From January 16 to 17, the 2025 Anhui Provincial Conference of Directors of Cultural and Tourism Bureaus was held in Hefei. Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the conference deeply studied and implemented Xi Jinping's thinking on culture and the important speeches delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping during his inspection of Anhui, fully implemented the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the second and third plenary sessions of the 20th Central Committee, earnestly implemented the spirit of the national conference of propaganda ministers, the conference of directors of cultural and tourism bureaus, the broadcasting and television work conference, and the conference of directors of cultural relics bureaus, and in accordance with the deployment requirements of the seventh, eighth, and ninth plenary sessions of the 11th Anhui Provincial Committee and the provincial conference of propaganda ministers, summarized the work in 2024 and deployed tasks for 2025. Zhou Mingjie, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, delivered a work report. Leaders of the department attended the meeting.

On January 10, the 2025 Fujian Provincial Cultural and Tourism Work Conference was held in Fuzhou. Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the conference deeply studied and implemented Xi Jinping's thinking on culture, earnestly studied and implemented the important speeches delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping during his inspection of Fujian, fully implemented the spirit of the national conference of propaganda ministers, the national conference of directors of cultural and tourism bureaus, and the sixth and seventh plenary sessions of the 11th Fujian Provincial Committee and the provincial economic work conference, summarized the work in 2024, and deployed tasks for 2025.

The meeting emphasized that to do a good job in 2025, it is necessary to closely focus on the mission and practical requirements of the development of culture and tourism in the new era, take the study, publicity, and implementation of the important speeches delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping during his inspection of Fujian as the clear main line, highlight the “five grasps and five focuses”, grasp cultural and tourism integration, grasp county-level cultural tourism, grasp scenic spot linkage, grasp project construction, grasp digital empowerment, focus on fine creation, focus on reaching the grassroots level, focus on protection and inheritance, focus on exchange and mutual learning, and focus on innovative development, striving to make new breakthroughs in six aspects: creating a new landmark of cultural prosperity, cultivating a pillar cultural tourism industry, creating a world-renowned tourist destination, exploring new paths for cross-strait cultural and tourism integration, making the cultural and tourism market hot and prosperous, and consolidating the foundation for county-level cultural and tourism development, continuously opening up a new situation and reaching a new level in cultural and tourism work.

Jiangxi Province

On January 15, the 2025 Jiangxi Provincial Cultural and Tourism Work Conference was held in Nanchang. Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the conference deeply studied and implemented Xi Jinping's thinking on culture, fully implemented the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the second and third plenary sessions of the 20th Central Committee, as well as the important speeches delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping during his inspection of Jiangxi, implemented the spirit of the national conference of propaganda ministers, the national conference of directors of cultural and tourism bureaus, the seventh plenary session of the 15th Jiangxi Provincial Committee, and the provincial conference of propaganda ministers, summarized the work in 2024, and deployed tasks for 2025. Mei Yi, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, delivered a work report.

The meeting required that the cultural and tourism system throughout the province should earnestly implement the study, publicity, and implementation of Xi Jinping's thinking on culture, deeply understand the essence and practical requirements of Xi Jinping's thinking on culture, accurately analyze the new situation and requirements in five aspects: public cultural supply, cultural inheritance and innovation, cultural and tourism industry development, cultural and tourism consumption upgrading, and cultural and tourism exchange and promotion, scientifically plan various tasks, and strive to open up a new realm in the construction of a strong province in culture and tourism.

