CHINA'S WANDA GROUP has opened a 20-billion-yuan ($3 billion) theme park in Nanchang, capital of East China's Jiangxi province, less than a month before the Shanghai Disney Resort opens. Eastday.com commented on Tuesday:

The Nanchang-based Wanda Cultural Tourism City, also called Wanda City, is believed to be a rival to the Shanghai Disney Resort, which is scheduled to open next month.

Wang Jianlin, chairman of Wanda Group, said Wanda City is aimed at competing with the Disney Resort to some extent and it is part of his company's cultural, tourism and entertainment focus.