Liu Daoqiang is the chairman and president of Fantawild Holdings Inc., a leading one-stop solution provider in the theme park industry. With nearly 30 years’ experience in the cultural technology sector, Liu Daoqiang has made significant contributions to the development of the cultural industry. He has strong strategic planning abilities and extensive experience in project investment and market operations management. Under his leadership, Fantawild Group has grown into a leading cultural technology enterprise in China.
It operates a number of theme park brands in China, including Fantawild Adventure, Fantawild Dreamland, Fantawild Oriental Heritage and Fantawild Water Park. Across the Fantawild portfolio, the business welcomed 85,690,000 visitors in 2023. Two of its theme parks, Fantawild Dino Kingdom in Zigong and Fantawild Oriental Heritage in Mianyang are featured in the list of the world’s 25 most visited.
Fantawild deploys cutting-edge technology across its parks, much of which is developed in-house. One of its newest parks is Jining Glorious Orient in Shandong, which showcases China’s modernisation and history over the last 100 years using state-of-the-art technology. Another new park is Boonie Bears Land in Jiangxi, where attractions include a 4D dark ride, a panoramic AR theatre, and a flight simulation theatre.
“Holding over 600 patents, Fantawild has independently developed over ten types of special effects entertainment equipment and hundreds of special effects films. Fantawild’s theme parks and equipment have been exported to more than 40 countries and regions, making it a representative Chinese exporter of theme park amusement equipment,” said one nominator.