The E-Town Spring Festival Gala and the 2023 E-Town Role Model award ceremony were held at the Beijing Smart Esports Event Center on Jan 30, 2024.

Performers of the E-Town Spring Festival Gala pose for a group photo. [Photo/beijingetown.com.cn]

The theme of this year's E-Town Spring Festival Gala is "Embracing the New Year with a Vigorous Spirit, Charting a New Chapter for E-Town's Progress." 

The gala featured 14 exciting programs, including songs and dances, a language category, and poetry recitation.

The audience clap their hands with excitement. [Photo/beijingetown.com.cn]

The E-Town Spring Festival Gala kicked off with a dance titled "Joyful Spring is Here" performed by students from the BDA School of the High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China.

The dance of "Joyful Spring is Here" [Photo/beijingetown.com.cn]

The debut of digital "Yi Qi", a "new talent" introduced to E-Town, was warmly welcomed by the audience with cheers. 

The performance of the song "As You Wish" [Photo/beijingetown.com.cn]

Having shone brightly at the HICOOL 2023 Global Entrepreneurs Summit in 2023, the digital "Yi Qi" presented a song titled "As You Wish" with an enterprise representative.

On stage, Li Jing and Li Han, artists from the Beijing E-Town Federation of Literary and Art Circles, introduced the achievements of E-Town through a cross-talk performance titled "The Song of Flowers." 

Representatives of foreign talents working in E-Town delivered New Year's wishes through the song "Rising to the Future."

The creative dance "Electric Light and Flint" [Photo/beijingetown.com.cn]

The collision of professional groups and high-quality programs infused the E-Town Spring Festival Gala with a strong festive atmosphere. 

The creative dance "Electric Light and Flint" by the China Oriental Performing Arts Group Street Dance Troupe showcased the fusion of technology and art, igniting the passion of the audience. As an artistic group in E-Town, performers from the China Acrobatics Troupe captivated the audience with a spectacular acrobatic performance titled "Charming Opera Actress."

The acrobatic performance of "Charming Opera Actress" [Photo/beijingetown.com.cn]

This year's E-Town Spring Festival Gala marked the first collaboration with internal and external units.

Representatives from the Youth Entrepreneurship Association in Pinggu district, Yongding town in Mentougou district, Nanjiao township in Fangshan district, Wulan Mulqin Right Banner in Sunite Right Banner, Bairin Right Banner, and the 14th Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, along with young singers from the China Oriental Performing Arts Group, performed the song "I Cannot See You Enough, Beautiful China".

Finally, the Spring Festival Gala concluded with the songs "Song of the New Era" and "Unforgettable Tonight."

To enable those unable to attend the live performance to enjoy the cultural feast, Beijing E-Town used nine ultra-high-definition 8K screens and the largest naked-eye 3D screen in Beijing for the full live broadcast of the E-Town Spring Festival Gala.

The light show illuminates the night in E-Town [Photo/beijingetown.com.cn]

Meanwhile, outside the venue of the E-Town Spring Festival Gala, there was also a lot of excitement activities. 

In the park of the Beijing Smart Esports Event Center, a carefully crafted light show illuminated the night in E-Town, and the E-Town New Year Market also opened to welcome visitors.