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Restart tourism and recreate prosperity
Opening of the World Conference on Cooperation and Development in Tourism
Speech by Hu Heping and Chen Jining
This morning the World Conference on Tourism Cooperation and Development opened at the National Convention Center with the theme “Restart tourism and recreate prosperity.” Hu Heping, Minister of Culture and Tourism, and Chen Jining, Deputy Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, Mayor and Chairman of the World Federation of Tourist Cities, gave speeches at the opening ceremony.
Hu Heping said in his speech that China is willing to deepen cooperation and share experiences with other countries in the world to jointly promote the prosperity and development of the tourism industry. Hu Heping proposed that the government should strengthen overall planning and focus on assistance. It is recommended that the governments of several countries strengthen the high-level design, coordinate the use of resources of various departments and put in place comprehensive measures to help tourism enterprises overcome difficulties and maintain a good industrial ecology. Companies must seek opportunities in crisis situations and accumulate energy. It is recommended that during the epidemic prevention and control period, you focus on strengthening capacity development, planning development ideas, researching and developing new products, and exploring new models. Tourists must change their ideas and travel in a healthy way. Advocate for Chinese and foreign tourists to establish the concept of scientific tourism, make safe travel, eco travel and civilized travel become action conscious and get a better travel experience by being a responsible tourist. I sincerely hope that all international organizations in the field of tourism continue to build exchanges and cooperation platforms, and that governments, tourism authorities, industrial associations, tourism companies, experts and academics from around the world can act with the same objective, overcome difficulties. and create brilliance together.
Chen Jining said in his speech that the tourism industry is one of the industries hardest hit by the epidemic. Secretary-General Xi Jinping emphasized at this World Summit on Trade in Services that the new corona pneumonia epidemic cannot stop the development of trade in services, nor can it stop our trust and our actions to work together and cooperate for a win-win situation. Chen Jining proposed that, in response to the possible long-term risks of the new corona pneumonia epidemic, tourist cities should strengthen international cooperation in epidemic prevention and control, establish bilateral information exchange and coupling mechanisms or multilateral and strengthen risk management and control. Advocate for green and healthy tourism, guide tourists to pay more attention to environmental protection and resource recycling, and pay more attention to their own public health and safety. Governments of various countries should take active measures to actively assist tourism businesses and tourism professionals, support the transformation and development of tourism businesses, help businesses adopt new technologies and new methods to improve operational efficiency, pay more attention to staff training and help tourism professionals adapt to new formats and new formats as soon as possible. The new model requirements provide strong support. We firmly believe that the unity and wisdom of humanity will eventually overcome difficulties and challenges, and the global economy and tourism will usher in a better tomorrow.
The World Conference on Tourism Cooperation and Development is sponsored by the World Federation of Tourist Cities and the United Nations World Tourism Organization. Zhuonong Cheralli, deputy secretary general of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Zurab Poroli Kashvili, secretary general of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, and Chen Honghui, deputy mayor of Wuhan also gave speeches at the opening ceremony. Wang Hong, Vice Mayor of Beijing The opening speech was attended by Jin Wei, Secretary General of the municipal government.
