Beijing Universal Theme Park has received more than 2.1 million tourists in total——

  Beijing will build 2 to 3 business districts with a scale of 100 billion

  The 2022 Beijing News Center held a special press conference on the city construction of Beijing International Consumption Center yesterday.

The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce, the Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, the Municipal Sports Bureau, Chaoyang District, and the Administrative Committee of the Sub-center City introduced the construction of Beijing as an international consumption center from their respective perspectives.

The Beijing Youth Daily reporter learned from the scene that since the opening of the first phase of the Universal Theme Park in September last year, the operating income of the year reached 1.645 billion yuan, and the cumulative number of tourists has exceeded 2.1 million.

This year, Beijing will achieve a year-on-year increase of about 7.5% in the city's total consumption, and a year-on-year increase of about 5.5% in total retail sales.

  901 first stores (including flagship stores)

  Landed in Beijing last year

  Since the State Council approved Beijing and other 5 cities to develop international consumption center cities, Beijing's "city-wide game of chess" has been coordinated and progressed, and phased results have been achieved.

According to Guo Wenjie, deputy director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Commerce, in 2021, the city's total consumption, service consumption, and total retail sales will increase by 11%, 13.4%, and 8.4% year-on-year, respectively, and the overall consumer market will recover to the pre-epidemic level in 2019.

  In 2021, the sales of key monitoring enterprises in the city will increase by 10.8% compared with the same period in 2019, and the passenger flow of 52 key business districts will increase by 15.1% year-on-year.

The city's 22 traditional business districts and 20 "one store, one policy" pilot enterprises have basically completed the upgrading and transformation.

Wangfujing Pedestrian Street was rated as a National Model Pedestrian Street.

Since the opening of the first phase of Universal Theme Park in September last year, the operating income of the year has reached 1.645 billion yuan.

In 2021, 901 first stores (including flagship stores) will be opened in Beijing, nearly 5 times the total number of the previous year.

Six new consumer brand incubation pilot bases were put into operation.

Four new regional headquarters of fashion brand multinational companies have been recognized.

The 717 departure tax refund shops ranked first in the country.

  Guo Wenjie introduced that in 2022, Beijing will achieve a year-on-year increase of about 7.5% in total consumption in the city, and a year-on-year increase of about 5.5% in total retail sales.

179 tasks and 164 key projects have been identified, of which 37 projects will be completed and put into operation this year.

This year, Beijing will further improve the grading and classification standards and evaluation system of the business district, formulate the layout plan of the business district, and at the same time will formulate a new round of high-quality development of the business district. , and strive to build 2 to 3 world-class business districts of 100 billion scale in the city by 2025.

  Universal Studios Accumulated Visitors

  exceeded 2.1 million

  According to Yang Lei, Deputy Director of the Administrative Committee of the Beijing Sub-Center, Director of the Deputy Center Cultural and Tourism District Administration and Deputy Head of the Tongzhou District People's Government, Beijing Universal Theme Park was grandly opened on September 20 last year and quickly became the hottest tourist destination in the country. destination.

The free and open City Avenue is equipped with a multi-functional cinema, 15 restaurants integrating Chinese and Western cuisine, a souvenir store and 7 world-renowned retail stores. .

Despite the impact of the epidemic, the cumulative number of tourists received by the theme park has exceeded 2.1 million, and it has driven the development of surrounding supporting industries. Last year, the income of the cultural, sports and entertainment industries in Tongzhou District above designated size increased by 367.4% year-on-year, and the income of the accommodation industry increased by 122.6%. The spillover effect Emergence.

In the future, Tongzhou will actively connect regional tourism and consumption resources, and launch the "Global Resort +" boutique tourism itinerary.

  In order to undertake the spillover effect of Universal Studios, Tongzhou will adhere to culture + tourism + technology, create new IP, new scenes, and new consumption, and build a demonstration area for the integration and development of modern fashion, culture, tourism and business with innovative vitality and global influence.

At present, key projects such as the international talent community, the Universal Studios North comprehensive transportation hub, and the comprehensive development of the Zhangjiawan depot have been implemented in the northern industrial belt. Several mid-to-high-end hotels including five-star hotels and immersion Experiential commercial district.

  At the same time, Tongzhou will actively create a 5A-level Grand Canal tourist attraction, integrate the cultural tourism resources along the North Canal such as "Three Temples and One Pagoda", Xihaizi Park, Grand Canal Forest Park, etc., build an ecological and cultural landscape corridor, and form a Chinese-Western style with the Universal Theme Park. The development pattern of combination and complementary advantages.

"This year, we will also promote the tourism and navigation of the Beijing-Hebei section of the Grand Canal, build sports and leisure brands such as marathon, greenway cycling, and water rowing in the sub-center, and develop waterfront commercial formats to make the northern part of the canal more prosperous and dynamic. "

  Over 10 million people in Beijing this year

  Will participate in ice and snow sports

  According to Xu Hejian, spokesman of the Beijing Municipal Government, the Winter Olympics will have a positive effect on the development of the ice and snow industry in Beijing. The number of people participating in ice and snow sports will reach 10 million. In particular, youth ice and snow sports have made great progress. At present, there are more than 5,000 youth ice hockey players registered in Beijing, laying a good foundation for the sustainable development of ice and snow sports.

  Under the effect of the Winter Olympics, the construction of ice and snow venues in Beijing has accelerated, and a large number of international-level ice and snow venues have been built to provide venue guarantees for building an international ice and snow consumption destination.

"The development of the ice and snow industry in the post-Olympic era can be expected. Beijing will take advantage of the 'city of double Olympics' to host more international ice and snow events, mass ice and snow events and youth ice and snow events to help build an international consumption center city." Xu Hejian said, The Winter Olympics has led to great progress in ice and snow technology, and a large number of ice and snow scientific and technological achievements have been produced, which will provide important support for the subsequent development of ice and snow equipment and ice and snow sports training.

  The "Double Olympic City" will further enhance Beijing's international influence and urban competitiveness.

Xu Hejian said that this will not only help attract more international high-level ice and snow events, but also attract foreign high-quality capital and talents to invest in Beijing and inject new momentum into the stable and high-quality development of Beijing's economy.

  Text / reporter Zhao Tingting