In 2021, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the national culture and tourism system adheres to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implements the spirit of the Party's 19th National Congress and the 19th Plenary Sessions, and anchors the construction With the grand goal of building a socialist cultural power, we will fulfill our responsibilities, work hard, and forge ahead to promote culture and tourism to a new level and take new steps in the development of the "14th Five-Year Plan".
1. Institutions and personnel
At the end of 2021, there were 324,600 cultural and tourism units of various types across the country included in the statistics, a decrease of 17,000 compared with the end of the previous year; there were 4.8441 million employees, a decrease of 118,900 compared with the end of the previous year.
2. Artistic creation and performance
In 2021, the culture and tourism system will firmly grasp the main theme of celebrating the centenary of the founding of the Party, and go all out to create and rehearse the large-scale situational epic " The Great Journey", pushing the literary and artistic creation of the centenary of the founding of the Party to a climax, and was favored by General Secretary Xi Jinping Waiting for the high praise from the central leadership comrades. We successfully organized the exhibition of outstanding stage art works to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the Great Journey Era Picture Scroll - Art Works Exhibition to Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China, and successfully held 12 major art activities such as the 4th China Opera Festival. Seven creative projects including the stage art masterpiece creation project to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China were successfully implemented, and a large number of outstanding works emerged. The construction of the "China Art Toutiao" WeChat public account and "Literary China" video account platform has achieved remarkable results, with more than 350 million clicks.
At the end of 2021, there were 18,370 art performance groups across the country, an increase of 789 over the end of the previous year; there were 453,300 employees, an increase of 16,300 over the end of the previous year. Among them, there are 1,947 art performance groups affiliated to cultural and tourism departments at all levels, accounting for 10.6%, and 106,700 employees, accounting for 25.5%.
Throughout the year, national art performance groups performed a total of 2.3253 million performances, an increase of 4.2% over the previous year; domestic audiences were 928 million, an increase of 4.4%; performance revenue was 11.299 billion yuan, an increase of 30.4%.
Throughout the year, art performance groups affiliated to culture and tourism departments across the country organized a total of 133,400 public benefit performances for government procurement, a decrease of 0.3% from the previous year; the number of audiences was 83 million, a decrease of 3.9%.
Table 1: Basic situation of national art performance groups from 2011 to 2021
At the end of 2021, there were 3,093 art performance venues across the country, an increase of 323 from the end of the previous year; the number of audience seats was 2.5337 million, an increase of 34.9%. Throughout the year, there were a total of 1.0704 million performances in art performance venues, an increase of 82.0% over the previous year; there were 112.0924 million audiences, an increase of 84.8%. There were 1,176 public art performance venues, 32 fewer than the end of the previous year; there were 461,200 screenings, an increase of 89.1% over the previous year; the number of art performance audiences reached 20.6654 million, an increase of 64.2%; the revenue from art performances was 1.292 billion yuan, an increase of 51.8%. There were 1,075 art performance venues under the culture and tourism department, 36 fewer than the end of the previous year. A total of 50,300 art performances were held throughout the year, an increase of 48.8% over the previous year; the number of art performance audiences was 15.622 million, an increase of 45.7%.
At the end of 2021, there were 682 art museums across the country, an increase of 64 from the end of the previous year, and 6,249 employees, an increase of 782. A total of 7,526 exhibitions were held throughout the year, an increase of 25.7% over the previous year, and the number of visitors was 35.1584 million, an increase of 60.8%.
3. Public Services
In 2021, the culture and tourism system will implement the " Opinions on Promoting the High-Quality Development of Public Cultural Services " and the "14th Five-Year Plan for the Construction of the Public Cultural Service System" to promote the high-quality development of public cultural services . Promote public cultural institutions across the country to establish regular epidemic prevention and control mechanisms. Continue to promote the construction of a general branch system for county-level libraries and cultural centers and the reform of the corporate governance structure of public cultural institutions. Launch the implementation of the national smart library system and public cultural cloud construction projects. New progress has been made in the construction of demonstration tourist toilets and the digital construction of tourist toilets. . Mass cultural activities such as the "Sing a Folk Song for the Party" mass singing event, the 2021 National "Village Evening" demonstration event and the "Dancing Out of China Red" national square dance performance were successfully held, and cultural benefits to the people continued to advance . Successfully held the 2021 Yangtze River Delta and the Most Beautiful Public Cultural Space Competition in some cities across the country, the Yangtze River Delta and some prefecture-level cities, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area , Southwest Region and Chengdu-Chongqing Literary and Art Fair.
