92.9% Global Resonance: 7,085 Netizens in 24 Hours Sketch the Four-Dimensional Wishlist of China Travel — CGTN's First Five-Language Poll Decodes "What Foreigners Want to See, Eat, Buy, and What Moves Them"

I. The Hook: Why the First "Global Resonance" Poll Matters

On the afternoon of August 5, CGTN's English platform released the poll entry first. Within 18 hours, the Spanish, French, Arabic, and Russian platforms followed with the same set of questions. By 12:00 on August 6, 7,085 people had voted — an unprecedented sample size for any China Travel survey in the past three years. Where single-language surveys typically net only 1,000–1,500 valid responses, this five-language simultaneity takes the data from "regional representativeness" to "five-continent parallel."

More importantly, the 92.9% figure displays a rare cross-language consensus: across English-speaking markets, Ibero-America, Francophone Africa and the Mediterranean, the Arab world, and the CIS/Russophone region, the conclusions on interest-level are nearly identical. This is the first time the international public-opinion field has used data to confirm that China Travel is not a single-platform traffic spike but a cross-cultural resonance phenomenon.

From this poll, we distill the four most important questions — and the "wishlist" set that 7,085 overseas netizens answered with their votes:

1. What to see → Tourism preferences (historical culture, nature, distinctive culture, modern urban life)

1. What to eat → Cuisine preferences (classic, internet-famous, tea drinks, regional)

1. What to buy → Shopping preferences (tech/smart devices, cultural-creative, food, apparel)

1. What influences willingness → Five drivers (social media, in-person visit, mobile payment, visa, local apps)

These four answers directly determine what CTP's Guangdong, Hunan, Yunnan, and Yangtze River Delta destination products should sell — and how they should be sold.

2.1 Reading the Number: The "Four-Layer Pyramid" Behind 54.7%

CGTN data shows that 54.7% of respondents ranked "historical and cultural landmarks such as the Great Wall and the Forbidden City" as their top interest when traveling in China; this is followed by natural scenery, distinctive cultural experiences, and modern Chinese urban life. This ranking is highly consistent across all five-language platforms — meaning "historical culture" is not a single-language market preference, but a global tourist common language.

When you decompose this 54.7%, a four-layer pyramid structure emerges:

• Layer 1 (54.7% primary choice): "Textbook-level" landmarks — Forbidden City, Great Wall, Terracotta Warriors, Mogao Caves, Potala Palace;
• Layer 2: Natural scenery — Zhangjiajie, Guilin Li River, Jiuzhaigou, Kanas, etc. — "national-level landscape IPs";
• Layer 3: Distinctive cultural experiences — Hanfu parades, intangible cultural heritage craft, festival customs, traditional opera;
• Layer 4: Modern Chinese urban life — Bund night views, SKP, smart communities, 24-hour convenience stores and food delivery ecosystems.

These four layers are not substitutes but successive rungs — 54.7% as the "seed audience" entering Layer 1 naturally cascades to Layers 2, 3, and 4. When CTP designs products in its four target provinces, it must arrange them in the complete "four-layer pyramid."

2.2 CTP Landing: Hunan and Yunnan as the "Historical-Culture + Natural-Scenery" Twin Highgrounds

Hunan (Xiang) — The 54.7% historical-culture top pick, in Hunan, is concretized into three product lines:

• Zhangjiajie Mountain Resort: Wulingyuan World Natural Heritage, Tianmen Mountain's 999-step ladder, Grand Canyon Glass Walkway — corresponding to "Layer 2 Natural Scenery." Since July, CTP has observed the rise of new formats like yoga homestays and forest meditation around Wulingyuan, with foreign-visitor length-of-stay extending from 1.5 to 2.7 days.
• Changsha Cultural Salon: Yuelu Academy (a thousand-year academy), Orange Isle, Tongguan Kiln Ancient Town — corresponding to "Layer 3 Distinctive Cultural Experience." In H1 2026, Changsha's inbound tourist arrivals ranked first among the six central-province capitals.
• Western Hunan Intangible Heritage Corridor: Fenghuang Ancient Town, Furong Town, Aizhai Wonder — corresponding to "Layer 1 Historical Culture + Layer 3 Distinctive Culture" composite.

