The 13th Suzhou Creative & DesignCultural Industry Expo took place at Suzhou International Expo Centre, SIP fromOct 18 to 20. About 200 cultural enterprises from over 40 countries and regionsshowcased nearly 20,000 cultural products, and a number of investment andfinancing projects were showed and signed. Manyexhibitors were new comers to the expo. The 1,000-square-meter pavilion for the“Special Exhibition of International Cultural and Creative Products” gatheredorganizations, design companies and trade companies from 32 countries andregions including the United Stat... [MORE]

Visitors to SIP Pavilion stunned by advanced technologies The SIP Pavilion at the expo caughtthe attention of many people with its advanced technologies and rich culturalelements.With an area of 240 square meters, the SIP Pavilion wasdesigned to highlight the development and application of cutting-edgetechnologies in the culture sector to meet new trends of cultural consumption. The “Digital Sand Clock” composed ofover 200 acrylic boxes were stunning. Each of the boxes showed an intellectualproperty of a digital culture enterprise in SIP. The “Digital Sand Clock”, thechanging colors of lights and the inverted images on the ground made thevisitors feel like they were traveling in time.A variety of cultural and creative products from designcompanies in SIP were show... [MORE] 17 projects signed and new organizations established At the event, the People’s Government of Suzhou, ChinaTourism Academy (Data Center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism) and ChinaTelecom signed an agreement to launch cooperation in accelerating Suzhou’sdevelopment towards an exemplary city in “platforms and demonstration fortourist flow control and intelligent services in cities during holidays” underthe country’s Science and Technology Innovation 2030 -- Major Project of “New Generationof Artificial Intelligence”.The signing ceremony for 17 cultural tourism projects with atotal investment of more than RMB7 billion was held. These projects areexpected to promote development of tourism-focused hotels, digital culture andintelligent cultural tourism services.Several leading Chinese travel ag... [MORE] The Plush Supermarket packed with visitors The Plush Supermarket collected stuffed and plush productsfrom 10 museums, including nine in China and one in the UK, and a zoo inNanjing, capital of East China’s Jiangsuprovince. These products were created based on the best-loved collections atthe museums and the most popular animals in the zoo.The plush crab from Suzhou Museum, named “Xie Qingqing”, wonthe favor of many visitors. These products reflect the museums’ efforts to make culturalproducts carriers of traditional culture and spiritual principles instead ofjust souvenirs for tourists. Among them are toys, blind boxes, refrigeratormagnets and decorations which are designed to cater to today’s consumption trends,especially those of young people.  [MORE]