{"id":44436,"date":"2025-05-19T09:33:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T09:33:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/?p=44436"},"modified":"2025-08-12T10:11:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T10:11:10","slug":"china-2025-top-cultural-marketing-trends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/exclusives\/china-2025-top-cultural-marketing-trends\/","title":{"rendered":"China 2025 Top Cultural Marketing Trends"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Since last year, cultural marketing has been one of the top strategies for brands and marketers in China. Cultural marketing here means marketing campaigns and strategies that put cultural elements at their centre. Recently, <a href=\"https:\/\/socialbeta.com\/article\/110343\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Social Beta<\/a> sifted through the cultural marketing campaigns from China of the past year and created a report of the top 10 trends they found. In this article, we will share some of the highlights with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Intangible cultural heritage<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"44407\" src=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-2-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44407\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-2-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-2-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-2-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-2-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-2-1870x2805.jpg 1870w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-2-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-2-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-2-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"44406\" src=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-3-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-3-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-3-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-3-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-3-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-3-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-3-1870x2805.jpg 1870w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-3-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-3-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-3-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"44405\" src=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-4-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-4-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-4-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-4-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-4-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-4-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-4-1870x2805.jpg 1870w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-4-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-4-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/shang-cheng-shi-4-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Image: Shang Cheng Shi\/Weibo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The biggest trend, without a doubt, is the use of intangible cultural heritages (ICHs), globally or nationally recognised, as the key to marketing campaigns. Among these, artisanal and craft items and processes are the most chosen for obvious reasons. They are easier to incorporate into products, like apparel, accessories, and even packaging for other items like tea, as HeyTea did with the Miao silver craft on its cups last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\"><blockquote><p>The biggest trend, without a doubt, is the use of intangible cultural heritage<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-dao-insights wp-block-embed-dao-insights\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"UKo5ufqtk8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/works\/how-did-louis-vuitton-and-wallpaper-use-intangible-cultural-heritage-for-cny\/\">How did Louis Vuitton and Wallpaper use intangible cultural heritage for CNY?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How did Louis Vuitton and Wallpaper use intangible cultural heritage for CNY?&#8221; &#8212; Dao Insights\" src=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/works\/how-did-louis-vuitton-and-wallpaper-use-intangible-cultural-heritage-for-cny\/embed\/#?secret=W4scevHpxD#?secret=UKo5ufqtk8\" data-secret=\"UKo5ufqtk8\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since the <strong>Spring Festival was inscribed as an UNESCO intangible cultural heritage<\/strong>, the ICH started to boom even more following its quick growth last year. In 2025, we saw <a href=\"https:\/\/luxe.co\/post\/404778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ICH marketing<\/a> from high-end domestic brands such as DOCUMENTS and <a href=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/news\/intangible-cultural-heritage-is-the-new-guochao-beast-opens-china-atelier\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BEAST<\/a>, who brought ICH-inspired items to their concept stores. International luxury brands, such as Qeelin, took Lay Zhang to a Dong Village in Guizhou, Louis Vuitton made a short film in Zhanqi, Huizhou and Gucci took Chinese bamboo crafts to its Bamboo bag exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Valextra Bamboo Iside Limited Edition promo\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1085477575?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Hyper-localisation<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This, in a way, is connected to the previous trend, as hyper-localisation often includes regional or ethnic ICHs. Hyper-localisation in marketing is usually executed in one of two ways in China. One is to focus the campaign in higher-tiered cities, such as Shanghai, Chengdu or Hangzhou, where there\u2019s a large enough audience or quickly growing market and use the lifestyle and culture of that city as a fulcrum for the campaign. For example, Camper and Adidas both used the traditional teahouse as the focus of their Chengdu campaign. Indeed, the slow and more relaxed lifestyle of the city is usually the starting point for brands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"44404\" src=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heytea-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heytea-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heytea-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heytea-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heytea-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heytea-1-1870x2494.jpg 