China's snow and ice industry expected to surpass 1 trillion won - Chinese media

According to the "China Snow and Ice Industry Development Research Report (2025)" released at the main forum of the 2025 International Winter Sports Expo, the scale of China's snow and ice industry this year is expected to reach 1 trillion yuan (approximately 22 trillion yen).
It is expected to surpass the 100,000 mark, indicating that the "ice and snow economy" will become a new force in the development of the Chinese economy.
The size of China's snow and ice industry has grown from 270 billion yuan (approximately 5.9 trillion yen) in 2015 to 20
It grew to 980 billion former (approximately 21.6 trillion yen) in 2024. It is expected to surpass the 1 trillion former mark and reach 1.053 trillion former (approximately 22.1 trillion yen) in 2025.
The number of ice and snow sports facilities nationwide is expected to increase from 1,133 in 2018 to 2,678 by the end of 2024.
In the 2024-2025 snow and ice season, the snow and ice sports population is expected to spend 187.5 billion yen, up more than 25% from the same period last year.
Spending at ski resorts nationwide reached 78.613 billion yen (approximately 1.7 trillion yen), with spending within two kilometers of the resorts increasing by 27.97%.
The number of companies related to snow and ice equipment is expected to increase from approximately 300 in 2015 to approximately 900 in 2023, and sales of companies will increase from less than 5 billion yen (approximately 110 billion yen) to approximately 22 billion yen (approximately 4
It has grown to 84 billion yen.