China's Culture and Tourism Ministry Issues 15th Five-Year Plan to Boost Artistic Creation

China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism recently issued the 15th Five-Year Plan for Culture and Tourism Development, elevating 'prospering artistic creation and production' from an industry task to a whole-of-supply priority, integrating original capacity, performing-troupe development mechanisms, new mass literature and art, tourism performances and digital technology into one supply system. The plan emphasizes high-quality development, stimulating creative vitality, enhancing original capacity and fostering a sound artistic ecosystem, shifting evaluation from performance counts and awards toward originality, completeness, audience recognition and long-run viability. It calls for deeper co…