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Campaign teardown · Xiaohongshu · Outdoor · Feb 2024

How Li-Ning CF used Xiaohongshu routes and UGC to seed its outdoor range

Li-Ning CF placed technical outdoor gear inside route guides, personal photography and a healing lifestyle narrative. From 23 February to 13 March 2024, 48 creators published 48 mainly image-led posts around a hashtag challenge.

Illustration: 李宁CF invites everyday explorers outside to find calm along their own route.
Illustration · unrandom
Creators48Mid-tier Matrix Drove It
Posts48Image-led · 6% video
PeriodFeb 23 – Mar 13, 2024New Launch
Comments650On the campaign's posts
The idea

Technical outdoor performance, framed as a life worth sharing

The campaign paired the 万龙甲冲锋衣 (Wanlongjia, or Myriad Dragon Armor, hardshell jacket) with outdoor footwear including 行山3LITE (Xingshan 3 LITE). Creators used official outdoor route guides and real hiking or cycling scenes to present windproof, waterproof and moisture-permeable performance, including a 20000+ hydrostatic-pressure rating and PU high-permeability membrane. The Tang-dynasty 明光铠 (Mingguang armor) reference anchored the Eastern design story, while “晒出你的户外人生照” (Share a Photo of Your Outdoor Life) invited users to turn their own outdoor experiences into challenge entries under “寻找万龙甲野生代言人” (Searching for Unofficial Wanlongjia Ambassadors).

The audience was young city dwellers, particularly urban professional women and Gen Z students, interested in hiking, relaxed self-care, Chinese design and functional styling. There was no discount. Participation instead carried a chance to win a limited-edition 万龙甲 PRO (Wanlongjia PRO), linking the Year of the Dragon design theme and “走向户外、治愈自我” (Go Outdoors and Heal Yourself) narrative to a concrete reason to contribute.

At a glance
Objective
Product Seeding
Occasion
New Launch
Funnel
Consideration
Messaging
Specs and Performance · Healing and Relaxation · Ingredient and Tech · Design and Aesthetics
Scenes
Travel Scenario · Sports and Outdoor
Activation
UGC Solicitation
Trends
Domestic Brand Rise · Relaxed Vibe · Self-reward Spending
Discount
No Discount, Pure Brand Push
Against 176 Xiaohongshu Outdoor campaigns

What set it apart

ChoiceShare of campaigns
Distinctive
UGC Solicitation2.8%1 in 35
Typical
Sports and Outdoor86%9 in 10
Healing and Relaxation69%7 in 10
Travel Scenario69%7 in 10
Ingredient and Tech68%7 in 10
Design and Aesthetics63%6 in 10

Share of the 176 Xiaohongshu Outdoor campaigns in the unrandom archive that made the same choice. Counted Nov 5, 2026.

Casting

Forty-eight creators, led by mid-tier voices across travel, fitness and fashion

Follower range

5.43K–260K

48 creators with a public follower count

Casting

Mid-tier Matrix Only

Mid Dominant

Lean

Gender Aligned To Product

Playbook

The first step to copy

  1. 1
    Start with a route guide, not a standalone product post

    Build an official outdoor route guide, then have creators document real hikes within it. Use wind, rain and other demanding conditions to demonstrate performance specifications in context, leaving room for personal outdoor photographs and a restorative lifestyle story.

  2. 2+
    More steps in the full teardown

    mid-tier casting, UGC solicitation and the limited-edition incentive

In unrandom

The full teardown adds

  • Reads and engagement for all 48 posts, ranked against similar creators
  • Estimated spend and cost per read
  • The breakout post, and why it led
  • What 650 comments asked for most
  • The rest of the playbook
  • Casting risks and smart moves

A public campaign observed on Xiaohongshu. unrandom did not run it and is not affiliated with 李宁CF. Analysis by unrandom from public posts, updated Nov 5, 2026. Your brand? Request a correction