China Outlines 15th Five-Year Plan Roadmap for Culture and Tourism

At a September 24 State Council Information Office briefing on the 15th Five-Year Plan, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism set out its high-quality development agenda for culture and tourism. The ministry has drafted 15th Five-Year Plan programs for culture and tourism development and for building a tourism powerhouse, plus specialized plans covering the arts, public cultural services, intangible cultural heritage protection, and cultural industries, with deep culture-tourism integration as the main thread. During the 14th Five-Year Plan, national cultural industry revenue grew 8.4% annually on average, reaching RMB 20.8 trillion in 2025; domestic trips hit 6.52 billion and spending RMB 6.…