MCT Issues the “14th Five-Year” Plan for Building a Strong Tourism Nation

With State Council approval, China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued the plan for building a strong tourism nation during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, setting a goal of a more complete modern tourism system by 2030 and outlining tasks such as optimizing tourism spatial layout, enriching high-quality supply and unleashing tourism consumption potential.

In July 2026, with the approval of the State Council, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued the plan for building a strong tourism nation during the 15th Five-Year Plan period.

The plan aims to significantly improve high-quality tourism development by 2030, further consolidate tourism's role as a pillar industry, and steadily raise the share of tourism and related industries in GDP.

It sets key tasks including optimizing the tourism spatial layout, enriching high-quality tourism supply, unleashing tourism consumption potential, improving tourism public services, and strengthening tourism exchanges and cooperation with other countries and with Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

(Based on the official release by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.)