On October 24th, the 2025 China (Zhengzhou) Tourism, Leisure and Entertainment Industry Expo, hosted by the China Association of Amusement Park and Attractions (CAAPA), concluded successfully.
During the expo, guests from the "World Mayors' Dialogue · Zhengzhou & 2025 Zhengzhou International Tourism City Mayors' Forum" — co-hosted by the Zhengzhou Municipal People's Government, the Information Office of Henan Provincial People's Government, and Henan Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism under the guidance of the State Council Information Office — visited the expo for exchange and communication.

Parallel to the expo, 11 special forums were held successfully, including the 2025 China Tourism, Leisure and Entertainment Industry Development Conference, 2025 Cultural Tourism IP Creator Forum, 2025 Cultural Tourism Scenario & Experience Upgrade Forum, 2025 Theme Park Operation Upgrade Forum, 2025 Cultural Tourism Project Expert Consultation Meeting, 2025 Cultural Tourism New Business & Project Sharing Session, 2025 Tourism Performance Innovation & Development Forum, 2025 Cultural Tourism Creative Planning Activation Forum, 2025 Urban Park Quality Improvement Forum, 2025 Digital Art Innovation & Development Forum, and 2025 Cultural Tourism New Consumption & Trend Insight Forum. These forums aimed to help cultural tourism enterprises gain insight into industry trends, adapt to changes, seize development opportunities, and promote cultural tourism to better empower economic and social development as well as people's well-being, achieving sustainable and high-quality growth.
The expo hosted by CAAPA has been successfully held for 42 sessions, building a large-scale cluster ecosystem covering culture, tourism, sports, entertainment and other industries, with strong internal market driving force. In recent years, the expo has seen rapid growth in exhibit categories, accelerated expansion of application scenarios, continuous enrichment of cultural connotations, and constant improvement of technological content. It has become an important window to showcase the market competitiveness and brand influence of China's cultural tourism equipment enterprises and cultural and creative enterprises. Moreover, it serves as an international platform for fostering new quality productive forces in cultural and entertainment tourism, and promoting business, learning and exchange in industrial chain links such as investment and development, equipment manufacturing, technological R&D, and operation management in the field of cultural tourism, leisure and entertainment. Each session attracts hundreds of enterprises from the industrial supply chains of culture, tourism, leisure and entertainment at home and abroad to exhibit. The exhibits cover digital technology, smart tourism, cultural creativity, cultural tourism equipment, sports and entertainment equipment, scenario creation and other fields. Professional visitors come from various cultural tourism and leisure and entertainment formats, including resorts, theme parks, tourist attractions, museums, public cultural centers, municipal parks, commercial complexes, theme blocks, and zoos.
The 43rd CAAPA Expo — 2026 China (Beijing) International Amusement Facilities & Equipment Expo (and Beijing International Tourism, Leisure and Entertainment Industry Expo) — will be held at the Beijing Capital International Convention Center from March 19th to 21st, 2026!

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