(1) Public libraries
At the end of 2021, there were 3,215 public libraries across the country, 3 more than the end of the previous year; there were 59,301 employees, an increase of 1,321; among them, 7,413 had senior professional titles, accounting for 12.5%; and those with intermediate professional titles 18,979 people, accounting for 32.0%.
At the end of 2021, the actual building area of public libraries nationwide was 19.1424 million square meters, an increase of 7.2% over the end of the previous year; the total national book collection was 1.2617802 million volumes, an increase of 7.0% over the end of the previous year; the number of reading room seats was 1.3442 million, an increase of 6.3% %; 224,473 computers, including 139,417 electronic reading terminals for readers.
At the end of 2021, the national average public library building area per 10,000 people was 135.51 square meters, an increase of 9.05 square meters from the end of the previous year. The national per capita book collection was 0.89 volumes, an increase of 0.05 volumes; the national per capita book purchase expense throughout the year was 1.57 yuan, a decrease of 0.03 yuan.
Figure 1: Per capita resources of public libraries nationwide from 2011 to 2021
The actual number of licensed readers in public libraries throughout the year was 103.1393 million, an increase of 0.6% over the previous year; the total number of circulation visitors was 746.1369 million, an increase of 37.8%; books and periodicals were borrowed The number of books was 587.3015 million, an increase of 39.5%; the number of loanees was 238.0924 million, an increase of 36.3%. A total of 202,568 various activities were held for readers throughout the year, an increase of 34.4% over the previous year; the number of participants was 118.9249 million, an increase of 28.2%.
Figure 2: The total number of people circulating and the number of books and periodicals borrowed by public libraries across the country from 2011 to 2021
By the end of 2021, a total of 2,636 counties (cities, districts) across the country have established a general branch library system.
(2) Mass cultural institutions
At the end of 2021, there were 43,531 mass cultural institutions across the country, 156 fewer than the end of the previous year. Among them, there are 232,524 township comprehensive cultural stations, a decrease of 301. At the end of the year, there were 190,007 employees in mass cultural institutions across the country, an increase of 4,931 from the end of the previous year. Among them, 7,531 people have senior professional titles, accounting for 4.0%; 17,947 people have intermediate professional titles, accounting for 9.4%.
At the end of 2021, the actual building area of mass cultural institutions nationwide was 49.7414 million square meters, an increase of 6.3% over the end of the previous year; the business area was 35.3832 million square meters, an increase of 4.4%. At the end of the year, the national average construction area of cultural facilities per 10,000 people was 352.13 square meters, an increase of 6.3%.
Figure 3: National average construction area of mass cultural facilities per 10,000 people from 2011 to 2021
Throughout the year, mass cultural institutions across the country organized and carried out 2.5217 million cultural activities of various types, an increase of 30.9% over the previous year; they served 832.89 million people, an increase of 47.9% %.
At the end of 2021, there were 9,533 cultural and art groups run by mass cultural institutions across the country, with 114,500 performances throughout the year and 59,835,200 audiences. There are 454,900 mass amateur literary and art groups under the guidance of cultural centers (stations), and 670 universities for the elderly are run by the cultural centers (stations).
Table 2: Activities of mass cultural institutions across the country in 2021
By the end of 2021, a total of 2,672 counties (cities, districts) across the country have established a cultural center and branch system.
4. Market Management and Comprehensive Law Enforcement
In 2021, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism adheres to scientific prevention and control, precise policy implementation, and hierarchical and classified guidance, innovatively implements a "circuit breaker" mechanism for cross-provincial tourism operations, and suspends cross-provincial group tourism business in land border port cities . Dynamically adjust the opening policy of cultural and tourism venues, timely update relevant epidemic prevention and control guidelines, establish an epidemic prevention forecasting mechanism for tourist hotspots, strengthen prior prevention and supervision guidance, and conscientiously do a good job in epidemic prevention and control in cultural and tourism markets. We will solidly advance the relief work for enterprises, extend the implementation period of relief policies such as the temporary refund of tourism service quality deposits, tax reductions and fee reductions, and stabilize employment, continue to increase financial support for industry relief, and promote the reduction and exemption of Internet services and entertainment venues culture Business construction fee , Internet cafe broadband fee and karaoke copyright fee, promote the pilot reform of insurance replacement of tourism service quality guarantee deposit, and successfully solve the long-standing problem of repeated copyright charging in the karaoke field.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has thoroughly implemented the " decentralization, regulation and servicing" reform and continuously improved the comprehensive effectiveness of market supervision. Simplify the approval procedures for cross-regional tours, unify the approval standards for online cultural business licenses in various regions, and fully liberalize restrictions on foreign investment in entertainment venues. The overall evaluation rate of "good or bad reviews" for government services is 12.52%, and the satisfaction rate of market entities is 99.86%. Organize and carry out a three-year campaign to comprehensively combat “unreasonable low-price travel”.Announced the first batch of grade tourism homestay and national civilized tourism demonstration units. Continue to carry out civilized tourism promotion and strengthen the management of uncivilized tourism behaviors. Steadily advance the three-year action plan for the construction and management of the tour guide team.
