The 2017 Beijing International Kite Festival and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Kite Exchange with the theme of “flying hope, flying dream” kicked off in Beijing Garden Expo Park.

In addition to 10 domestic teams from Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi, Nanjing and other places, the festival also attracted kite-flying teams from countries outside China. 24 foreign teams from the United States, Russia as well as 6 teams from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan participated in the festival.