The meeting emphasized that 2025 is a key year for comprehensively implementing the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and further deepening reforms, the concluding year of the 14th Five-Year Plan, and the planning year for the 15th Five-Year Plan. Doing a good job in cultural and tourism work this year is of great responsibility and significance. We should closely focus on the cultural mission of the new era, target the strategic goal of building a strong province in culture and tourism, use further deepening reforms as the driving force, solidly promote high-quality development, focus on stimulating the vitality of cultural innovation and creation, meet the cultural needs of the people, enhance the spiritual strength of the people, promote new achievements in the high-quality development of deep integration of culture and tourism, and contribute cultural and tourism strength to striving to write a new chapter of Chinese-style modernization in Jiangxi. Key tasks in ten aspects: 1. Continuously stimulate the vitality of artistic creation and production; 2. Continuously improve the effectiveness of public cultural services; 3. Focus on building a Ganpo cultural identification system; 4. Solidly carry out systematic protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage; 5. Accelerate the construction of a modernized cultural and tourism industry system; 6. Continuously promote the deep integration of culture and tourism; 7. Continuously sing the brand of “Jiangxi scenery is unique”; 8. Focus on creating a standardized, orderly, and convenient market environment; 9. Continuously consolidate the foundation for high-quality development of culture and tourism; 10. Promote high-quality development with high-quality Party building.

From January 13 to 14, the 2025 Hubei Provincial Conference of Directors of Culture and Tourism and Heads of Local Annals Work Institutions was held in Wuhan. Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the meeting deeply studied and implemented Xi Jinping's thoughts on culture and the important speeches delivered during his inspection of Hubei, and implemented the spirit of the national conference of propaganda ministers, the conference of directors of culture and tourism bureaus, the conference of directors of cultural relics bureaus, the national third-round revision of annals work training class, the meeting of the provincial leading group for propaganda and ideological and cultural work, and the provincial conference of propaganda ministers. The meeting summarized the work of 2024, analyzed the current situation, and arranged and deployed tasks for 2025. Ke Ke, Party secretary and director of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism and director of the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau, attended and delivered a speech.

The meeting emphasized that in November 2024, General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected Hubei and delivered an important speech, making important instructions on cultural and tourism work. This is the "guideline" and "soul" of Hubei's cultural and tourism work in the new era, pointing out the correct direction, determining key tasks, and injecting strong impetus for Hubei's cultural and tourism development. The entire provincial culture and tourism industry should use General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speeches during his inspection of Hubei, especially his important expositions on cultural and tourism work, to arm minds, guide practice, and promote work, expressing gratitude and striving forward, and fulfilling their mission to continuously promote the high-quality development of Hubei's cultural and tourism.

The meeting stressed the need to examine the provincial cultural and tourism work from the overall situation and pattern of the global, national, and provincial levels, grasping one overall requirement: shouldering the mission of strengthening the protection of cultural resources and promoting the innovative development of culture; strengthening two positions: building a strong province of culture and tourism; clarifying three major goals: building a national cultural innovation highland, creating a world-renowned cultural tourism destination, and cultivating a trillion-yuan cultural tourism pillar industry; constructing four major work systems: a cultural heritage protection and inheritance system, an artistic masterpiece creation and performance system, a public cultural integration construction system, and a deeply integrated cultural tourism system, to promote the faster integration of cultural and tourism work into the Hubei chapter of Chinese-style modernization.

The meeting required that to do a good job in 2025, we must adhere to the important speeches delivered by General Secretary Xi Jinping during his inspection of Hubei as the fundamental principle, target the strategic goal of building a strong province of culture and tourism, adhere to the general principle of seeking progress through stability, seize opportunities, make progress with the momentum, and work together, focusing on 10 key tasks: First, strengthen theoretical education and deeply study and implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speeches during his inspection of Hubei; second, continue the cultural heritage of Jingchu and systematically promote the protection and inheritance of cultural heritage; third, create high-quality works and promote the peak and brilliance of Jingchu art; fourth, improve service quality and efficiency and promote the direct delivery of high-quality cultural resources to the grassroots level; fifth, expand the achievements of "two complete," promoting the simultaneous development of annals, yearbooks, and local conditions; sixth, leverage resource advantages and accelerate the construction of a world-renowned cultural tourism destination; seventh, exert efforts on both supply and demand sides and promote the improvement and expansion of cultural and tourism consumption; eighth, amplify the comprehensive effect and innovatively hold a series of major cultural and tourism events; ninth, build a publicity matrix and continuously polish the "Knowing Sound Hubei" cultural and tourism brand; tenth, coordinate cultivation and supervision and create a friendly service environment across the region. It also emphasized that cultural and tourism departments and local annals work institutions at all levels across the province should enhance their spirit and position, strengthen their awareness of being a fulcrum, strengthen reform and innovation, develop strong skills, consolidate the safety bottom line, and strive to create a new situation for cultural and tourism and local annals work across the province.

