China News Service, Chongqing, January 22 (Liang Qinqing) From Zibo to Harbin, a group of cities that control traffic passwords have become China's new "Internet celebrities" in the past year.
As a well-known old "Internet celebrity" city at home and abroad, Chongqing will focus on the cultivation and construction of an international consumption center city in 2024 to continue to stimulate consumption potential, hoping to change from "out of the circle" to "long-lasting".
Coinciding with the Two Sessions in Chongqing, a China News Service reporter discovered on the 22nd that the "Internet celebrity" economy attracted much attention at the session, providing new directions and opportunities for foreign-funded enterprises to enter Chongqing.
On December 30, 2023, the night view of Hongyadong Scenic Area in Chongqing was bright, attracting many tourists to check in and take photos.
Photo by China News Service reporter He Penglai
In recent years, Chongqing’s tourism popularity has remained high.
Data recently released by the Chongqing Municipal Statistics Bureau shows that the city will achieve a total retail sales of consumer goods of 1.51 trillion yuan in 2023, a year-on-year increase of 8.6%.
The collective proposal of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Zhi Gong Party suggests that Chongqing can build a high-level digital trade port, gather more competitive domestic and foreign companies, and support the implementation of platform-based projects such as the headquarters, R&D centers, and operation centers of leading international digital trade companies. Accelerate the creation of new channels for the gathering and allocation of global high-end elements and high-quality resources.
In terms of creating a comfortable consumption environment, the proposal suggests that Chongqing can conditionally allow wholly foreign-owned enterprises established in Chongqing to operate outbound tourism business for citizens, and can also open a green channel for the consumption rights of inbound tourists, establish a cross-border consumer rights protection mechanism, and solve cross-border problems. consumer disputes.
The 2024 Chongqing Municipal Government Work Report proposed that the city will expand cultural tourism consumption, seize consumption hotspots such as Chongqing that never sleeps, study and camping, ice and snow summer vacation, and back alley economy, and make good use of policies such as convenient transit stays and departure tax refunds.
The local area also strives to introduce a number of major foreign investment projects in the modern service industry.
The collective proposal of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of China Democratic National Construction Association suggests that we can rely on open platforms such as the China (Chongqing) Free Trade Pilot Zone to accelerate the pilot exploration of the internationally accepted negative list system, encourage foreign investment in consumer services, and focus on accelerating emerging industries such as health care, culture and entertainment. The pace of opening up to the outside world in the field of consumer services.
On December 31, 2023, tourists spontaneously gathered at the Jiefangbei Pedestrian Street in Chongqing to release "wish balloons" to welcome the arrival of 2024.
Photo by China News Service reporter He Penglai
As the mother city of Chongqing, Yuzhong District has well-known landscapes at home and abroad such as "Liziba Track Passing Through the Building" and "Train to Spring", as well as mountain city characteristics such as Mountain City Alley, Shibati Ladder, and Hongya Cave.
"Cultivation and construction of an international consumption center city starts in China and aims to be international." Huang Maojun, a representative of the Chongqing Municipal People's Congress and secretary of the Yuzhong District Committee of the Communist Party of China, said that the number of foreign market entities in Yuzhong District accounts for 15% of the total in Chongqing, and will continue to introduce internationally renowned brands from all over the world. , national and regional central stores, flagship stores, and full-series product stores, and accelerate the construction of Jiefangbei-Chaotianmen world-famous business district.
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