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TodaySep 30Wed
  1. China Tourism News

    15th Five-Year Plan Deploys Cultural Heritage Protection and Inheritance

    The Ministry of Culture and Tourism recently issued the 15th Five-Year Plan for Culture and Tourism Development, making systematic arrangements for strengthening cultural heritage protection and inheritance, and clarifying the principles of protection first, rational use and minimal intervention to promote systematic protection and unified supervision of cultural heritage. The plan calls for completing the fourth national cultural relics census, conducting the second national movable cultural relics census, establishing national general catalogs of immovable cultural relics and intangible cultural heritage resources, and advancing ancient book census registration, conservation and restorati…

  2. China Tourism News

    China Issues 15th Five-Year Plan for Cultural Heritage Protection and Inheritance

    The General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the 15th Five-Year Plan for Cultural Heritage Protection and Inheritance, requiring all regions and departments to implement it in light of actual conditions. Drafted under the 15th Five-Year Plan outline, it targets fully mapping heritage resources, basically straightening out the regulatory system, improving laws and regulations, and forming a broad heritage-protection framework by 2030. It calls for a second national movable-relic census and a second national intangible cultural heritage census, a national heritage resource catalogue and big database, enactment of a cultural heritage protec…

  3. China Tourism News

    Saudi Tourism Authority Expands Products and Services to Attract Chinese Visitors

    The Saudi Tourism Authority held a media exchange in Beijing, saying it will continue enriching Saudi travel experiences and launching diversified products for Chinese visitors' long holidays and autumn-winter travel. Offerings cover AlUla's history and desert landscapes, urban entertainment in Riyadh, Diriyah, and Qiddiya City, and Jeddah's old town and coastal life. National Day-themed products for Chinese visitors include multi-city group tours covering Riyadh, AlUla, Hail, and Jeddah, plus Riyadh short trips, private tours with Chinese-speaking driver-guides, and theme-park packages, with itineraries from one to ten days. This year the Saudi Tourism Authority launched the 'China Ready'…

Sep 29Tue
  1. China Tourism News

    Second Great Wall Culture and Tourism Integration Conference Held in Qian'an

    From September 27 to 29, the 2026 Second Great Wall Culture and Tourism Integration Conference was held in Qian'an, Hebei Province. UN Tourism Ambassador Zhu Shanzhong released Great Wall inbound study tour products focused on international youth study needs. The conference held two thematic exchange sessions and launched the second 'Our Great Wall' themed exhibition, focusing on five themes: Great Wall history, protection, cultural creativity, architecture, and art. Guests also visited the 'Qian'an Cup' Great Wall cultural creativity exhibition and the 'Great Wall Covenant' international photography exhibition.

Sep 25Fri
  1. China Tourism News

    2026 Beijing Culture Forum Focuses on Cultural Heritage and Mutual Learning

    The 2026 Beijing Culture Forum, themed 'Cultural Heritage and Mutual Learning Among Civilizations,' was held in Beijing on September 22-23, with over 600 guests from 44 countries and regions. Discussions covered systematic heritage protection, international cooperation and ancient capital preservation. Beijing presented its regulatory planning system and Central Axis protection experience. National Cultural Heritage Administration data showed 7,188 registered museums in 2025, over 91% free to enter, receiving 1.56 billion visits, with national archaeological site parks increasing to 65. Participants also discussed heritage utilization, technology empowerment and balancing tourism developmen…

  2. China Tourism News

    Guangsheng Temple Mural Reproduction Exhibition Opens in Beijing

    On September 24 the exhibition "Tracing Antiquity through Mural Reproduction - Guangsheng Temple Medicine Buddha Assembly Painting and Ancient Chinese Mural Reproduction" opened at the China National Arts and Crafts Museum (China Intangible Cultural Heritage Museum), hosted by the Chinese National Academy of Arts and organized by its Gongbi Painting Institute, running through November 15. Using "research-based reproduction" as its method, the exhibition has four sections and centers on the reproduced Medicine Buddha Assembly Painting. The project team said the mural reproduction project has run for ten years and will deepen cooperation with domestic and international cultural institutions a…

Sep 24Thu
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    China's National Cultural Heritage Administration Releases Results of Three Joint Archaeological Pr…

