New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins led a delegation to visit China from June 25 to 30, 2023. This was his first visit to China since taking office as Prime Minister and the first visit by a New Zealand Prime Minister to China since 2019. Accompanying him were Minister of Trade and Export Growth Damien O'Connor, Minister of Tourism Peeni Henare, as well as 29 business representatives. On June 25, 2023, in Beijing, New Zealand Prime Minister Hipkins (left) and New Zealand Ambassador to China Morton (right) disembarked from the plane. Photo source: VCG. On June 29, Hipkins held a special VIP reception dinner in Shanghai to honor representative companies that have made outstanding contributions to China-New Zealand trade. Feng Qiyun, Director and Chief Creative Officer of Dafeng Industrial, and Fang Bing, General Manager of Dafeng Digital Art Technology, attended the dinner on behalf of Dafeng. Attendees included political and business representatives from both countries in sectors such as tourism and education, with the aim of strengthening trade links between the two countries and promoting the development of China-New Zealand relations. New Zealand Prime Minister Hipkins (second from right), Sir Richard Taylor, founder of Weta (far right), Feng Qiyun, Director and Chief Creative Officer of Dafeng Industrial (second from left), and Fang Bing, General Manager of Dafeng Digital Art Technology (far left), posed for a group photo at the dinner. Based on its globally leading capabilities in industry planning and creativity, technology research and development, and integrated implementation, Dafeng has become an important partner of New Zealand's "national treasure" Weta Workshop. The two sides will work together globally to build an industrial ecosystem, create digital art application scenarios, strengthen industrial cooperation, and form stronger innovation capabilities...
New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins led a delegation to visit China from June 25 to 30, 2023. This was his first visit to China since taking office as Prime Minister and the first visit by a New Zealand Prime Minister since 2019. In addition to Trade and Export Growth Minister Damien O'Connor and Tourism Minister Pinny Hennell, the delegation included 29 business representatives.
On June 25, 2023, in Beijing, New Zealand Prime Minister Hipkins (left) and New Zealand Ambassador to China Morton (right) stepped off the plane. Image source: Visual China
On June 29, Hipkins specially held a VIP reception dinner in Shanghai to welcome representative companies that have made outstanding contributions to China-Singapore trade. Feng Qiyun, Director and Chief Creative Officer of Dafeng Industrial, and Fang Bing, General Manager of Dafeng Digital Art Technology, attended on behalf of Dafeng. Attendees included political and business representatives from various sectors such as tourism and education from both countries, aiming to strengthen trade ties between the two countries and promote the development of China-Singapore relations.
New Zealand Prime Minister Hipkins (second from right), Sir Richard Taylor, founder of Weta (far right), Feng Qiyun (second from left), Director and Chief Creative Officer of Dafeng Industrial, and Fang Bing (far left), General Manager of Dafeng Digital Technology (first from left), pose for a group photo at the dinner
Based on its globally leading industry planning and creativity, technological R&D, and integrated implementation capabilities, Dafeng has become an important partner of New Zealand's "national treasure" enterprise—Weta Workshop. Both parties will jointly build an industrial ecosystem worldwide, create digital art application scenarios, strengthen industry cooperation and cooperation, and form an industrial chain with greater innovation, higher added value, and a safer and more reliable industrial chain.
Weta Studio
Weta Studio, located in Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, mainly serves the film and physical entertainment industries, and has won over 50 international awards, including six Oscar awards. Weta Studio has participated in over 60 classic film and television works, including the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, The Hobbit trilogy, "King Kong," "Avatar," "Narnia," and "World of Warcraft," specializing in film concept design, world-building, and physical effects.
In the world's largest standalone duty-free store—Haikou International Duty-Free City project—Dafeng and New Zealand's Weta Studio have worked seamlessly and innovated, empowering commercial scenes with digital art and leading the transformative transformation of commercial consumption scenarios. This has achieved a deep dialogue between top international artistic creativity and domestic cultural, commercial, and tourism scenario innovation, earning high recognition and attention from the New Zealand government.
Haikou International Duty Free City "Skyline Secret Forest" themed atrium
At the dinner, Hipkins highly praised the Chinese business representatives present for their long-standing contributions to promoting China-Singapore economic and trade cooperation. In his speech, Hipkins especially praised Dafeng's collaboration with Weta Studio for bringing a brand-new cultural experience to the commercial center through the Haikou International Duty Free City Digital Atrium. The New Zealand government hopes that Dafeng's innovative development will further deepen China-New Zealand economic and trade cooperation, making greater contributions to complementary strengths and joint growth in the cultural, sports, and tourism industries of both countries.
New Zealand Prime Minister Hipkins delivered a speech at the dinner
A hundred boats compete to flow, and those who strive to row take the lead. Dafeng is seizing new opportunities in economic globalization, actively integrating into the new dual circulation development pattern, continuously strengthening exchanges and cooperation with the global cultural, sports, and tourism industries, coordinating domestic and international innovation resources, and striving toward becoming a globally leading integrated solution provider for the cultural, sports, and tourism industry.
