The 2025 Beijing CBD Forum Annual Conference opened today and will run until June 13. This year's conference features an opening ceremony and the 2025 Beijing CBD Multinational Corporations Summit, as well as four international flagship sub-events. 

A dazzling light show presented in the Beijing CBD

[Photo by Wang Fei from The Beijing News]

The 2025 Beijing CBD Forum adopted a new "permanent" model for the first time, with over 50 sub-events scheduled throughout the year, covering various categories including international exchanges, industrial development, culture and art, and consumer spending in commercial districts.

During the forum, Chaoyang District will distribute "CBD Forum - Amazing Chaoyang" consumption vouchers covering multiple sectors such as those of department stores and supermarkets. The CBD temporary pedestrian street will open from June 13 to 15, offering international gastronomical delights and wines, cultural experiences, and fashion consumption experiences in a one-stop manner. Shopping malls including Silk Street in CBD will launch their own promotional discount campaigns.

As one of the parallel forums of this year's conference, the 2025 National Cultural Industry Innovation Pilot Zone Development Conference will be held on June 16, during which the top 10 leading achievements in promoting the high-quality development of the cultural industry by the National Cultural Industry Innovation Pilot Zone will be unveiled, with several key projects to be launched.

During the 2025 Beijing CBD Forum, the Conference on Capital's High-Level Opening-Up and Development of Foreign-Related Rule of Law will also be held. At this conference, Chaoyang District's political and legal authorities will release measures for protection of and services for enterprises and present their achievements in the precautions against foreign-related legal risks and the services for a business environment based on the rule of law. The Chaoyang Lawyers Association will release the Selected Typical Cases of Foreign-Related Legal Services in Chaoyang District. In addition, the Chaoyang District Foreign-Related Public Legal Service Station will also be inaugurated during the conference, as a move made to meet the growing demand for foreign-related legal services.

During the 2025 Beijing CBD Forum, the Beijing Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment will host the Overseas Sub-forum, where commercial envoys or important figures of investment promotion from key foreign destinations for overseas expansion (including Germany, Japan, Singapore, and Poland) will provide in-depth interpretations of the business environments and latest policies in their countries. Besides, numerous professional service providers specializing in policy, legal affairs, finance and other fields will jointly offer a "one-stop" comprehensive solution package at the forum.

(Source: The Beijing News)