The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has issued the 15th Five-Year Plan for Culture and Tourism Development, setting targets through 2030 to advance construction of a culturally strong and tourism-strong China, sustain growth in cultural undertakings, cultural industries and tourism, deepen culture-tourism integration, and strengthen culture’s empowerment and tourism’s growth-driving role. The plan assigns eight priority task areas: art creation and production; cultural heritage protection and tr

2026-09-16

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has issued the 15th Five-Year Plan for Culture and Tourism Development, setting targets through 2030 to advance construction of a culturally strong and tourism-strong China, sustain growth in cultural undertakings, cultural industries and tourism, deepen culture-tourism integration, and strengthen culture’s empowerment and tourism’s growth-driving role. The plan assigns eight priority task areas: art creation and production; cultural heritage protection and transmission; public cultural and tourism services; major expansion of culture and tourism industries; coordinated market cultivation and regulation; technology enablement of culture and tourism; cultural and tourism exchange and cooperation; and balanced regional and urban–rural cultural and tourism development. It specifies 54 priority projects designed after full review to be pragmatic and feasible and calls for strengthened implementation support.