Display the promotional video of WTCF (08:50-09:00)

Opening Ceremony (09:00-09:30)

Host

Yang Shuo, WTCF Secretary-General

Opening address by Chen Jining, Chairman of the WTCF Council and Mayor of Beijing

Video speech by Zorista Urosevic, UNWTO Executive Director

Voices of Mayors of Tourism Cities

Video speeches by:

Juhana Vartiainen, Vice Chairman of the WTCF Council (European region) and Mayor of Helsinki

Oh Se-hoon, Vice Chairman of the WTCF Council (Asian region) and Mayor of Seoul

Fuad Noman, Mayor of Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Miguel Romero Sotelo, Mayor of Lima (Peru)

Andy Foster, Mayor of Wellington (New Zealand)

Speech by Sohail Khan, Deputy Secretary-General of SCO

Speech by Rao Quan, Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism of China

Special Forum: Perspectives on Tourism Cooperation from Ambassadors (09:30-10:50)

  Topic: Joining Hands in Tourism Cooperation & Promoting Innovation and Development

Moderator

Tian Wei, CMG-CGTN Host

Speakers

H.E. Hallam Henry, Ambassador of Barbados to China

H.E. Teshome Toga Chanaka, Ambassador of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to China

H.E. Alain Wong, Ambassador of the Republic of Mauritius to China

H.E. Anne Lafortune, Ambassador of the Republic of Seychelles to China

H.E. Siyabonga Cyprian Cwele, Ambassador of the Republic of South Africa to China

Keynote Speech (10:50-11:30)

Host

Yang Shuo, WTCF Secretary-General

Keynote speech by Zhuang Zhuoran, Vice President of Alibaba, President of Fliggy

World Tourism Cities Development Report (2021)

to be released by Du Yili, WTCF Expert and Deputy Director-General of Former CNTA

Keynote speech by Yang Jinbai, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee and Vice Mayor of Beijing

Panel Discussion (11:30-12:20)

 Topic: Jointly Promoting Innovation and Development of World Tourism

Moderator

Dr. Li Xinjian, WTCF expert, Professor of Beijing International Studies University

Speakers

Melissa Pryce, Minister Counsellor of the Embassy of Jamaica in China

Anouar Chetoui, Chief Representative of Tunisian National Tourist Office

Wang Silian, President of China CYTS Tours Holdings Co., Ltd.

Natalia Francisca Cortés García, Trade Commissioner of the Embassy of the Republic of Chile in China

Prof. Zou Tongqian, Deputy Director of the WTCF Expert Committee