Shaanxi Province

On January 14, the 2025 Shaanxi Provincial Cultural and Tourism Work Conference was held in Xi'an. Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the meeting deeply studied and implemented Xi Jinping's thoughts on culture, General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions on tourism work, and General Secretary Xi Jinping's important speeches and instructions during his various inspections of Shaanxi, and fully implemented the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference and the 7th Plenary Session of the 14th Shaanxi Provincial Committee and the provincial Party committee's economic work conference. The meeting relayed and studied the spirit of the national conference of propaganda ministers, the national conference of directors of culture and tourism bureaus, and the provincial conference of propaganda ministers, summarized the work of 2024, and arranged tasks for 2025. Gao Yang, Party secretary and director of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, attended the meeting and delivered a speech.

The meeting pointed out that 2025 is the final year for the comprehensive implementation of the 14th Five-Year Plan, a key year for planning and laying out the 15th Five-Year Plan, an important year for deepening reforms in the cultural system and mechanisms, a crucial year for achieving the trillion-yuan goal for the cultural and tourism industry, and a year for accelerating the construction of a strong provincial cultural and tourism industry with strong support. The provincial cultural and tourism system should be guided by Xi Jinping's thinking on culture, keep in mind General Secretary Xi Jinping's earnest entrustment to cultivate the cultural and tourism industry into a pillar industry, closely follow the overall deployment of the provincial Party committee and government, cultivate new development advantages by accurately grasping the situation and seizing strategic opportunities; polish new cultural calling cards by bravely shouldering the cultural mission and continuing the Chinese cultural heritage; meet the new expectations of the masses by standing firmly on the people's position and broadening the paths of transformation; promote new leaps in the industry by improving the system and expanding cultural and tourism consumption; and demonstrate new achievements in cultural and tourism by broadening international perspectives and deepening exchanges and cooperation, shouldering the responsibility, and striving to push the cultural and tourism work in 2025 to a new chapter.

The meeting emphasized that the cultural and tourism work in the province in 2025 should always adhere to the "main line" of deepening reforms in the cultural system and mechanisms, closely focusing on meeting cultural needs, enhancing spiritual strength, and deepening reforms to improve the mechanisms for the creation and production of fine arts and literature, the mechanism for providing high-quality public cultural services, and the mechanism for protecting and inheriting cultural heritage. Closely focusing on stimulating innovation and vitality, achieving energy transformation and deepening reforms, improving the chain group work mechanism, the industry cultivation mechanism, and the platform upgrading mechanism. Closely focusing on solving prominent problems, strengthening industry governance, and deepening reforms, establishing a full-process supervision mechanism and a full-element guarantee mechanism, fully stimulating the endogenous driving force of a strong provincial cultural and tourism industry. We must focus on completing the three tasks of tourism resource census, the formulation of the 15th Five-Year Plan, and the development of the cultural and tourism economy, grasping the resource census to lay a solid foundation for development, making further efforts in strictly implementing the census standards, making further efforts in providing efficient census guarantees, and making further efforts in forming useful census results. We must do a good job in planning and drawing a blueprint for development, promoting the full implementation of the 14th Five-Year Plan, and accelerating the forward-looking design of the 15th Five-Year Plan. We must firmly grasp the cultural and tourism economy to make contributions to development, deepen "attracting visitors to Shaanxi" to increase popularity and wealth, strengthen "new quality empowerment" to increase momentum and vitality, optimize inbound tourism to be more smooth and win the hearts of the people, and scientifically build a new pattern of a strong provincial cultural and tourism industry. We must fully implement the six major actions of "gold signboard" forging, cultural service quality improvement, trillion-yuan industry attack, characteristic brand expansion, international communication expansion, and integrated guarantee empowerment, promoting artistic creation to reach new heights, producing more refined products to meet international standards, and focusing on "Three Qin Four Seasons" to further expand influence; enriching public cultural spaces with higher quality and taste, exploring more accessible and tangible cultural activity models, and innovating intangible cultural heritage dissemination experiences with more Qin style and charm; extending and expanding to cities and counties, leveraging high-quality projects, empowering with integrated innovation, and gathering cross-regional cooperation efforts; strengthening county tourism brands, strengthening red tourism brands, launching low-altitude tourism brands, and improving civilized tourism brands; singing the harmony of the "Belt and Road", expanding the influence of "ministry-province cooperation", and telling the story of "cultural Shaanxi"; gathering the wisdom of talent construction, improving the quality of data analysis, and consolidating the foundation of safety production, striving to create a model of a strong provincial cultural and tourism industry.

