State Council Approves Plan Naming Guangzhou, Shenzhen as Key Tourism Hubs

The State Council has granted approval for a new national tourism development plan. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism recently issued the "15th Five-Year Plan for Building a Strong Tourism Nation."

Guangzhou and Shenzhen have been designated as pivotal tourism hub cities within the plan's layout for tourism cities and distinctive tourist destinations.

In the section outlining key marine tourism regions, the strategy calls for advancing the improvement of cruise port infrastructure in cities including Shenzhen and Guangzhou.

Furthermore, for initiatives aimed at boosting inbound tourism, the plan proposes cultivating key inbound tourism cities. It specifies using Guangzhou and Shenzhen as central nodes to establish a primary network for inbound travel.

Key Development Goals

The plan sets clear objectives for 2030. It aims for significant progress in high-quality tourism development, a more完善的 modern tourism industry system, and notable advancements in building a strong tourism nation.

The pillar industry status of tourism is expected to become more稳固, with its role in stimulating domestic demand, promoting employment, and invigorating the market further enhanced. The plan targets a steady increase in the value-added of tourism and related industries as a proportion of GDP.

The plan also seeks to明显增强 the public's sense of gain and happiness from tourism. It calls for the continuous improvement of the tourism public service system and a sustained rise in public satisfaction with tourism experiences.

Strategic Focus Areas

To foster new growth drivers for the tourism sector, the strategy focuses on building a modern industrial system. It emphasizes the directions of intelligent, green, and integrated development. The plan advocates for developing new quality productive forces according to local conditions to shape new competitive advantages and propel an overall leap forward for the tourism industry.

The document also outlines several key tasks. These include optimizing the spatial layout of tourism, enriching the supply of high-quality tourism products, unleashing tourism consumption potential, improving tourism public services, strengthening tourism exchanges and cooperation with foreign countries as well as Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, promoting efficient tourism governance, and健全 the supporting保障体系.