The Po Park Dongfang Baotai Shopping Plaza in the Tianhe Road Business Circle was included in the list of top 10 inbound consumer-friendly business circles for 2024, which was released during the Inclusion Conference on the Bund held in Shanghai from Sept 5-7.

The list was selected from more than 500 popular business circles from over 70 cities nationwide, with Solana Mall in Beijing's Sanlitun and Shanghai's Yu Garden also getting listed.

Attendees explore and capture moments at the 2024 Inclusion Conference on the Bund. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

According to Han Xinyi, president of Ant Group, the group launched the co-construction plan for the inbound consumer-friendly business circles in popular business circles nationwide by cooperating with its domestic and foreign partners, covering shopping plazas, scenic areas, landmarks, airports, subways, and railway stations.

In the six months since March this year, the consumption of inbound tourists has increased by six times year-on-year, as shown by the latest data from Alipay, a popular mobile payment tool launched by Ant Group and Alipay+ partners. The number of active users increased significantly, and that of active merchants rose twice.

The number of Alipay+ overseas wallet users who consumed discount coupons in China during the same period increased by 105 percent month-to-month.