From March 19 to 20, 2024 National Culture and Tourism Market Management Conference was held in Changsha. The meeting earnestly studied and implemented the spirit of the 20th CPC National Congress, the 2nd Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee and the National People's Congress, comprehensively summarized the work situation in 2023, thoroughly studied and judged the situation and tasks faced by the industry, and studied and deployed the work in 2024. Ministry of Culture and Tourism Party group members, Vice Minister Du Jiang attended the meeting and delivered a speech.

The meeting held that in 2023, the cultural and tourism market management departments at all levels fully implemented the decision-making and deployment of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, coordinated development and safety, adhered to the red line and the bottom line, continuously improved the regulatory mechanism, consolidated the regulatory system, actively played the role of branding, standards, training, industry self-regulation, etc., and continuously promoted the modernization of the industry's governance capacity and governance system, the business environment continued to be optimized, and the cultural and tourism market vitality has been further enhanced.

The meeting deeply analyzed the current situation and tasks faced by the culture and tourism market management and emphasized that we should adhere to the hard principle of high-quality development in the new era, effectively raise the political position, deeply understand the positioning and direction of market management, accurately grasp the political attributes, economic attributes, livelihood attributes and strategic attributes of the culture and tourism market management work, firmly establish the confidence of the industry's development, and consolidate and enhance the good momentum of the industry's development. The market management of culture and tourism should strengthen the confidence in the development of the industry, consolidate and enhance the good momentum of the development of the industry, and better meet the people's needs for a better life.

The meeting requested that 2024 is a period of consolidation and strengthening for the rapid recovery and development of the culture and tourism market. Culture and tourism market management departments at all levels should insist on seeking progress while maintaining stability, promote stability with progress, and do a solid job in all aspects of culture and tourism market management in 2024. It is necessary to strengthen the theoretical armament, so as to comprehend the ideas, and implement the decision-making and deployment of the CPC Central Committee on culture and tourism work without compromise. It is necessary to strengthen economic thinking, continue to optimize the business environment, promote the integrated development of multiple industries, enhance the facilitation level of inbound tourism, and continuously enrich the supply of high-quality cultural and tourism products. It is necessary to strengthen the bottom-line thinking, firmly establish the concept of safety development, improve the ability of production safety management, and guard the ideological security position. It is necessary to strengthen the concept of system, strengthen the construction of regulations and systems, give full play to the fundamental role of credit supervision, and scientifically utilize technical supervision to build a multi-purpose and common governance system for the governance of the culture and tourism market.

At the meeting, representatives of Hunan Province, Beijing Municipality, Heilongjiang Province, Shanghai Municipality, Jiangsu Province, Zhejiang Province, Jiangxi Province, Hubei Province and China Culture and Entertainment Industry Association delivered communicative speeches. Market Management Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the relevant responsible comrades of the culture and tourism departments (bureaus) of each province (autonomous regions and municipalities), the relevant responsible comrades of the culture and tourism administrations of the sub-provincial cities, and the representatives of the relevant industry associations across the country attended the meeting.

Before the meeting, Du Jiang led a special research on the facilitation of inbound tourism payment services and new business regulation.