China News Service, Nanning, November 14th (Lin Hao Ye Yutong) On the evening of November 13th, Zou Zhanye, Director of the Department of Commerce of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, said that the Guangxi Commerce Department supports Wuzhou City to use Xijiang Night Tour and other activities as a starting point to explore more new scenarios, new models and new business formats, accelerate the construction of an important strategic hinterland pilot area in the Greater Bay Area, and stimulate the vitality of consumption in the "Eastern Integration".
On the same day, the 2026 "Vibrant Night Guangxi" Carnival, Guangxi Premium Consumption Month Wuzhou Station and Xijiang Night Tour were launched simultaneously at Hexi Wharf and Qilou City in Wuzhou City, Guangxi. The two themed cruise ships of the "Ancient Tea Boat Road" and "Arcade Commercial Port" have officially made their maiden voyage, combining Xijiang night tours, arcade blocks and special product exhibitions to expand nighttime consumption scenarios.
Zou Zhanye introduced in his speech at the event that Wuzhou is an important birthplace of Lingnan culture. It enters Guangdong 30 kilometers along the river from Hexi Pier and has a natural and close connection with Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. The Guangxi commerce department will focus on the circulation link to support Wuzhou in upgrading platforms such as JD.com (Wuzhou) Digital Economy Industrial Park and Wuzhou Feitian E-commerce Public Innovation Park, and expand sales channels for "Wuzhou goodies" such as Liubao tea, Guiling paste, and soy milk.
In addition, the Guangxi Commerce Department supports Wuzhou City in lighting up the arcade city, innovating the linkage scene of food, accommodation, travel, shopping and entertainment, expanding the visibility of brand activities such as Liubao Tea Culture Festival and Gem Festival, creating unique business cards, renewing the "century-old commercial port" service consumption momentum, and building a regional consumption center city that gathers customers from all over the world.
Li Jianhua, director of the Department of Culture and Tourism of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, also said that this event is the first stop of this year's "Vibrant Night Guangxi" autumn and winter activities. The Guangxi cultural and tourism department will work with Wuzhou City to continue to improve the quality of nighttime cultural tourism, optimize the consumption environment, and transform nighttime popularity into market vitality.
Qiu Minghong, Secretary of the Wuzhou Municipal Party Committee, said that Wuzhou is one of the hometowns of Cantonese because of the intersection of three rivers and its prosperity due to water. Currently, Wuzhou is seizing the historical opportunity of the opening of the Pinglu Canal and accelerating the construction of the first city linked to the "two bays". With the sincerity and pragmatism of "listening to Wuzhou's advice" and the calmness and confidence of "Wuzhou presents wonderful things", it will invite more people to visit the arcades, tour the Xijiang River, taste Liubao, listen to Cantonese opera and taste delicious food.
According to reports, the Xijiang night cruise lasts about 50 minutes, with a total of six sections, connecting Wuzhou Yuanjiang Bridge, Guibei Pier, Longmu Temple and other coastal points. While taking a boat tour to see the night views on both sides of the Xijiang River, tourists can also experience the Liubao tea art in the cabin and learn about the history of the Wuzhou Tea Ship Ancient Road and the Liubao tea culture.
Echoing the night tour on the river, Wuzhou Qilou City simultaneously launched the "Following Wang Yangming's Night Tour in Wuzhou" immersive situational tour, arranging Cantonese opera night appreciation, magic juggling, theme parades and other programs.
As an important part of this event, the Guangxi Premium Consumption Month Wuzhou Station event adopts a combination of online and offline methods to focus on the exhibition and sales of Wuzhou Liubao tea, Beihai pearls, Qinzhou Nixing pottery, Hengzhou jasmine, Liuzhou snail noodles, Rongxian Shatian pomelo and other specialty products. The event also set up time-honored boutique collections, smart consumption and gemstone exhibition areas to display traditional crafts, robots, smart glasses, moissanite jewelry and other products, and promoted departure tax refund policies.
Next, Guangxi will launch a series of activities covering boutique shopping, special exhibitions and sales, gourmet consumption, etc., hold Wuzhou Liubao Tea Culture Festival, Guilin Rice Noodle Coffee Festival, Hezhou Supply and Marketing Fair and other activities, coordinate 100 million yuan to issue various consumer coupons, carry out prize invoice activities, and combine old trade-in, new car purchase subsidies and other policies to promote year-end consumption.
