Chinese President Xi Jinping has emphasized efforts to improve the modern tourism system and accelerate China’s building into a tourism powerhouse.
Xi, who is also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in an instruction on initiatives related to the tourism sector.
In his instructions, President Xi said that China has cultivated the world’s largest domestic tourism market and has become the largest source and top destination of international tourists.
President Xi said that China’s tourism sector is increasingly becoming an emerging strategic pillar industry that enhances people’s happiness and sense of well-being, and said that China has succeeded in paving the way for tourism development with unique characteristics. He emphasized that he did.
President Xi said that tourism development faces both new opportunities and challenges in a new journey in a new era.
President Xi called for adopting a comprehensive approach to government and markets, supply and demand, protection and development, domestic and international markets, as well as development and security.
He emphasized the importance of developing the tourism sector to further promote economic development, present China’s image and strengthen exchanges between civilizations.
President Xi said all regions and sectors need to take concrete actions to promote the high-quality development of the tourism industry and ensure stable and sustainable growth.
A national conference on the development of the tourism sector was held in Beijing on Friday. At the meeting, Li Shulei, a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and director of the propaganda department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, conveyed President Xi’s important instructions and gave a speech.
Mr. Li urged efforts to study and implement President Xi’s instructions and important remarks on the development of the tourism sector, protecting cultural heritage and ecological resources, improving the level and quality of service supply, and promoting international tourism exchanges and cooperation. He called for a deeper understanding.