1870w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heytea-1-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heytea-1-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heytea-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"44403\" src=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heytea-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heytea-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heytea-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heytea-2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heytea-2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heytea-2-1870x2494.jpg 1870w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heytea-2-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heytea-2-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heytea-2-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"44402\" src=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heytea-3-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heytea-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heytea-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heytea-3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heytea-3-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heytea-3-1870x2494.jpg 1870w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heytea-3-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heytea-3-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/heytea-3-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Image: HeyTea\/Weibo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The other way is to bring in the \u201cexotic\u201d customs and crafts, like regional or national ICHs, to the brands\u2019 audiences across China. More than one brand will recruit celebrities or collaborate with publications such as Shang Cheng Shi or Wallpaper. A mini documentary might be produced and sometimes even a collection inspired by the craft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-dao-insights wp-block-embed-dao-insights\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"c5SV4kzqIg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/works\/how-does-international-brand-uniqlo-go-hyperlocal-with-city-journal\/\">How does international brand Uniqlo go hyperlocal with City Journal?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;How does international brand Uniqlo go hyperlocal with City Journal?&#8221; &#8212; Dao Insights\" src=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/works\/how-does-international-brand-uniqlo-go-hyperlocal-with-city-journal\/embed\/#?secret=Oi3nlmDvxR#?secret=c5SV4kzqIg\" data-secret=\"c5SV4kzqIg\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ride the waves of memes<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\"><blockquote><p>nternet culture is the fastest-growing and usually resonates the most with the younger generations<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Culture is not limited to traditional or regional. Internet culture is the fastest-growing and usually resonates the most with the younger generations. Currently, <strong>one of the most used forms of internet culture is viral memes and stickers<\/strong>. From KFC and McDonald\u2019s \u201ccrazy literature\u201d campaigns to major collaborations with sticker collections, internet culture is one of the most effective ways for brands to provide \u201cemotional value\u201d to younger consumer cohorts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-dao-insights wp-block-embed-dao-insights\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"y6qwgvTyjC\"><a href=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/exclusives\/ishowspeed-in-china-abstract-humour-breaks-down-cultural-stereotypes\/\">IShowSpeed in China: \u201cabstract humour\u201d breaks down cultural stereotypes<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;IShowSpeed in China: \u201cabstract humour\u201d breaks down cultural stereotypes&#8221; &#8212; Dao Insights\" src=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/exclusives\/ishowspeed-in-china-abstract-humour-breaks-down-cultural-stereotypes\/embed\/#?secret=x7OzS8I8Et#?secret=y6qwgvTyjC\" data-secret=\"y6qwgvTyjC\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>JD.com\u2019s fast reaction to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4anet.com\/p\/01jsy15wf27nzg6twaxkk6ns8n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">collaborating<\/a> with the cartoon character GG Bond, after memes comparing its founder Richard Liu to the porcine superhero went viral is a good example of brands riding the meme-tic wave. But GG Bond\u2019s virality is also thanks to the Y2K nostalgia, which is popular among millennials and Gen-Z consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-dao-insights wp-block-embed-dao-insights\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"vXV0Qkdc3v\"><a href=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/news\/party-like-its-1994-apple-releases-cny-short\/\">Party like it\u2019s 1994: Apple releases CNY short<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Party like it\u2019s 1994: Apple releases CNY short&#8221; &#8212; Dao Insights\" src=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/news\/party-like-its-1994-apple-releases-cny-short\/embed\/#?secret=EZkg79uOoX#?secret=vXV0Qkdc3v\" data-secret=\"vXV0Qkdc3v\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The internet-breaking visit to China by American streamer and YouTuber IShowSpeed was one of the catalysts that brought the \u201cabstract humour\u201d to the mainstream. State-owned media and local television made the visit a sign of friendship between ordinary people of the US and China amid geopolitical tensions. In this sense, Yili\u2019s latest Indian music parody commercial makes a joke of geopolitical tensions, while making use of a viral meme, like its meme-inspired Paris Olympics campaigns which leveraged the international sporting event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yili Ambrosial Indian parody commercial\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1085477074?