Tourism Policy

Principles and Policies

The year of 2000, at the turn of the new century, was a key year for China's tourism industry to inherit the past and usher in the future. The principles and policies put forward in the year played a key and guiding role in development of the tourism industry, which were manifested in the following fields:

1. Conscientiously summing up the experiences in development of the tourism over the past 20 years. At the national tourism working conference held in the beginning of the year, various departments of the tourism industry conscientiously summed up experiences, pointing out that the China's tourism industry had accumulated some experiences, which were the main reasons why the tourism industry made splendid achievements.

(1) It is imperative to take Deng Xiaoping's theories and his economic thinking on tourism as guidance;

(2) It is imperative to develop the road of tourism with Chinese characteristics based on proceeding from the country's actual conditions and absorbing international experiences;

(3) It is imperative to persist in reform and opening in the whole process of developing tourism industry;

(4) It is imperative to persist in development of tourism as economic industries;

(5) It is imperative to stick to the tourism development strategy with the guidance of the government as a leading factor;

(6) It is imperative to persist in the direction of development featuring by large production, large market and large tourism;

(7) It is imperative to stick to the principle of sustainable development;

(8) It is imperative to stick to the principle of governing tourism according to law. These precious experiences are of important significance for guidance.

2. China's tourism industry has worked out a long-term plan for development prospects for following 20 years. Based on the historical leaping over from a country with only rich tourist resources to an important tourist country in Asia over the past 20 years, China will continue to develop itself from an important tourist country in Asia to the one in the world after another 20 years of efforts.

3. "Deng Xiaoping on Tourism" published. Comrade Deng Xiaoping, the general designer of China's reform and opening drive, paid great attention to development of tourism in his lifetime. The book, jointly compiled by Party Literature Research Center of the CPC Central Committee and CNTA contains a series of important speeches made by Deng Xiaoping on development of tourism industry. The publication of the book is of milestone significance, showing the principles for further development of tourism and realization of the goal of becoming one of top tourist countries in the world. It is also a programmatic document for development of tourism in the future.