    On 24 September, the National Cultural Heritage Administration held a working meeting on major progress under the 'Archaeology China' programme in Beijing, releasing results from three joint archaeological projects: the Montu Temple site in Egypt, the Ben Arous forest site in Tunisia and the Red River site in Kyrgyzstan. In Egypt, the complete structures of the second to fifth small Osiris chapels were exposed and a unique layout of twin sacred lakes confirmed. In Tunisia, Punic-to-Roman building remains were found and a small urban heritage park was built on the site. In Kyrgyzstan, the overall city layout was confirmed, revealing medieval construction techniques and diverse cultures in th…

Sep 23Wed
  1. China Tourism News

    2026 Beijing Culture Forum Releases 27 Major Outcomes and Secures 2 Signings

    On the evening of September 22, the 2026 Beijing Culture Forum's special event for releasing major outcomes was held, unveiling 27 major outcomes and securing 2 significant signings. The outcomes feature three characteristics: exemplary leadership, cultural heritage continuity, and practical innovation, and include the '2025 Report on China-Foreign Cultural Exchange,' the 'Top Ten Events in Building the National Cultural Center in 2025,' the 'First Batch of the Beijing Archives Documentary Heritage List,' as well as the 'Return of the Chu Silk Manuscript from Zidanku, Changsha' and a 'Multilingual Corpus of Cultural Heritage.' On signings, the Italian Veneto Ancient City Walls Cities Allian…

Sep 18Fri
  1. China Tourism News

    Zhuolu Dialogue Conference Advances Chinese Civilization Research and Cultural Tourism Collaboration

    The 2026 "Zhuolu Dialogue" conference on Zhuolu and Chinese civilization origins research was held on September 16-17 in Zhuolu County, Zhangjiakou, Hebei, under the theme "Yellow Emperor Culture: A Dialogue Between History and the Times." The event combined keynote speeches, three thematic seminars, site visits and industry matchmaking, covering Zhuolu's archaeological findings, Yellow Emperor culture communication, Beijing-Zhangjiakou coordination and cultural brand building. The industry integration session presented Zhuolu's cultural industry investment directions and key projects, and held a signing ceremony for cultural tourism projects. Participants jointly issued the "Zhuolu Initiat…

  2. China Tourism News

    US Returns 64 Artifacts and Fossils to China

    On Sept 16 and 17 local time, China's National Cultural Heritage Administration received two batches totaling 64 artifacts and paleontological fossils returned by US Homeland Security Investigations and the New York Manhattan District Attorney's Office in Washington and New York. Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism and NCHA Director Rao Quan signed return confirmation documents with the US side. The return was conducted under the bilateral memorandum of understanding on restricting the illegal import of Chinese cultural property into the US, first signed in 2009 and renewed three times. Items include a bodhisattva torso from the north wall of Cave 17 at Tianlongshan, statues, pottery figur…

Sep 16Wed
  1. China Tourism News

    2026 Beijing Culture Forum Parallel Forum on Cultural Heritage and Artistic Creation to Be Held

    The 2026 Beijing Culture Forum will be held in Beijing on September 22-23, with the parallel forum on Cultural Heritage and Artistic Creation scheduled for September 23 at the Beijing Hotel. The parallel forum is co-hosted by the Culture and Art Bureau of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Arts Department and Intangible Cultural Heritage Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Publicity Department of the National Radio and Television Administration, the Theoretical Research Office of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and the Creation Liaison Department of the China Writers Association, and jointly organized by the Beijing Municipal Radi…

Sep 13Sun
  1. China Tourism News

    National Great Wall Protection Work Conference Held in Yanqing, Beijing

    On September 12, the National Great Wall Protection Work Conference was held in Yanqing, Beijing. Rao Quan, Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism and Director of the National Cultural Heritage Administration, attended and spoke; Beijing Vice Mayor Sima Hong delivered remarks; Qiao Yunfei, Deputy Director of the National Cultural Heritage Administration, chaired the meeting. The conference reviewed progress since the 18th CPC National Congress, analyzed problems and challenges, and required localities to follow the Great Wall Protection Master Plan: refine protection status, implement tiered protection, strengthen the "four haves" work, enhance systematic protection, deepen interpretation and…

Sep 3Thu