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

Key points

• The plan targets deeper progress toward a culture and tourism powerhouse by 2030, with domestic trips reaching 8.3 billion, inbound trips 190 million, and average annual public cultural facility visits per resident 3.5.
• The plan deploys eight key tasks: artistic creation, cultural heritage protection, public services, culture and tourism industry development, market cultivation and regulation, technology empowerment, exchanges and cooperation, and regional-urban-rural coordination.
• The plan designs 54 key engineering projects to support implementation.
• The plan calls for improving inbound tourism facilitation and internationalization, including visas, payments, tax refunds, guides, accommodation and transport, and optimizing duty-free and departure tax-refund store layouts.
• The plan calls for implementing paid leave, encouraging flexible off-peak vacations, and encouraging spring and autumn breaks for primary and secondary students where feasible.
• The plan calls for advancing 'AI plus culture and tourism,' supporting general-purpose and specialized intelligent applications, and expanding AI application scenarios.