How China is redesigning its digital welcome mat

中国如何重新设计其数字迎宾地毯

Round Table China

2026-02-13

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This Chinese New Year, why not let cinema inspire your China travel itinerary? As many international visitors still hit a digital wall, China is rolling out the welcome mat with new guidelines. How will it open its digital doors? On the show: Steve, Fei Fei & Yushun
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  • Discussion keeps the world turning.

  • China keeps rolling out the welcome mat with their visa-free travel policy, which is fantastic.

  • But once visitors arrive, they can hit a bit of a digital wall.

  • Foreign cards can run into trouble, apps can default to the Chinese-only version,

  • but new guidelines promise to fix all of this.

  • Will China finally let foreigners in?

  • digitally speaking.

  • After that, every year, on one single night, China gathers around the screen.

  • The Spring Festival Gala is part family ritual, part national heartbeat.

  • It's nostalgia.

  • It's spectacle.

  • It's about a billion people all tuned in together.

  • How did a TV show become like this?

  • We're going to talk about the night that China watches together.

  • Coming to you live from our studios in Beijing, this is Roundtable.

  • I'm Steve.

  • Thank you very much for being with us today.

  • For the show, I'm with Youshun and Fei-Fei.

  • First up.

  • China's visa-free policies are bringing more and more international visitors through the gates.