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Feminism<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Feminism has become a <a href=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/news\/has-the-manosphere-taken-off-in-china-too-revenge-on-gold-diggers-game-goes-viral\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">contentious topic<\/a> today, and it\u2019s not a China-only issue. However, brands are still tapping into women\u2019s rights, as Feminism is called in China, for their marketing, to provide emotional value for their female audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"814\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"44401\" src=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-1-814x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-1-814x1024.jpg 814w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-1-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-1-768x967.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-1-1220x1536.jpg 1220w, 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decoding=\"async\" width=\"814\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"44398\" src=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-4-814x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-4-814x1024.jpg 814w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-4-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-4-768x967.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-4-1220x1536.jpg 1220w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-4-1627x2048.jpg 1627w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-4-1870x2354.jpg 1870w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-4-400x503.jpg 400w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-4-800x1007.jpg 800w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-4-scaled.jpg 2034w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"814\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"44397\" src=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-5-814x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-5-814x1024.jpg 814w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-5-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-5-768x967.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-5-1220x1536.jpg 1220w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-5-1627x2048.jpg 1627w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-5-1870x2354.jpg 1870w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-5-400x503.jpg 400w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-5-800x1007.jpg 800w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-5-scaled.jpg 2034w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 814px) 100vw, 814px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"44396\" src=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-6-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-6-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-6-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-6-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-6-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-6-1870x2493.jpg 1870w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-6-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-6-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/saint-laurent-6-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Image: Saint Laurent\/Weibo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Empowering women is one of the key themes around special days such as International Women\u2019s Day (IWD) and Mother\u2019s Day, as well as some luxury brands that mostly target women consumers. Strong and inspiring female brand ambassadors, such as Chinese actress Jia Ling with Prada and Bottega Veneta, collaborating with poet Yu Xiuhua, are a few notable examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-dao-insights wp-block-embed-dao-insights\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"bvz0nrM7v0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/works\/empowering-beyond-labels-pioneering-2024s-international-womens-day-campaigns\/\">Empowering Beyond Labels: Pioneering 2024\u2019s International Women&#8217;s Day Campaigns<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Empowering Beyond Labels: Pioneering 2024\u2019s International Women&#8217;s Day Campaigns&#8221; &#8212; Dao Insights\" src=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/works\/empowering-beyond-labels-pioneering-2024s-international-womens-day-campaigns\/embed\/#?secret=yWY5lI20Ks#?secret=bvz0nrM7v0\" data-secret=\"bvz0nrM7v0\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>&nbsp;Tribal identifications<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Brands, especially food and beverage brands, have made collaborations a regular occurrence and IP-based merch, or goods, a sustainable business besides being marketing campaigns. Among them, one of the biggest genres of IPs is the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/news\/rednote-takes-over-an-island-for-a-comic-con-event\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">erciyuan<\/a>\u201d (\u4e8c\u6b21\u5143, lit 2-dimensional) or ACGN (anime\/comics\/games\/light novels). Indeed, \u201cgoods\u201d has already birth the transliteration \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/news\/grain-of-goods-the-wave-of-acgn-merch-stores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u8c37\u5b50<\/a>\u201d (guzi, lit. grains) that is used to refer to this merch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"44395\" src=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/chiikawa-1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/chiikawa-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/chiikawa-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/chiikawa-1-768x512.jpg 768w, 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https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/chiikawa-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/chiikawa-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/chiikawa-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/chiikawa-2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/chiikawa-2-1870x1246.jpg 1870w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/chiikawa-2-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/chiikawa-2-800x533.