In the first half of 2022 (H1), 393 first stores, flagship stores, and innovative concept stores were opened in Beijing. The number is basically the same as a year ago and is ahead of the rest of China. In terms of the types of first stores, Beijing added one global first store, 10 mainland China-based first stores, and 382 Beijing-based first stores. The high-end first stores involve domestic and foreign high-end brands of watches, collections, drinks, men's wear, ski gear and other sub-categories. JD.com’s first store of The J Shop in Beijing [Photo by cfbond.com] (Source: WeChat Official Account of “Window for Beijing CBD”)

The 2022 “Reading Beijing” gives full play to the role of the city’s public libraries at all levels in the cause of reading for all in Beijing. The event promotes reading culture and adds a new function to cultural life by focusing on the book list of “Read Beijing, Read Classics, and Go Ahead for the Future”. The event will fill the public wisdom and power, and allow reading to facilitate the construction of a national cultural center in Beijing. Since 2016, under the guidance of the Publicity Department of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee and the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Culture and Tourism, the “Reading Beijing – Capital Citizens Reading Series Cultural Activities” takes Beijing public libraries as the node to meet the new expectations of the spiritual and cultural life of the capital’s citizens. The activity vigorously creates a good atmosphere of love reading, reading good books and being good at reading in the whole society, and guides the general public…