Hey there! 👋 Guess what? Shanghai just started an amazing shopping festival called the International Consumption Season 2025, along with the sixth Shanghai 5-5 Shopping Festival! 🛍️✨
This big event was put together by some important groups like the Ministry of Commerce, China Media Group (CMG), and the Shanghai Municipal Government. Their goal is to help people around the world buy and sell more things and make new friends across countries! 🌍🤝
At the opening ceremony, Sheng Qiuping, a vice minister from the Ministry of Commerce, encouraged big cities to make shopping even better. He wants places like Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Tianjin, and Chongqing to lead the way in making shopping fun and exciting! 🏙️🚀
Did you know that by 2024, these cities are expected to make up about one-eighth of all the shopping in the whole country? That’s a lot of cool stuff! 😲 And more than half of the things people buy from other countries will come through these cities. How awesome is that? 🎁🌐
Wang Xiaozhen, a vice president at CMG, talked about how movies and traveling are super important too! 🎬✈️ She said that Chinese movie theaters have had record-breaking ticket sales, making it the biggest movie market in the world! 🍿🏆 She thinks mixing cool ideas, art, and technology can make things even better.
But that’s not all! Marwan Ahmed bin Ghalita, a leader from Dubai Municipality, shared a message over video. 📹 He hopes that Shanghai and Dubai can work together more and become even better places to live. This year is special because it’s the 25th anniversary of Shanghai and Dubai being partners! 🎉🌇
This festival is all about boosting shopping and bringing people together from all over the world. Maybe one day you’ll get to visit Shanghai during this exciting time! Wouldn’t that be fun? 😃🛍️
Reference(s):
Launch of intl consumption season looks to expand foreign investment
cgtn.com
