On Oct 28, Guilin was honored as the first city in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region to join the prestigious "Cities with Nature" platform, announced during the Convention on Biological Diversity COP16's eighth local governments and cities summit.
On Oct 21, the Guilin International Communication and Exchange Conference on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and the unveiling ceremony of the Guilin Returned Overseas Chinese Quality Health Service Center took place at Guilin Hospital of TCM.
The 18th UN Tourism/PATA Forum on Tourism Trends and Outlook opened in Guilin, Guangxi, on Oct 19, 2024, with around 120 experts and representatives from 25 countries, including the US, the UK, Germany, Russia, and Cambodia, in attendance.
The inbound tourism market in Guilin continues to heat up.
During the 2024 United Nations (UN) Chinese Language Day in Vienna, the Guilin World-Class Tourism City Promotion Conference was held on May 7, 2024.
This year's Guilin Marathon will kick off at 8:00 am on March 17 at the central square of Guilin.
The third International Forum on the Collection, Study, and Publication of Ancient Texts took place in Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, at the end of October.
A promotions conference for the Guilin Festival was held in Edinburgh in Scotland in the United Kingdom on Aug 6 - the first time the major arts festival had traveled overseas.