In the first half of the year, 63,000 cultural enterprises above designated size across the country achieved operating income of 5.44 trillion yuan

　　China News Service, September 18, Wang Xiaofeng, a member of the Party Leadership Group of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, said on the 18th that in the first half of the year, 63,000 cultural enterprises above designated size achieved operating income of 5.44 trillion yuan, an increase of 22.4% over the same period in 2019.

　　On the 18th, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on the first China (Wuhan) Cultural Tourism Expo.

At the meeting, Wang Xiaofeng introduced the overall planning of the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic and the development of the national cultural industry and tourism.

　　Wang Xiaofeng pointed out that the new crown pneumonia epidemic has continued to affect the development of cultural industries and tourism.

Since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism has resolutely implemented the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council. Under the premise of normalizing the prevention and control of the epidemic, it has insisted on bailing out enterprises on the one hand and innovation and development on the other, and actively promoted the recovery and revitalization of the cultural and tourism industries. .

　　On the one hand, we will focus on precise policy assistance.

In accordance with the various difficulties faced by cultural and tourism enterprises and the needs of various policies, actively coordinate with relevant departments to further extend the implementation period of relevant relief policies, and cooperate with the People's Bank of China to introduce and make good use of a series of financial assistance policies.

　　On the other hand, it actively guides industry recovery and innovative development.

Vigorously promote the development of new business formats such as online studios and immersive experiences, and guide state-owned art troupes and cultural enterprises to actively explore some new operating methods, including new ways of viewing performances.

Promote the development of smart tourism characterized by digitization, networking, and intelligence, and promote the development of red tourism, ice and snow tourism, rural tourism, leisure vacation and other business formats.

　　"We have also issued a series of policies to support the development of travel agencies to guide the orderly opening of cultural and tourism business premises. Together with the Ministry of Commerce and other departments, we co-sponsored the national'Consumption Promotion Month' event to promote the construction of night cultural and tourist consumption clusters and stimulate residents Cultural and tourism consumption potential." Wang Xiaofeng said.

　　Wang Xiaofeng said that after the Spring Festival this year, my country's cultural and tourism industry as a whole showed a recovery trend.

In the first half of the year, 63,000 cultural enterprises above designated size across the country achieved operating income of 5.44 trillion yuan, an increase of 22.4% over the same period in 2019; the total number of domestic tourist arrivals was 1.871 billion, and the domestic tourism revenue was 1.63 trillion yuan, both returning to the same period in 2019. Into the left and right.

However, since July, the domestic epidemic situation has spread at multiple points, and the cultural and tourism industries have once again been hit hard.