged one after another. According to incomplete statistics, in March alone, celebrity concerts, There are more than 20 music festivals and livehouses. In addition, concerts by many popular singers will also start in April.
Symphony, drama, dance drama, musical, as well as talk show, cross talk and other performance forms provide citizens and tourists with a variety of viewing options.
“There are performances in almost four performance halls every weekend this month, and the tickets for the Huimin performances were sold out very quickly.” The relevant person in charge of the Chengdu City Concert Hall said that they have been preparing and planning this year’s Chinese and foreign famous artists since last year. The group's series of international performance projects, this year, will include the world's top performances including the Berlin Philharmonic Twelve Cello Chamber Orchestra.
"We are very confident in the cultural and art market in Chengdu and the country. We have successfully contacted many well-known overseas plays in the early stage and are currently in the approval stage as soon as possible." The relevant person in charge said.
Li Yuchun sang at the Spring Sugar Music Festival. Pictures provided by the China Food and Drinks Fair Organizing Committee
The China Food and Drinks Fair has become the "Spring Sugar Festival" with nearly 400,000 visitors.
The total revenue of the exhibition industry in 2023 is 148.08 billion yuan
On March 24, with the end of the "Rockcandy Spring Sugar Music Festival", it marked The first "Spring Sugar Festival" which lasted for 17 days also came to a successful conclusion.
This year's National Food and Drinks Fair fully combines the resource advantages, cultural heritage and economic vitality of Chengdu's "three cities and three capitals", and for the first time puts forward the slogan "After the Spring Festival, celebrate the Spring Festival", the exhibition period is expanded from 3 days to 17 days of city-wide linkage. The grand event successfully created the "Spring Sugar Festival" to promote consumption, creating a new festival in Chengdu that belongs to industry manufacturers and Chengdu people. It also created a precedent for the coordinated development of domestic large-scale exhibitions and cities - the "Spring Sugar Festival" model.
This is the 34th cooperation between China Food and Wine Fair and Chengdu. During the three-day exhibition, the total number of visitors was nearly 400,000. "As long as I can remember, going to the China Food and Drinks Fair to 'grab the chance' has become a prescribed activity in my family." Xiao Wang, a Chengdu citizen, was delighted to see that the almost 70-year-old China Food and Drinks Fair is becoming more and more popular in Chengdu. This year's " "Spring Sugar Festival" is still "new shoots sprouting on the old trees", and various new gameplays have been fully upgraded.
Spring Sugar Music Festival. Pictures provided by the Food and Drinks Fair Organizing Committee
Throughout March, about 40 major events will be held in the 14 districts and counties of Chengdu, including the "Chinese Sweet Tianfu Show" series of activities in Tianfu New District, the "Food and Wine Fair World" in the High-tech Zone ·Trendy Drinking Life Season”, Jinjiang District’s “Happy Sugar and Wine Gathering—Jinjiang Spring Drunk” and other series of activities.
Exhibitor Mr. Huang said: "After participating in the exhibition, my colleagues and I will stay in Chengdu for the weekend. In addition to the Spring Sugar Music Festival, we also plan to visit Kuanzhai Alley and other scenic spots."
At the same time, we will provide good service to visitors from all over the world. , during the Spring Sugar Festival, Chengdu gathered industry resources such as food associations, bar associations, and retailers associations to launch the "Welcoming merchants from all over the world and visit the December market" consumer resource package through Meituan and other platforms, and released the Chengdu Panda Food Guide, Weijiu Five consumer resources, including bar experience guide, quality first store exploration directory, exhibition city integration event collection, and departure tax refund store map, provide a convenient gourmet shopping guide.
In recent years, Chengdu has aimed to build an international convention and exhibition capital, focusing on industrial ecological agglomeration, factor resource sharing, internal and external market connectivity, basic function optimization, and city business card creation to continuously improve the basic capabilities and industrial chain levels of the convention and exhibition economic industry.The changes in
venues bear witness to the professionalization and high-end development of Chengdu’s exhibition industry. From the Chengdu International Convention and Exhibition Center at No. 258 Shawan Road to the Chengdu Century City New International Convention and Exhibition Center, and then to the Western China International Expo City, Chengdu currently has 8 convention and exhibition venues with an exhibition area of nearly 600,000 square meters.
Currently, Chengdu has 675 conference hotels with a total of about 150,000 hotel rooms. It has the ability to host various home diplomatic events and major national-level international exhibitions.
Business entities are also growing, and a cluster of exhibition companies has initially formed. There are nearly 700 exhibition companies in creative planning, home venue services, etc., of which 45 are above designated size.
went from an exhibition to an exhibition capital. The Chengdu Municipal Expo Bureau released a set of data: In 2023, Chengdu held a total of 1,058 major exhibition events, with 121.577 million participants, a total exhibition area of 12.964 million square meters, and total exhibition industry revenue of 148.08 billion yuan, of which 15.05 billion was direct revenue. yuan, driving revenue to 133.03 billion yuan.