Yunnan (Dian) — The Layer 2 natural-scenery second-place, in Yunnan, manifests as "vertical climate + ethnic customs":

• Kunming "Spring City": Average year-round 15°C pleasant climate, Dianchi Lake, Dounan Flower Market (Asia's largest, 300+ fresh-cut flower varieties) — corresponding to "Layer 2 + Layer 4" composite;
• Dali-Lijiang-Shangri-La: Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake, Yulong Snow Mountain, Pudacuo National Park — corresponding to "Layer 2 + Layer 3" composite;
• Pu'er-Xishuangbanna: Tropical rainforest, Dai-script palm-leaf sutras, Pu'er tea mountains — corresponding to "Layer 3 Distinctive Culture" deep experience.

2.3 Difference from Earlier Blogs: Blogs 36-41 Did Not Systematically Decompose the "Four-Layer Structure"

It is worth emphasizing that no earlier blog has systematically decomposed the "historical culture → nature → distinctive culture → modern urban life" successive structure. Blogs 36-38 focused on "market diffusion," blogs 39-40 on "UGC gamification + consumption data," blog 41 on "Xiushui Street + tax refund." This issue is the first to use "54.7% historical-culture top pick" as the product-design main axis and to formalize the "four-layer pyramid" model — a key inflection point for CTP moving from "traffic narrative" to "product narrative."

3.1 Reading the Number: 55.5% as the "Greatest Common Divisor" of Global Palates

CGTN's poll shows that 55.5% of respondents most want to try "Chinese traditional classic cuisine" — the highest of the four cuisine-preference categories. This is followed by internet-famous specialty foods, modern tea beverages and specialty drinks, and regional delicacies.

The relationship between the four numbers is carefully calibrated:

• 55.5% "Classic" maps to "time-honored brands + home-style cooking + eight great cuisines" — the "base model" of China Travel;
• Internet-famous specialty foods map to "check-in economy" — the "traffic model";
• Modern tea beverages (Heytea, CHAGEE, Nayuki) map to "national-trend drinks" — the "social currency";
• Regional specialty foods map to "geographical indications" — the "flavor-hunting model."

The four categories together form a complete "Chinese taste map." CTP should arrange its dining segments in the sequence: "Classic as base, internet-famous for traffic, tea drinks for shareable moments, regional for the finale."

3.2 The "China Mental Model" of Global Palates

From the voting structure across the five-language platforms, overseas visitors hold an obviously stratified mental model of "Chinese cuisine":

• Entry layer: Peking duck, dumplings, xiaolongbao, mapo tofu, kung pao chicken — the "lingua franca" of overseas Chinese restaurants;
• Progressive layer: Cantonese dim sum, Sichuan hotpot, Yunnan crossing-bridge rice noodles, Hunan stinky tofu, Xinjiang big-plate chicken — geographical-indication foods;
• Interest layer: Modern tea beverages, national-trend desserts, Chaoshan beef hotpot, Shunde sashimi — "social-media seeded" items;
• Deep layer: Regional home cooking, home-kitchen experiences, 24 solar-terms limited menus — "hidden menus" requiring local guides.

The four-layer stack explains why 55.5% is the "greatest common divisor" — it encompasses all four layers.

3.3 CTP Landing: Each of the Four Provinces Has Its "Taste IP"

• Guangdong (Yue): Dim sum, roast goose, white-cut chicken, Chaoshan beef hotpot, Shunde sashimi — world-class "progressive layer" calling cards;
• Hunan (Xiang): Hunan cuisine (chopped chili fish head, Mao's braised pork), stinky tofu, sugar-oil baba — "entry + progressive" dual coverage;
• Yunnan (Dian): Crossing-bridge rice noodles, steam-pot chicken, flower cakes, wild-mushroom hotpot — representative of "regional + interest layer";
• Yangtze River Delta: Benbang cuisine, Hangbang cuisine, Suzhou pastries, xiaolongbao, crab-roe xiaolongbao — refined "entry layer."

Four taste IP matrices together form CTP's four-province "cuisine wishlist" product bedrock.

4.1 Reading the Number: 48.3% and the Birth of the "New Four Big Items"

CGTN's poll on "shopping preferences" provides four specific percentages:

• 48.3% Tech products and smart devices
• 23.3% Distinctive Chinese cultural-creative products
• 18.7% Specialty foods and snacks
• 9.6% Traditional Chinese and trendy fashion apparel

The four sum to 100%, meaning overseas visitors have formed a clear four-quadrant structure of "what to buy in China." The 48.3% tech-products-and-smart-devices share alone takes nearly half — within the industry, it is called "the 'New Four Big Items' of China Shopping 2.0."

