The Weifang International Kite Festival (Chinese: 潍坊国际风筝节;traditional Chinese: 濰坊國際風箏節; pinyin;Wéifāng Guójì Fēngzhēng Jié) is an annual kite-flying festival held from April 20 to 25 in Weifang, China.
[1] Each spring, people in the city fly kites as a leisure outdoor activity.
On April 1, 1984, with the help and support of the Chairman of the Seattle Kite Association, David Checkley, the first International Kite Festival was held in Weifang.
On April 1, 1988, the presidium of the Weifang International Kite Festival unanimously adopted a proposal to set Weifang as the "Kite Capital".
In the following year, during the Sixth Kite Festival, the International Kite Federation was founded by representatives from China, the USA, Japan, the UK, Italy, and twelve other countries, with the headquarters also being set in Weifang.