On the morning of November 4th, Xu Zhongjian, secretary of Huaihua Municipal Party Committee, conducted research and investigation in Zhijiang on the integration of culture and tourism development and presided over a symposium on it. Xu emphasized the need to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and General Secretary Xi Jinping's important discourse on tourism development, conscientiously implement the spirit of the Seventh Plenary Session of the 12th Hunan Provincial Party Committee and the spirit of the research speech of Hunan Provincial Party Secretary Shen Xiaoming in Huaihua, seize opportunities and find the right positioning to promote the integrated development of tourism among Hecheng District, Zhongfang County, Hongjiang City and Zhijiang County, so as to achieve high-quality development of tourism industry across Huaihua City. Hu Chen, an official from Huaihua Municipal Government, attended the research and investigation.
Xu firstly came to the Memorial Hall of China's Accepting Japan’s Surrender to learn about the planning and construction of the protection and improvement project of the original site of China’s Accepting Japan’s Surrender after the War of Resistance Against Japan. He pointed out that the Memorial Hall of China's Accepting Japan’s Surrender in Zhijiang marked the complete failure of Japanese aggression of China and witnessed the great victory of the Chinese people’s fighting against Japanese invasion. Xu added that we need to further optimize the design, improve infrastructure and enrich exhibition contents of the memorial museum to make it a better demonstration base for national patriotic education. At the construction site of the Hezhicheng Yunshu Resort Hotel project, Xu inspected the construction progress and management situation, and listened to the introduction of investment and future operation of the hotel. Then he pointed out that it is necessary to strengthen the supervision of engineering quality and construction safety by focus on building a model tourist hotel so as to meet the higher-level consumption needs of tourists. At Huangjia Street, Xu learned about the planning and construction of characteristic cultural and cultural districts and pointed out that reinforcement and repair of the street should focus on protecting historical and ethnic cultural characteristics, enriching tourism formats, and striving to create a popular check-in spot for internet celebrities.
(Xu learns about the planning and construction of the protection and improvement project of the original site of China’s Accepting Japan’s Surrender after the War of Resistance Against Japan. Photo by Yang Zhiwei / Huaihua Daily.)
Afterwards, Xu presided over a symposium to listen to the report on the relevant work of Zhijiang. He pointed out that since last year, Zhijiang has persisted in taking the initiative and taking practical actions to promote new progress and achievements in the development of the cultural and tourism industry. As a key area for the integrated development of tourism among Hecheng District, Zhongfang County, Hongjiang City and Zhijiang County and the host of the 4th Huaihua Municipal Tourism Development Conference, Zhijiang should seize the opportunity and take advantage of the situation to accelerate the construction of key cultural and tourism projects and strive to make its cultural and tourism industry into a pillar industry, a people’s livelihood industry, and a happy industry.
Xu stressed the need for scientific planning and precise positioning by shaping tourism through culture and highlighting culture through tourism and by closely focusing on constructing an international peace city with historical culture and ethnic cultural characteristics. He added that we should strengthen planning and design, and strive to create a unique cultural and tourism IP in Zhijiang, making Zhijiang's cultural and tourism brand more prominent. We should try to win more financial and policy support from the related provincial and state-level departments and make every effort to finish the key projects as scheduled to meet the provincial and municipal tourism development conferences. We should adhere to market-oriented actions and operational priorities by attracting strong, experienced, and influential investment and management entities to participate in the planning, construction, and management of key cultural and tourism projects, ensuring profitability and sustainable development after completion and operation. Zhijiang should firmly shoulder the responsibility of the host and make every effort to do the job well. The Municipal Organizing Committee and Office should fully coordinate all relevant departments of the city to fully support the construction of related projects, so as to fully achieve an effect of “revitalizing the city by hosting a tourism development conference.”
(Xu presides over the symposium. Photo by Yang Zhiwei / Huaihua Daily.)
(Translated by Chen Min)