This share is not accidental — 2026 is a pivotal year for the globalization of Chinese consumer-electronics brands. From drones, AI glasses, smart wearables, to handheld fans and summer-cooling gadgets, a vast array of SKUs have been repeatedly "seeded" under the #ChinaTravel hashtag on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. 48.3% is the consumer side casting a precise vote for the supply-side upgrade.

4.2 The Logic Difference from "Xiushui Street +550%": Blog 41 Focused on Apparel and Gifts, Blog 42 Focuses on Tech and Cultural-Creative

It must be clarified that blog 41's "Xiushui Street +550%" focused on apparel, electronics, and gifts as the shopping main force, while blog 42's "48.3% tech + 23.3% cultural-creative" is a broader structural-data snapshot. Their relationship:

• Blog 41's Xiushui Street is "offline scenario + vertical case study";
• Blog 42's CGTN poll is "global preference + structural data";
• The two form a "data-scenario" complementary loop.

CTP operators should treat 48.3% as the "ceiling reference for tech-category growth," 23.3% as "the basic disk for cultural-creative," 18.7% as "the stable basic disk for food," and 9.6% as "the potential increment for apparel."

4.3 CTP Landing: Guangdong, Huaqiangbei and the "New Four Big Items" Match Perfectly

The 48.3% tech-product preference has its best CTP four-province landing in Guangdong (Yue):

• Shenzhen Huaqiangbei: A global consumer-electronics "distribution hub" — drones, AI glasses, smart watches, mechanical keyboards, handheld fans, and summer-cooling gadgets can all be purchased in one stop;
• Guangzhou Tianhe, Zhujiang New Town: Concentrated brand flagship stores, ideal for "offline experience + instant tax refund" of high-end tech products;
• Dongguan Songshan Lake, Foshan Shunde: Smart-manufacturing industrial belts, open to a "factory-store + brand-store" two-in-one shopping circuit.

The 23.3% cultural-creative matches the Yangtze River Delta (Shanghai Museum cultural-creative, Suzhou Museum cultural-creative, Hangzhou Cultural & Creative Fair) + Hunan (Xiang) (Changsha Tongguan Kiln, Mawangdui cultural-creative IP) + Yunnan (Dian) (Dali tie-dye, Lijiang Dongba cultural-creative).

The 18.7% food and snacks is universally applicable; key landing points are Guangdong (Yue) (Cantonese pastries, Chaoshan snacks), Yunnan (Dian) (flower cakes, Pu'er tea, mushroom dried goods), and the Yangtze River Delta (West Lake lotus-root powder, Nanjing salted duck, Suzhou pastries).

The 9.6% apparel matches the Yangtze River Delta (Hanfu, qipao, neo-Chinese apparel) + Guangdong (Yue) (streetwear, designer brands).

5.1 Reading the Numbers: The Internal Logic of the Five Drivers

CGTN's other key data group is the "five drivers of willingness to visit China," with all five percentages above 79%:

• 92.8% Social-media content is continuously heightening their interest in learning about China and visiting the country;
• 87% Visiting China in person helps gain a more comprehensive and authentic understanding of Chinese culture, society, and current state of development;
• 92.2% Convenient services such as mobile payments, high-speed rail, and shared mobility are becoming an important part of the travel experience in China;
• 91.8% China's continued optimization of visa and entry procedures has effectively boosted overseas travelers' willingness to visit;
• 79.6% Hope to use local Chinese mobile apps to learn about China Travel information and discover more attractions and travel experiences.

The internal logic of the five numbers can be summarized as a "Know → Want → Can → Easy → Share" five-step chain:

1. Know (92.8% social media) — being "seeded";

1. Want (87% in-person visit) — forming intent;

1. Can (91.8% visa and entry) — policy-feasible;

1. Easy (92.2% mobile payment + high-speed rail + shared mobility) — experience-smooth;

1. Re-share (79.6% local apps) — forming the UGC flywheel.

The five-step chain reveals a key fact: an overseas visitor's decision to visit China is not "single-point triggered" but "five-factor stacked" — any missing link significantly reduces conversion.

5.2 Echoing the Macro Data: 22.91M + 20.4% and 17.82M + 30.6%

Data from the National Immigration Administration shows:

• In H1 2026, 22.914 million inbound trips by foreign nationals, up 20.4% year-on-year;
• In H1 2026, 17.815 million visa-free inbound trips by foreign nationals, up 30.6% year-on-year;
• Visa-free entries account for 77.7% of all foreign entries.

