CCTV News (News Network): During this May Day holiday, the popularity of the cultural performance market continues to rise. While meeting the cultural needs of the public during the holiday, it also builds more new scenarios for cultural and tourism consumption.
This May Day holiday, the cultural performance market is full of vitality. According to preliminary statistics, the national performance box office reached 992 million yuan in the first three days of the holiday, far exceeding the same period last year.
In recent days, the National Academy of Arts has carefully planned a collection of outstanding classic works, launched 27 repertoire and 52 performances, bringing a cultural feast to the public. In Beijing, professional troupes such as the National Peking Opera Theater, the Central Opera House, and the Beijing People's Art Theater have all the best shows. From traditional national quintessence to world classics, the colorful stage works attract audiences from all over the country to watch.
Innovative new spaces for performing arts, immersive real-life performances, etc. have also performed well, becoming a new engine to leverage holiday consumption. The 2025 Shanghai Jing'an Drama Festival empowers the urban economy with the "drama + hundreds of industries" model. It not only integrates multiple professional theaters, more than 20 urban landmarks, and 14 street and town stages, but also links ten core business districts, more than 20 hotels, etc., and provides comprehensive cultural, commercial and tourism services.
The performance brought box office revenue and triggered a chain reaction of cultural and tourism consumption. Jiangsu Province is focusing on building a performing arts economy. In the first quarter of this year, Jiangsu Province held a total of 5,603 commercial performances, with box office revenue of 350 million yuan, and driven 1.94 billion yuan in cultural and tourism consumption such as transportation, catering, and accommodation. In recent days, real-life performance projects launched in Nanjing, Suzhou and other places have become popular, effectively driving the growth of surrounding consumption.
