[August 27, 2025, Macau] Presented by MGM and renowned filmmaker Zhang Yimou, the residency show Macau 2049 was honored with the Annual Innovative Performance IP Award at the 2025 Weibo Cultural Night held in Zhengzhou. The award highlights the show’s innovative approach to preserving and revitalizing traditional Chinese culture through cutting-edge creative expression, further cementing Macau 2049 as a cultural bridge connecting China with the world.

The event was guided by the Publicity Department of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Henan Provincial Cyberspace Administration, and co-organized by Weibo, Sina, the Publicity Department of the CPC Zhengzhou Municipal Committee, and the Zhengzhou Municipal Cyberspace Administration. This cultural showcase highlighted the year’s most influential figures and moments in Chinese arts and culture, honoring tradition, cross-disciplinary creativity, and the richness of the humanistic arts. The award ceremony took place on August 25, where Catarina Lio, Executive Producer of Macau 2049, attended as an honored guest and accepted the award on behalf of the production.

Macau 2049 pushes beyond conventional presentations of intangible cultural heritage. It brings together eight distinct Chinese art forms, including Hua’er, Khoomei, Song and Dance of the Miao People, and Peking Opera. These traditions are reimagined through cutting-edge technologies such as air fountains and biomimetic robots. The result is a vivid, multi-sensory experience that bridges traditions and generations, creating a shared cultural resonance. It has opened a new window into Chinese heritage for global audiences while also sparking renewed cultural pride among Gen Z viewers. At the ceremony, the production team also launched “Culture in Action”, a national campaign inspired by a 12,500-kilometer journey across the Chinese cultural landscape. The campaign encourages the public to take part in the living legacy of intangible heritage through interactive, tech-powered experiences.

Since its debut in December last year, Macau 2049 has garnered widespread acclaim, winning multiple accolades, including the 6^th China Cultural Tourism Pioneer Award 2025 and the 2024 Weibo Cultural Tourism IP Award. MGM remains committed to pioneering new ways to integrate culture and technology, helping to carry Chinese civilization forward into a new era.

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About MGM

MGM is an abbreviation for MGM China Holdings Limited (HKEx: 2282) and is a leading developer, owner and operator of gaming and lodging resorts in Greater China. We are the holding company of MGM Grand Paradise, SA which holds one of the six gaming concessions to run casino games in Macau. MGM Grand Paradise, SA owns and operates MGM MACAU, the award-winning premium integrated resort located on the Macau Peninsula and MGM COTAI, a contemporary luxury integrated resort in Cotai. 

MGM MACAU is a Forbes Five-Star luxury integrated resort inspired by the arts with every element of the resort infused with creativity and style. MGM MACAU has approximately 600 guest rooms and suites and boasts a number of distinguishing features, including the architecturally stunning European-inspired Grande Praça, housed under a soaring glass ceiling. The POLY MGM MUSEUM spanning almost 2,000 square meters, is constructed in accordance with Chinese national standards for the exhibition of Grade-One cultural relics. MGM MACAU’s world class facilities also include conference and event facilities, spa, and seven signature restaurants and bars to fulfill any gastronomic craving. Our property is conveniently located on the Macau Peninsula and is directly connected to the luxury retail shopping complex, One Central.

Designed as the “jewelry box” of Cotai, MGM COTAI offers approximately 1,400 hotel rooms and suites, meeting space, high end spa, retail offerings, food and beverage outlets as well as the first international Mansion at MGM for the ultimate luxury experience.  MGM has joined hands with renowned Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou to set up the “Macau 2049” residency in MGM Theater. The Spectacle at MGM COTAI becomes the record holder of the largest free-span gridshell glazed roof (self-supporting) on January 19, 2019, making it the first architectural and structural GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title for Macau, China. MGM COTAI is being developed to drive greater product diversification and bring more advanced and innovative forms of entertainment to Macau as it grows as a global tourist destination. MGM COTAI is the only mega complex and hotel in Macau to gain three-star certification in both Green Building Design and Operation Label, as well as the first hotel in the Greater Bay Area and second in Greater China to receive the certifications.

MGM China is majority owned by MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) one of the world's leading global hospitality companies, operating a portfolio of destination resort brands including Bellagio, ARIA, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay and Park MGM. For more information about MGM Resorts International, visit the Company's website at www.mgmresorts.com.

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