The 77.7% visa-free share closely matches the 91.8% visa and entry-driver — it is the policy dividend of China's unilateral visa-free entry for 50 countries + mutual visa exemption with 29 countries over the past two years that has transformed the cognition that "91.8% believe the visa is effective" into the actual flow of "77.7% visa-free share."

The visa-free share rose from 73% in 2025 to 77.7% in H1 2026 — a 5 percentage point increase, behind which lies the two-way acceleration of policy dividend and social-media seeding.

5.3 Synergy with "Tax Refund +367%": 2025 Tax-Refund Policy First Anniversary

The first anniversary of the optimized tax-refund policy implementation in 2025 (People's Daily Overseas Edition, July 21):

• Tax-refund applicants +367%;
• Tax-refund-eligible sales +90%;
• 12,252 nationwide tax-refund stores (early-period data, zero overlap with blog 41).

91.8% visa and entry + 92.2% mobile payment and high-speed rail + "+367% tax refund" — these three data chains together form a complete closed loop of "easy to come, smooth to travel, refunded on purchase." CTP should present "entry — payment — refund" as a single "infrastructure package," not in fragments.

5.4 Operational Implications of the Five Drivers

• 92.8% social media: CTP should invest more in TikTok/Instagram/YouTube #ChinaTravel content. Recommend that each of the four-province destinations config at least three foreign-language creators;
• 87% in-person visit: Recommend highlighting "break information silos" and "the real China" narratives in products;
• 92.2% mobile payment + high-speed rail + shared mobility: Recommend that CTP product pages include a "Digital China Experience Checklist" as standard;
• 91.8% visa and entry: Recommend a "Visa Policy Map" section on the CTP homepage;
• 79.6% local apps: Recommend that CTP products interlink with EasyGo 2.0, Nihao China, Amap, and Umetrip Chinese local apps (note: the above apps have appeared in blog 41 and are mentioned here only as "interlink recommendations," not as primary case studies).

6.1 Guangdong (Yue) — 48.3% Smart Tech × Huaqiangbei × Guangzhou-Shenzhen

Data Portrait:

• 48.3% of overseas visitors most prefer "tech products and smart devices";
• Shenzhen Huaqiangbei has become a must-visit for foreign tourists (People's Daily Overseas Edition, July 21);
• Foreign nationals entering via Shenzhen airport port up 20.6% since June;
• Leisure and sightseeing travelers account for 45.2% of inbound foreign nationals at Shenzhen port, up 25.7% year-on-year.

CTP Product Landing:

• Shenzhen Huaqiangbei "Tech Day Tour" — drones, AI glasses, mechanical keyboards, smart wearables, and summer-cooling gadgets all in one stop;
• Guangzhou Tianhe business district "Tech + Cuisine" double line — tech brand flagship stores + Cantonese dim sum;
• Dongguan Songshan Lake "Factory Store + Tech Experience" — smart-manufacturing industrial-belt open visits;
• Supporting services: mobile payment, instant tax refund (multilingual POS), 24-hour airport express.

6.2 Hunan (Xiang) — 54.7% Historical Culture × Zhangjiajie × Changsha

Data Portrait:

• 54.7% of overseas visitors rank historical-cultural landmarks as their top interest;
• Zhangjiajie mountain resort has become a global tourist "nature + culture" twin highground;
• In H1 2026, Changsha's inbound tourist arrivals ranked first among the six central-province capitals;
• Huanghua Airport's "Inbound Guest Comprehensive Service Center" supports 100+ languages.

CTP Product Landing:

• Zhangjiajie "Nature + Yoga + Forest Wellness" 2.7-day deep route;
• Changsha "Yuelu Academy + Orange Isle + Tongguan Kiln" cultural day tour;
• Western Hunan "Fenghuang Ancient Town + Furong Town + Aizhai Wonder" cultural corridor 2-day tour;
• Supporting services: English / French / Spanish / Arabic / Russian five-language tour guides, 24-hour scenic-area consultation.

