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The Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Consumption Season kicked off at Beijing's SOLANA recently, launching consumer activities throughout the year centered around 14 distinctive themes such as catering consumption and holiday consumption.

New designs, products, and technologies from Chinese and foreign fashion brands will be on full display in China Fashion Week and Beijing Fashion Week scheduled for March and September respectively.

The Global Premiere Festival will be held from April to June in collaboration with global premiere centers, commercial complexes, art galleries, theaters, and convention centers throughout the city, with several new product premieres, debut shows, and exclusive exhibitions and performances to be hosted.

A series of promotional activities will be held along the "Strolling Beijing" themed tour routes from April to September and will promote a variety of classic tour routes and organize themed experience activities.

Special food markets and food tasting activities will be unveiled during Beijing International Gourmet Festival from May to September.

The 2nd Beijing International Cultural and Tourism Consumption Expo will be launched in June to promote the integrated development of the entire cultural and tourism industry chains. Beijing Digital Economy Experience Week will also kick off at this time, featuring themed activities related to digital technology and information consumption experiences to promote new applications and creating demonstration scenarios.

Beijing Live-Streaming E-Commerce Shopping Festival will take place from June to July with online live-streaming promotional activities, offline thematic sales exhibitions, among others.

The 15-Minute Quality Life Festival is scheduled to take place from June to October, combining specialty catering, community fresh food, and other business formats to introduce convenient service themed activities to local residents.

A series of activities featuring the authentic time-honored brands will be rolled out from June to November to celebrate the anniversaries of the capital's time-honored brands and promote their innovative products.

The Beijing International Yanjing Beer Culture Festival is a special summer consumer experience and cultural event slated for July.  

Beijing Sports Consumption Festival will be held in August, launching an offline carnival at the main venue.

The 12th Beijing People Beneficial Cultural Consumption Season will roll out from August to October with a series of cultural events to benefit the public.

The Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival will be held from September to October.

The Golden Autumn Auction Season for Cultural Relics and Fine Art will take place from September to December.

(Source: The Beijing News)