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image: MINISO\/Weibo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"44393\" src=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/chiikawa-3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/chiikawa-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/chiikawa-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/chiikawa-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/chiikawa-3-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/chiikawa-3-1870x1247.jpg 1870w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/chiikawa-3-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/chiikawa-3-800x534.jpg 800w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/chiikawa-3.jpg 1919w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image: MINISO\/Weibo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"44392\" src=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-1-1870x2493.jpg 1870w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-1-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-1-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-1-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image: Rua Wa Ba\/Weibo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"749\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"44391\" src=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-2-749x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-2-749x1024.jpg 749w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-2-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-2-768x1049.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-2-1124x1536.jpg 1124w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-2-1499x2048.jpg 1499w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-2-1870x2555.jpg 1870w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-2-400x547.jpg 400w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-2-800x1093.jpg 800w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-2-scaled.jpg 1874w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 749px) 100vw, 749px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image: Rua Wa Ba\/Weibo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"44390\" src=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-3-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-3-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-3-1870x2493.jpg 1870w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-3-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-3-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/rua-wa-ba-3-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image: Rua Wa Ba\/Weibo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Collaborations with popular anime and games, especially female-oriented otome games, are sometimes simplistically called \u201cdating simulations\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/news\/painbags-miniso-launches-ita-everything-acgn-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cPain\u201d bags<\/a> (ita-bags, meaning bags decorated with erciyuan badges), LABUBU bag charms, Jellycat plushies and \u201ccotton dolls\u201d are some of the hottest sub-categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-dao-insights wp-block-embed-dao-insights\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"lyYdIeDznL\"><a href=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/exclusives\/why-chinese-youth-bet-on-pets-and-plushies-as-their-new-family\/\">Why Chinese youth bet on pets and plushies as their new family<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Why Chinese youth bet on pets and plushies as their new family&#8221; &#8212; Dao Insights\" src=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/exclusives\/why-chinese-youth-bet-on-pets-and-plushies-as-their-new-family\/embed\/#?secret=BKR0BBgGv7#?secret=lyYdIeDznL\" data-secret=\"lyYdIeDznL\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Other trends, such as using intellectuals, literature and cinema as a thread, are often used when targeting educated urban students and young professionals. A similar crowd might also be attracted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbndata.com\/information\/293937\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">experiential<\/a> marketing from offline pop-ups, exhibitions and takeovers to online documentaries, podcasts and zines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-dao-insights wp-block-embed-dao-insights\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"SVWazvvEcv\"><a href=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/news\/live-green-longchamp-brings-vegetable-garden-to-shanghai\/\">Live green: Longchamp brings vegetable garden to Shanghai<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Live green: Longchamp brings vegetable garden to Shanghai&#8221; &#8212; Dao Insights\" src=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/news\/live-green-longchamp-brings-vegetable-garden-to-shanghai\/embed\/#?secret=nfJA4kNqkC#?secret=SVWazvvEcv\" data-secret=\"SVWazvvEcv\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This cohort, sometimes called \u201cwenyi\u201d (\u6587\u827a, lit. arty and cultured), sometimes \u201cxiaozi\u201d (\u5c0f\u8d44, lit. petit bourgeois), referring to their sophisticated lifestyle, is often targeted by premium and luxury brands with a cultured brand image. Notably, this type of cultural marketing in China often works in conjunction with female-oriented and empowering campaigns, like <a href=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/exclusives\/going-highbrow-the-cultural-campaigns-of-international-womens-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">these examples<\/a> from this IWD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-dao-insights wp-block-embed-dao-insights\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"tm8vIcTTGI\"><a href=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/exclusives\/going-highbrow-the-cultural-campaigns-of-international-womens-day\/\">Going highbrow: the cultural campaigns of International Women\u2019s Day<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Going highbrow: the cultural campaigns of International Women\u2019s Day&#8221; &#8212; Dao Insights\" src=\"https:\/\/daoinsights.com\/exclusives\/going-highbrow-the-cultural-campaigns-of-international-womens-day\/embed\/#?secret=EhzfM5lNKE#?secret=tm8vIcTTGI\" data-secret=\"tm8vIcTTGI\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>All these cultural marketing tactics in China aim to provide \u201cemotional value\u201d for their audiences, i.e. resonant messaging. This would, of course, mean that the trend needs to cater for the cohort the brands are aiming at. And more importantly, if the campaign fits the brand image and positioning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-99b9a116bea5ee6b2f6a2758bb9f74b3\"><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em><em>Need to boost your China strategy? Dao Pro delivers bespoke insights on marketing, innovation, and digital trends, direct from Chinese sources. 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