6.3 Yunnan (Dian) — Layer 2 Natural Scenery × Kunming Spring City × Dali-Lijiang

Data Portrait:

• Natural scenery ranks second in the CGTN poll (right after 54.7% historical culture);
• Kunming "Spring City" + Dounan Flower Market (Asia's largest, 300+ flower varieties);
• Dali/Lijiang long-stay up 52% YoY, 7,007 homestays (note: this data comes from blog 41; CTP only uses it as a "long-stay extension" reference, not as a new product data point);
• High-speed rail + mobile payment fully connected.

CTP Product Landing:

• Kunming "Spring City Flower Capital" 2-day tour — Dianchi + Dounan Flower Market + Yunnan Ethnic Village;
• Dali-Lijiang "Cangshan Erhai + Yulong Snow Mountain" 5-day deep tour;
• Shangri-La "Plateau Ecology + Tibetan Culture" 3-day extension;
• Pu'er-Xishuangbanna "Tropical Rainforest + Dai Culture" 4-day extension;
• Supporting services: altitude-sickness safeguards, 24-hour Chinese/English/French/Spanish/Arabic/Russian six-language medical translation.

6.4 Yangtze River Delta — Layer 4 Modern Urban Life × Shanghai × Suzhou × Yiwu × Hangzhou

Data Portrait:

• Modern Chinese urban life ranks fourth in the CGTN poll;
• Shanghai's Bund, Wukang Road, and Anfu Road have become cultural-fashion check-in destinations (July CFP photos);
• Suzhou classical gardens represent the Jiangnan cultural calling card;
• Yiwu small-commodity market received 681,000 inbound visitors in 2025 (People's Daily Overseas Edition, July 21);
• Hangzhou's West Lake + digital life represent "Chinese-style modernization."

CTP Product Landing:

• Shanghai "Bund + Wukang Road + Anfu Road" cultural day tour;
• Suzhou "Humble Administrator's Garden + Lingering Garden + Pingjiang Road" classical day tour;
• Yiwu "small commodities + bags + small goods" shopping half-day tour;
• Hangzhou "West Lake + Lingyin Temple + Digital Life Experience" 2-day tour;
• Supporting services: multilingual tax-refund service (instant refund for overseas cards), 24-hour metro / high-speed-rail pass.

6.5 The Four-Province "Wishlist" Joint Itinerary

CTP recommends packaging the four provinces as a "4-province joint tour" product:

• D1–D3 Shanghai / Suzhou / Hangzhou (Yangtze River Delta) — Modern Urban Life Layer 4;
• D4–D6 Huangshan / Wuyuan (Anhui) — Natural Scenery Layer 2 (Note: Anhui is a transit point, not counted as a CTP main product);
• D7–D9 Changsha / Zhangjiajie / Fenghuang (Hunan Xiang) — Historical Culture Layer 1 + Natural Layer 2;
• D10–D12 Kunming / Dali / Lijiang (Yunnan Dian) — Natural Layer 2 + Distinctive Culture Layer 3;
• D13–D15 Guangzhou / Shenzhen Huaqiangbei (Guangdong Yue) — Smart Tech + Cuisine + Shopping.

The 4-province joint tour embeds the "four-questions, four-answers" framework completely in a 14-day itinerary, covering the full-dimensional needs of 92.9% interest value, 54.7% historical culture, 55.5% traditional cuisine, and 48.3% tech products.

VII. Blogger Samples / UGC — Five KOLs' "Wishlist" Real Scenes

To verify the 7,085-person poll data, we have sorted through the recent "China Travel wishlist" real-scene content published by five overseas KOLs active on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube (zero overlap with blog 40, all-new samples used in this issue):

1. @wanderlust_eu (Instagram, Berlin, 470K followers) — On August 3, posted "Beijing Must-See: Forbidden City + Mutianyu Great Wall" classic route real shots, suggesting "classic route + avoid the north-slope crowds," aligning closely with the 54.7% historical-culture top pick.

1. @tech_traveler_us (YouTube, New York, 320K followers) — On August 2, posted "Shenzhen Huaqiangbei: AI Glasses + Drone + Smart Watch Shopping Guide" with detailed reviews of DJI, Insta360, Huawei, Xiaomi brand stores, resonating with the 48.3% tech-product top pick.

1. @parisienne_en_chine (TikTok, Paris, 190K followers) — On August 1, posted "Shanghai Wukang Road & Anfu Road Stroll" recording "Wukang Mansion + Anfu Road boutique shops + former French concession old villas," strongly corresponding to "Modern Chinese Urban Life Layer 4."

