Agenda
8 Sep. Tue.
All day International Delegates Registration Yinbao Jianguo Hotel
10:30-12:00 Field Visit to Beijing’s International Consumption Business Districts Silk Street
12:45-14:00 Lunch
15:30-17:00 Cultural Performance Beauty of the East Xingfu Oriental Theatre
18:30-20:00 Dinner
9 Sep. Wed.
08:40-11:30 Tourism B2B Matching Ballroom, Floor 3,Yinbao Jianguo Hotel
Moderator: Wang Tianyi, Deputy Director of the Public Relations and Brand Marketing Department of WTCF
Release Session
08:40-08:50 Joint release of the 2026 The Global Tourism Safety Insights Report by An Li, VP of Airbnb China, Head of Public Policy; Professor Cai Hong, Director of the Tourism Research Center,Capital University of Economics and Business; Leo Liu, Vice President of Mastercard China; and Eddie Zhang, SG of WTCF Committee of Tourism-Related Businesses, Director of WTCF Business
Promotion Session:
08:50-09:00 Beijing tourism resources promotion by David Dou, China National Top-Tier Tour Guide & Co-founder of Beijing Jingqi Culture Communication Co., Ltd.
09:00-09:05 Tourism promotion by Chen Yi, Deputy Project Manager, North China Marketing Center Air China Commercial Committee
09:05-09:10 Special promotion by Jin Haokun, Director of Channel and Ecosystem Partnerships at LLVision Technology Co., Ltd.
09:10-09:15 Tourism resource promotion of Huairou District, Beijing by Lucy Jin, Head of Sales & Marketing at Beijing Yanqi Island Hotel
09:15-09:20 Interpretation of global services for worry-free entry”Product launch event for the comprehensive insurance coverage plan for foreign nationals entering china by Liu Meiqin, Director of Group Insurance Business, China Pacific Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
B2B Matching Session:
09:20-11:10 Multiple rounds of one-on-one meetings between buyers and sellers
11:45-12:45 Lunch All-Day Dining Restaurant, Floor 1, Yinbao Jianguo Hotel
15:00-16:05 Opening Ceremony Meeting Room, Floor 2, Hall2, Shougang International Exhibition & Convention Center
Host: Guo Huaigang, Secretary-General of WTCF and Director of Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism
Opening Address Session:
15:05-15:10 Address by Sima Hong, Vice Mayor of Beijing Municipality and the Executive Vice-Chair of the World Tourism Cities Federation Council
15:10-15:15 Address by Olaf McKay, Mayor of Valletta, Malta
15:15-15:20 Address by Ben Montgomery, Vice Chair of Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA)
Release Session:
15:20-15:30 Insight sharing on “Digital Intelligence Empowering Tourism Development” by Dai Bin, President of China Tourism Academy
15:30-15:40 Release of the scoring framework of the ISO International Standard “Brand Evaluation—Tourism Cities” by Waad Melliti, Expert of the World Tourism Cities Federation
15:40-15:50 Release of the World Tourism Cities Development Report (2025-2026) by Dr.Joseph Lema, WTCF Expert, Professor of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Signing Ceremony:
15:50-15:55 Joint launch of the China Bound: Beijing by Zheng Fang, Deputy Director General of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, and Zhu Baoxia, Vice President of China Daily.
15:55-16:00 Signing Ceremony of “Memorandum of Understanding between Badaling Culture and Tourism Group and Mastercard on Jointly Promoting High-quality Deve
16:20-17:30 Visit to the CIFTIS Cultural Tourism Exhibition Area Outdoor Lawn, Halls 9 & 10
10 Sep. Thu.
07:30-21:00 Cultural Tourism Resource Inspection Tour & Salon in Yanqing District, Beijing
08:30-20:30 Cultural Tourism Resource Inspection Tour & Salon in Huairou District, Beijing
11 Sep. Fri.
07:30-13:00 Cultural Tourism Resource Inspection Tour & Salon in Huairou District, Beijing
09:30-13:30 Cultural Tourism Resource Inspection Tour & Salon in Changping District, Beijing
All day International Delegates Departure
Focus
重要嘉宾
市长论坛
Elvis Lexin La Torre Uñacori
Mayor of Machupicchu, Peru
Ramón Antonio Ramírez
Mayor of Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Ángeles Muñoz
Mayor of Marbella, Spain
Domenico Carretta
Deputy Mayor of Torino, Italy
Prince Thuso Moyo
Mayor of Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
Wang Gaofei
Deputy Director of International Communication Department, China News Network
Justine Simons
Deputy Mayor of London, UK; Chair of the World Cities Culture Forum
中国入境游特别论坛
Miodrag Popovic
CEO at Tourist Organization of Belgrade, Republic of Serbia
Pan Feng
Director-General of Qingdao Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism
Andrés Santamaría Garrido
Managing Director of IDT Bogota, Colombia
Ge Yongqi
General Manager of Hainan Tourism Investment Group Co., Ltd
Isabella Valentini
Deputy Director of World Culture Cities Forum
Ning Guoxin
Vice President and Head of Inbound Travel Business of Utour Group
Song Rui
WTCF Expert; Director of the Tourism Research Center, CASS