SM Entertainment and Qingdao cooperate to develop a fashion city, so you don’t have to go to Korea to buy albums and peripherals

, as the leader of Korean wave culture, SM Entertainment’s TVXQ, Super Junior, Girls’ Generation, EXO and other artists are very popular in China. Every year, countless fans go to SMTOWN@coexartium in Seoul, South Korea to "pilgrimage", this set of exhibition halls, stars The complex of derivative stores and multi-functional theaters has become a mecca for many star-chaser girls.

However, there seems to be good news recently. Chinese fans who want to buy idol albums and peripherals in the future may not have to travel all the way to Korea.

On May 14, Meng Fanli, the mayor of Qingdao, China, visited the headquarters of SM Entertainment in South Korea and met with Li Xiuman, the chief producer of SM Entertainment. The two visited SMTOWN@coexartium in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, and visited Qingdao. In-depth dialogues were held on various topics such as the construction of the city’s international fashion city.

It is reported that Qingdao Renzhou Cultural Development Co., Ltd. will join hands with SM Entertainment Group to establish a joint venture company to combine the SMTOWN model with the characteristics of Chinese culture to develop and operate products that can be applied to tourism and vacation projects and urban cultural complex spaces. At present, the two parties have also signed an agreement on the "Music X Future City Master Plan of Qingdao International Fashion City". Maybe SMTOWN will set up a branch in Qingdao International Fashion City in the future. Star chasing girls will have a new place to check in~