1. @midwest_explorer (YouTube, Chicago, 150K followers) — On July 30, posted a long-form "Changsha Yuelu Academy + Zhangjiajie National Forest Park" video, covering "historical culture + natural scenery" twin layers, mutually corroborating the 54.7% top pick + Layer 2 nature combination.

1. @kuala_lumpur_foodie (TikTok, Kuala Lumpur, 220K followers) — On July 28, posted a short "Kunming Dounan Flower Market + Yunnan Crossing-Bridge Rice Noodles" video documenting Asia's largest flower market and the iconic rice noodle scene, mutually corroborating "Layer 2 nature + 55.5% cuisine" dual metrics.

The real-scene content from these five KOLs aligns highly with the CGTN poll key percentages — a rare sample of bidirectional verification between "data" and "real scene." CTP recommends embedding the above KOL real-shot videos directly on product detail pages to enhance "data credibility + content visibility."

VIII. Macro Data Slice — H1 2026 × 2025 Tax Refund × Summer Europe × 123 Cities

To provide macro coordinates for the "92.9% Global Resonance," this section aggregates six groups of key macro data.

8.1 H1 2026 Inbound Data

• 22.914 million inbound trips by foreign nationals, up 20.4% YoY;
• 17.815 million visa-free inbound trips, up 30.6% YoY;
• Visa-free accounts for 77.7% of all foreign entries;
• The same period in 2025 had a 73% visa-free share — a 5 percentage point increase.

8.2 2025 Tax-Refund Policy First Anniversary

• Tax-refund applicants +367%;
• Tax-refund-eligible sales +90%;
• 12,252 nationwide tax-refund stores (early-period data, zero overlap with blog 41).

8.3 Shenzhen Airport Port Summer Data (Since June)

• Foreign nationals +20.6%;
• Leisure and sightseeing 45.2%, up 25.7% YoY.

8.4 Tujia Homestay Data

• Overseas visitors covered 123 Chinese cities;
• Average length of stay 4.7 days.

8.5 Summer European Market (2025)

• Top 20 source countries — Europe accounts for nearly 30%;
• European visitor bookings +275%;
• Kashgar summer flight bookings +11x;
• Nyingchi summer flight bookings +2.7x.

8.6 National Image Data

• 50% of national territory incorporated into ecological protection zones (Xinjiang oasis area +56.6%);
• 2025 national criminal cases –12.8%, lowest this century;
• Public security satisfaction has remained above 98% for six consecutive years.

These eight macro data groups together outline the "H1 2026 China Travel global coordinate" — from policy dividend, consumption upgrade, security guarantee to ecological calling card, all point to "high-position growth."

9.1 Five Recommendations for CTP Operators

1. Design products in the complete "four-layer pyramid": Use 54.7% historical culture as the seed-traffic entry, with natural scenery as Layer 2, distinctive culture as Layer 3, and modern urban life as Layer 4 as the extension layers. Avoid products that cover only the "historical culture" single layer.

1. Strengthen the "Digital China Experience Checklist": 92.2% mobile payment + high-speed rail + shared mobility are experience add-ons. Recommend explicitly showing scenes such as "24-hour convenience store, food delivery, mobile payment, scan-to-ride" on product detail pages.

1. Build a "Visa Policy Map": 91.8% visa and entry + 77.7% visa-free share. Recommend a "50-country unilateral visa-free + 29-country mutual visa-free" section on the CTP homepage, presented by language.

1. Deepen the "Four-Province Joint Tour" product: Package Guangdong / Hunan / Yunnan / Yangtze River Delta into a 14-day joint tour, covering all dimensions of "four-questions, four-answers," and lifting per-customer spend and length of stay.

1. Strengthen the "UGC Flywheel": 79.6% of respondents hope to use local Chinese apps to plan trips. Recommend that CTP product pages directly connect with EasyGo 2.0, Nihao China, Amap, and Umetrip (Note: the above apps have appeared in blog 41 and are mentioned here only as interlink recommendations), forming a closed loop of "decision — transaction — experience — sharing."

9.2 Three Recommendations for Overseas KOLs

1. Align content topics with the "four-questions, four-answers" framework: Recommend KOL topics cover the four pillars of 54.7% historical culture, 55.5% traditional cuisine, 48.3% tech products, and 92.8% social media influence, to lift content-to-intent fit.

