China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism Issues 15th Five-Year Plan for Cultural Industry

China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism recently issued the 15th Five-Year Plan for Cultural Industry Development, setting overall requirements, key tasks and safeguards. The article outlines three priorities: a modern cultural industry system, technology-enabled diversified integration, and coordinated domestic and external demand. Measures include digital-intelligent transformation of traditional cultural sectors, online performances and smart theaters, support for future technologies such as quantum technology and embodied intelligence, deeper cultural-tourism integration, expanded cultural consumption and effective investment, and higher-quality foreign cultural trade.