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3 China releases new five-year plan for culture, tourism

China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism released the 14th five-year plan for the development of various sectors on June 2, laying out the overall requirements, development goals, major tasks and measures for the 2021-2025 period.

The plan sets out the major tasks of developing culture and tourism, including advancing social civility, establishing artistic creation systems for a new era, improving the protection, inheritance and utility of cultural heritage, and enhancing the modern tourism system.

Tourist products will be enriched and improved during the period, with new offerings to be expected such as national cultural parks, red tourism routes and ice and snow tourism attractions, it said.

The plan also underlines the development of internet-powered tourism, promotion of smart management of tourist attractions and innovation of tourism-related public services.