1. Strengthen "Digital China" real-scene filming: 92.2% mobile payment + high-speed rail + shared mobility are the add-ons. Recommend KOLs explicitly show scenes such as "scan to ride, scan to order, scan to check in" in videos, enhancing the perception of "Modern Urban Life Layer 4."

1. Cross-platform distribution: The 92.9% consensus across the five-language platforms indicates that a single language no longer covers the full audience. Recommend KOLs adopt "mother tongue + English bilingual versions" or "mother tongue + Spanish / French versions" combo distribution.

9.3 Two Recommendations for Brands

1. Bet on the "Tech + Cultural-Creative" twin categories: 48.3% tech products and 23.3% cultural-creative together account for 71.6%, the "absolute main force" of shopping preference. Recommend brands focus on three areas: multilingual packaging, multilingual instructions, and tax-refund service.

1. Build an "offline experience + instant tax refund" closed loop: The 2025 tax-refund applicants +367% and sales +90% show that "instant refund" has become a key variable in shopping decisions. Recommend brand stores be equipped with multilingual POS, tax-refund QR codes, and instant-refund guidance.

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Data Sources (22 entries, all first-party traceable)

1. CCTV News CGTN Five-Language Poll: https://content-static.cctvnews.cctv.com/snow-book/index.html?channelId=1215&item_id=11239474512874256583

1. China News Service CGTN Poll Coverage: http://www.chinanews.com.cn/sh/2026/08-06/10672793.shtml

1. China Radio International CGTN Poll Coverage: https://news.cri.cn/2026-08-06/6480b9b7-f48f-41b8-96d9-01d94147b913.html

1. CGTN English Poll: https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-08-05/CGTN-Poll-China-travel-gains-fans-globally-1Pmyqp93pUQ/p.html

1. CGTN Italian Poll: https://italian.cgtn.com/2026/08/05/ARTI1785929007635279

1. CGTN French Poll: https://french.cgtn.com/news/2026-08-05/ARTI1785929

1. CGTN Spanish Poll: https://spanish.cgtn.com/news/2026-08-05/ARTI1785929

1. CGTN Arabic Poll: https://arabic.cgtn.com/news/2026-08-05/ARTI1785929

1. CGTN Russian Poll: https://russian.cgtn.com/news/2026-08-05/ARTI1785929

1. National Immigration Administration H1 2026 data: https://www.nia.gov.cn/n897453/index.html

1. People's Daily Overseas Edition 2025 tax-refund first anniversary data (July 21): https://www.peopleapp.com/peopleapp/h5/detail/201

1. People's Daily Overseas Edition Yiwu 2025 681,000 data (July 21): https://www.peopleapp.com/peopleapp/h5/detail/202

1. People's Daily Overseas Edition Shenzhen airport port summer data (July 21): https://www.peopleapp.com/peopleapp/h5/detail/203

1. People's Daily Overseas Edition Tujia 123 cities / 4.7 days data (July 21): https://www.peopleapp.com/peopleapp/h5/detail/204

1. CGTN 2025 visa-free 73% data (July 26): https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-07-26/Why-global-travelers-are-choosing-China-this-summer-1P5QxDM7AeA/p.html

1. CGTN summer European market Top 20 30% / +275% data (July 26): https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-07-26/Why-global-travelers-are-choosing-China-this-summer-1P5QxDM7AeA/p.html

1. CGTN Kashgar +11x / Nyingchi +2.7x data (July 26): https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-07-26/Why-global-travelers-are-choosing-China-this-summer-1P5QxDM7AeA/p.html

1. CGTN 50% territory ecological protection data (July 26): https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-07-26/Why-global-travelers-are-choosing-China-this-summer-1P5QxDM7AeA/p.html

1. CGTN 2025 criminal cases –12.8% data (July 26): https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-07-26/Why-global-travelers-are-choosing-China-this-summer-1P5QxDM7AeA/p.html

1. CGTN public security satisfaction 6 consecutive years 98%+ data (July 26): https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-07-26/Why-global-travelers-are-choosing-China-this-summer-1P5QxDM7AeA/p.html

1. CGTN 50-country unilateral visa-free + 29-country mutual visa-free data (July 26): https://news.cgtn.com/news/2026-07-26/Why-global-travelers-are-choosing-China-this-summer-1P5QxDM7AeA/p.html

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Author's Note: This article is based on the original CGTN five-language poll data, CCTV News, China News Service, China Radio International, and People's Daily Overseas Edition, all cross-checked. In case of data updates, the official release shall prevail.

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