Shanxi Culture and Tourism Ventures into Hawaii, Co-Creating a New Vision for Culture and Tourism Collaboration

The symposium was attended by Zhai Yongqing, Member of the Standing Committee of the Datong Municipal Committee and Deputy Mayor; Li Yongqiang, Deputy Mayor of Taiyuan City; Gao Xiquan, Member of the Standing Committee of the Jincheng Municipal Committee and Secretary of the Yangcheng County Party Committee; Jadie Goo, Director of the International Market Department of the Hawaii Tourism Authority; Josh Peters, Director of Hawaii Cultural Tourism Co., Ltd.; as well as representatives from tourism enterprises of both regions.

座谈会后，与会嘉宾共同参与“你好！中国”——2025中国冰雪旅游海外推广季美国专场活动。据了解，该活动由中国驻洛杉矶旅游办事处、中外文化交流中心、山西省文化和旅游厅等单位联合主办。

After the symposium, the attendees participated in the "Nihao! China"— The China Ice and Snow Tourism Overseas Promotion Season in the USA. It is reported that the event was jointly organized by the China National Tourist Office, Los Angeles, the Network of International Culturalink Entities (NICE), the Culture and Tourism Department of Shanxi Province, and other units.

精美文创、面食表演、非遗文化……活动现场，山西非遗文创品展台上摆满了各色精美的展品，在非遗互动区域，山西面食表演、剪纸体验和推光漆器展示吸引了众多美国友人的热情参与。正式活动环节中，山西文旅推介官对山西的冰雪主题文旅资源进行了精彩推介。山西非遗传承人王张龙现场展示了扯面、拉面、刀削面及吹面气球等精湛技艺，赢得了现场观众的阵阵掌声。

Exquisite cultural and creative products, noodle performances, and intangible cultural heritage... At the event, the Shanxi intangible cultural heritage and cultural creative products booth was filled with a variety of exquisite exhibits. In the intangible cultural heritage interactive area, Shanxi noodle performances, paper-cutting experiences, and polished lacquerware displays attracted enthusiastic participation from many American friends. During the formal event segment, the Shanxi cultural tourism promotion officer gave a captivating presentation on Shanxi's ice and snow-themed cultural tourism resources. Wang Zhanglong, a Shanxi intangible cultural heritage inheritor, demonstrated his superb skills in hand-pulled noodles, stretched noodles, knife-shaved noodles, and blowing noodle balloons on-site, winning rounds of applause from the audience.

此次山西文化旅游（夏威夷）系列活动，不仅加深了山西与夏威夷之间的文化旅游交流，更为两地文旅产业的繁荣发展注入了新的活力。

This series of Shanxi cultural tourism (Hawaii) activities not only deepened the cultural and tourism exchanges between Shanxi and Hawaii but also injected new vitality into the prosperous development of the cultural and tourism industries in both regions.