The meeting required that the provincial cultural and tourism system must vigorously improve the effectiveness of upholding the Party's leadership, the effectiveness of Party building, the effectiveness of overall planning, the effectiveness of promoting implementation, and the effectiveness of improving work style. Under the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and under the strong leadership of the provincial Party committee and government, we must invigorate our spirits, work diligently, be grateful and strive forward, and make practical contributions to promoting the deep integration and development of culture and tourism, cultivating the cultural and tourism industry into a pillar industry, and making greater contributions to writing a new chapter for Shaanxi and striving to be a model in the west.

Gansu Province

On January 18, 2025, the Gansu Provincial Conference of Directors of Culture and Tourism was held in Lanzhou. Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the meeting deeply studied and implemented Xi Jinping's thinking on culture and the important speeches and instructions of General Secretary Xi Jinping's inspection of Gansu, earnestly implemented the spirit of the national conference of directors of cultural and tourism departments, and in accordance with the requirements of the provincial Party committee's economic work conference and the provincial propaganda ministers' conference, comprehensively summarized the work, scientifically analyzed the situation, and studied and deployed the key work of the province's culture and tourism in 2025. He Xiaofu, secretary of the Party group and director of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, attended the meeting and delivered a speech.

The meeting emphasized that to do a good job in 2025, we must closely focus on the mission and practical requirements of the development of culture and tourism in the new era, deeply learn and understand Xi Jinping's thinking on culture, set the goal of building a strong cultural country and a strong tourism country, firmly grasp the direction in keeping in mind the earnest entrustment, find the right positioning in grasping the overall development situation, take the initiative in seizing policy opportunities, seize the track in promoting reform and innovation, and consolidate the foundation in systematic planning and layout, with great feelings, great pattern, and great achievements, resolutely shouldering the cultural mission of the new era and new journey.

The meeting required that, focusing on the goal of building a strong cultural province and a strong tourism province, we must implement targeted policies and strive forward, focusing on 10 aspects of work: the implementation of the Party's leadership over cultural work, strengthening the systematic and overall protection of cultural relics, stimulating the vitality of artistic creation and production, delivering high-quality public cultural resources to the grassroots level, innovative development of intangible cultural heritage protection and inheritance, brand building and tourism product improvement, promoting industrial expansion and strengthening the chain by exerting efforts on both the supply and demand sides, cultural exchange and cooperation and the development of the international tourism market, creating a standardized, orderly, and convenient market environment, and strengthening comprehensive and basic guarantees, to promote the deep integration and high-quality development of the cultural and tourism industry, and make new and greater contributions to accelerating the construction of a happy and beautiful new Gansu, creating a new situation of enriching the people and revitalizing Gansu, and writing a Gansu chapter of Chinese-style modernization!