Recently, this year’s first Plenary  Meeting of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the CPC Yanqing District  Committee and the Yanqing District Leading Group for Improving Beijing’s  Role as the Center for International Exchanges was held. Yu Bo,  Secretary of the CPC Yanqing District Committee, Director of the Foreign  Affairs Committee of the CPC Yanqing District Committee, and Head of  the Yanqing District Leading Group for Improving Beijing’s Role as the  Center for International Exchanges, presided over the meeting. Ye Dahua,  Deputy Secretary of the CPC Yanqing District Committee and District  Mayor of Yanqing, Deputy Director of the Foreign Affairs Committee of  the CPC Yanqing District Committee, and First Deputy Head of the Yanqing  District Leading Group for Improving Beijing’s Role as the Center for  International Exchanges, attended the meeting.

The  meeting acknowledged the achievements made in Yanqing’s foreign affairs  work in the past year and stressed the need to think in big-picture  terms and maintain a strong sense of responsibility to effectively  conduct foreign affairs work this year. We must follow the guidance of  Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy, implement the decisions and plans of  the CPC Central Committee and the requirements of the CPC Beijing  Municipal Committee regarding foreign affairs work. The meeting called  for greater confidence, enhanced awareness of openness, and continued  efforts in the overall planning and coordination of foreign affairs work  across the district. Yanqing will further promote high-level and  in-depth interaction and cooperation with the outside world through  world-class standards, environment and services, and continuously  advance foreign affairs work to contribute to the development of Yanqing  as the most beautiful Winter Olympic city.

The  meeting emphasized the importance of enhancing quality and expanding  influence to further promote Yanqing’s reputation in foreign affairs.  Efforts should focus on leveraging the district’s three signature sites  of the Great Wall, the Beijing International Horticultural Expo Park and  the Yanqing Olympic zone, as well as tourist attractions such as Wild  Duck Lake, Longqing Gorge, and Yanqing Global Geopark of China to  strengthen the service capacity, brand influence, and outreach of  Yanqing’s foreign affairs work. The district will continue to tell  engaging stories of the Great Wall and, driven by the high-standard  development of the Badaling World-Class Great Wall Scenic Area, further  amplify and elevate the Great Wall as a “golden brand” for international  engagement. Greater efforts will be made to make full use of the legacy  of the International Horticultural Exhibition by integrating the  demonstration of ecological civilization achievements in the Expo Park  with foreign exchanges and interactions, aiming for win-win outcomes in  both heritage utilization and foreign affairs work. Yanqing will also  make good use of Winter Olympics legacy by enhancing international event  planning and improving market-oriented operations, as well  as comprehensively upgrade the park’s functions and services through  event hosting. The district will continue to promote the two flagship  sites of the Yanqing Global Geopark of China and Wild Duck Lake National  Wetland of International Importance and organize more geoscience  education and study tours to the Hundred-Mile Landscape  Gallery, creating more platforms for domestic and international academic  exchanges, scientific research, science popularization, and tourism  experiences.

The meeting stressed the  need to promote openness and development by fully leveraging the role  of foreign affairs. It called for advancing reform and development  through opening up, and continuously unlocking the potential of foreign  affairs in driving the district’s economic and social development.  Efforts will be intensified to expand openness in the culture and  tourism sectors. This includes better coordination of resources such as  cultural tourism, sports events, conventions and exhibitions, and  development of distinctive products that cater to the needs of  international visitors. International services for inbound tourists will  be further enhanced. In particular, the district will focus on  cultivating the “Great Wall Hero Pass” as a signature inbound tourism  brand. Through enhanced global outreach and marketing, the district aims  to inject fresh momentum into high-quality cultural and tourism  development with a stronger inbound tourism market. Yanqing will also  further optimize the utilization of foreign investment. This will  involve implementing the foreign investment access management system,  fostering an open and inclusive investment and trade environment, and  expanding international exchanges and cooperation in science and  technology. Greater efforts will be made to attract high-quality  innovation factors from home and abroad, including talent, technology,  and capital. To advance a broader agenda of opening up, Yanqing will  deepen its cooperation with institutions such as the China International  Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA), the Chinese People’s  Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), and  international organizations so as to attract more “small and beautiful”  and “specialized and refined” projects to the district.

The  meeting emphasized the importance of strengthening management and  fostering synergy to fully implement foreign affairs responsibilities.  The Regulations on Foreign Affairs Work at the Sub-National Level must  be thoroughly implemented at Yanqing District, with the Foreign Affairs  Committee of the CPC Yanqing District Committee playing a leading and  coordinating role in the overall planning of foreign affairs work.  To better coordinate development and security, it is essential to apply  a holistic approach to national security and ensure security and  stability in foreign-related matters. Strict compliance with foreign  affairs discipline must be enforced. The District Foreign Affairs Office  should strengthen its guidance and oversight of all foreign affairs  activities, while Party committees (Party leadership groups) of all  departments should seize the opportunity presented by the in-depth study  and implementation of the CPC Central Committee’s Eight-Point Decision  on Improving Party and Government Conduct to rigorously regulate all  foreign-related conduct. The aim is to enable high-standard foreign  affairs work to provide strong support for the district’s high-quality  and green development.

Main items on  the meeting’s agenda included conveying the guiding principles of the  Foreign Affairs Meeting of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee, the  Meeting of the Municipal Leading Group for Improving Beijing’s Role as  the Center for International Exchanges, the Meeting on People-to-People  Diplomacy of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the CPC Beijing Municipal  Committee, and the Municipal Conference on Foreign Affairs and Hong Kong  and Macao Affairs. The meeting reviewed the 2025 Key Tasks of the  Foreign Affairs Committee of the CPC Yanqing District Committee and the  Yanqing District Leading Group for Improving Beijing’s Role as the  Center for International Exchanges, and conducted a written  deliberation on the 2024 Work Report of the Foreign Affairs Committee of  the CPC Yanqing District Committee and the Yanqing District Leading  Group for Improving Beijing’s Role as the Center for International  Exchanges.