Chimelong

Founded in 1989, Chimelong Group is a large cultural tourism group integrating theme parks, resort hotels, cultural performances, specialty catering, business exhibitions, and science education. The group adheres to cultural tourism as its core industry, with the vision of becoming a leading national cultural tourism brand. After 34 years of development, it has successfully built two national-level cultural tourism resorts - Guangzhou Chimelong Tourist Resort and Zhuhai Hengqin Chimelong International Ocean Resort, with a total of six theme parks, eight resort hotels (with over 10,000 rooms), and three international circus theaters. The group's third resort, Qingyuan Chimelong Resort themed on forest animals, is under construction. Chimelong Group has now become one of the world's leading theme park groups, receiving over 40 million visitors annually. Adhering to the corporate mission of "creating happiness and passing on happiness" and upholding the values of "innovation, dedication, sincerity, and pragmatism," the Chimelong brand is deeply loved by tourists both at home and abroad.
Guangzhou Chimelong Tourist Resort is China's first one-stop comprehensive tourist resort to win the "Best Theme Park in the World" award. As the largest comprehensive theme tourist resort under Chimelong Group, it features Chimelong Safari Park, Chimelong Paradise, Chimelong Water Park, Chimelong Birds Park, Chimelong International Circus, and multiple top-tier hotels including Chimelong Hotel, Chimelong Panda Hotel, and Chimelong Xiangjiang Hotel. As a comprehensive resort with the largest number and highest standard of theme parks in China, it is also among the first national 5A scenic spots, a national cultural industry demonstration base, a national tourism technology demonstration park, and a national nighttime cultural tourism consumption cluster. Known as "China's most popular one-stop tourist destination" and "Guangzhou's city card," it once represented Asia and won the top three in the "Best Theme Park in the World" award by the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA), achieving a breakthrough for mainland China's theme parks in this industry's top honor. Since 2008, Guangzhou Chimelong Tourist Resort has received over 10 million visitors annually, with over 21 million in 2019, ranking among international theme attractions. It has created more than 10,000 jobs and directly driven economic development in surrounding areas. Chimelong's tourism projects and products have won wide acclaim and industry recognition, making the Chimelong brand deeply rooted in people's hearts. Guangzhou Chimelong Tourist Resort has become one of the top choices for out-of-town visitors to Guangzhou for vacations, sightseeing, and healthy cultural life.
Zhuhai Hengqin Chimelong International Ocean Resort is a comprehensive ocean-themed tourist resort. Located in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, within the Hengqin Guangdong-Macao Deep Cooperation Zone, it integrates theme parks, resort hotels, cultural performances, business exhibitions, dining, and leisure. The resort consists of Chimelong Ocean Kingdom, Chimelong Spaceship, Hengqin International Circus City, Chimelong Theatre, Hengqin Bay Hotel, Penguin Hotel, Circus Hotel, Spaceship Hotel, and Yinghai Hotel Apartments. Among them, Chimelong Ocean Kingdom has set seven Guinness World Records and won the "Outstanding Achievement Award for Theme Parks" from the TEA in 2014, marking the first time a Chinese theme park received this industry's "Oscar"-level honor. In 2017 and 2018, it also won TEA awards for its "5D Castle Cinema" and "Ocean Night Float Parade." Chimelong Spaceship, which began trial operations on September 16, 2023, also set seven Guinness World Records, and its motion cinema attraction "Bermuda Adventure" won the TEA Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement. In addition, the China International Circus Festival has been successfully held seven times at the resort; Chimelong Hengqin Bay Hotel won the "Leading Themed Hotel" in the World Travel Awards (WTA) for 2014-2015 and the "Best Themed Hotel" in the TTG China Travel Awards for 2019-2020.
Qingyuan Chimelong International Forest Resort is a forest-animal tourism destination. As Chimelong Group's third resort after Guangzhou and Zhuhai, it brings together top domestic and international creativity, meticulously crafting a forest tourism resort that integrates theme parks, eco-hotels, cultural performances, and dining and leisure. Leveraging the regional advantages and unique ecological resources of Qingyuan, a green capital in Lingnan, the project has successfully conserved over 500 species and more than 10,000 wild animals, showcasing the beauty of nature, ecology, and large populations. The first phase, "Chimelong Animal Forest Paradise," with its vast terrain, rich landscapes, and diverse animal populations, features innovative viewing modes that lead the world, along with a distinctive giraffe-themed hotel, creating a unique immersive experience of "food, accommodation, travel, entertainment, shopping, and recreation." The "Chimelong Great Animal Forest Self-Drive" area offers a 70-kilometer circular driving route through the forest, recreating magnificent natural ecosystems, allowing visitors to explore wild landscapes and animal habitats, and experience the green mountains and clear waters and historical culture of Lingnan, providing an unforgettable unique experience. Qingyuan Chimelong practices the belief that "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets." As a world-class base for rare animal and plant species and a release site for South China tigers, Chimelong remains committed to biodiversity conservation, and will continue to create more "harbors" for animals worldwide, striving to contribute to harmonious coexistence between humans and nature, creating happiness and passing on happiness!