At the end of 2021, there were 191,000 cultural market operating units across the country reported through the statistical direct reporting system, with 1.5114 million employees, operating income of 1.368917 billion yuan, and operating profit of 163.655 billion yuan. Among them, there were 50,500 entertainment venues, employing 511,100 people, operating income of 48.508 billion yuan, and operating profit of 3.013 billion yuan. There are 101,800 Internet access service business places, employing 201,500 people, and operating income of 16.921 billion yuan. There are 22,500 performance market units, 470,200 employees, operating income of 364.326 billion yuan, and operating profit of 38.859 billion yuan. There are 6,100 art business institutions with 20,500 employees, operating income of 8.996 billion yuan and operating profit of 1.368 billion yuan. There were 10,100 commercial Internet cultural units with 308,100 employees, operating income of 930.165 billion yuan and operating profit of 122.720 billion yuan.
At the end of 2021, there were 42,432 travel agencies across the country. According to data from the travel agency reporting system, the annual operating income of travel agencies nationwide was 185.716 billion yuan, and the operating profit was -5.534 billion yuan.
At the end of 2021, there were a total of 8,771 star-rated hotels in the star-rated hotel management system of national tourism supervision service platform . According to data from the reporting system, the annual operating income of star-rated hotels was 137.943 billion yuan, the average room price was 334.95 yuan/room night, and the average occupancy rate was 41.8%.
In 2021, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism officially issued the "Guidance Catalog for Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement Matters in the Cultural Market", further improving the comprehensive law enforcement system and mechanism. Take the lead in promoting the crackdown on cross-border gambling and tourism control. We deployed law enforcement inspections on the cultural and tourism markets to mark the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Party, solidly promoted comprehensive management of the entertainment field, and investigated and punished many illegal and illegal performances by bad actors. Organize and carry out regular epidemic prevention and control law enforcement inspections and network monitoring, integrate reporting and complaint channels, and effectively ensure stable operations and data security. We implemented special rectification actions for operating travel agencies without permission, carried out four rounds of "physical examination-style" unannounced visits and assessments, and published more than 40 typical cases in major media. Throughout the year, more than 6 million law enforcement officers were dispatched across the country and more than 30,000 cases were settled. Organize and carry out comprehensive law enforcement assessments and law enforcement case file reviews. Organized more than 20 online and offline training sessions, training more than 30,000 people in rotation.
5. Resource Development and Utilization
In 2021, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism will strengthen top-level design and planning guidance, and take the lead in formulating the "14th Five-Year Plan for Tourism Development", "National Tourism and Leisure Outline (2022-2030)" and other Policy document . Launched the "Hundred Excellent Red Tourism Routes for a Centenary of the Founding of the Party", successfully held activities such as "Hundred Red Commentators Talking about Centennial Party History", National Red Tourism Creative Products and Red Tourism Performing Arts Innovation Achievements Display, red tourism depth of resource development and industrial radiation The width is effectively extended. The National "Internet + Tourism" Development Forum was successfully held to collect and launch typical cases of smart tourism to promote the development of smart tourism. It is recommended that Yucun in Zhejiang and Xidi Village in Anhui be selected as the first Best World Tourism Village of the United Nations World Tourism Organization. The first batch of 54 national-level tourist and leisure districts were identified and launched to promote the development of tourism and vacation. A number of ice and snow tourism routes have been launched, and 12 national-level ski tourism resorts and sports tourism demonstration bases have been identified to support the Beijing Winter Olympics and promote the integrated development of product and business formats. In order to create a Yellow River cultural tourism belt with international influence, we carried out construction promotion activities, released 10 national-level tourism routes with the Yellow River theme, and launched a Yellow River cultural tourism micro-video competition. We will solidly advance the construction of the National Cultural Park, promote the issuance and implementation of the "Great Wall National Cultural Park Construction and Protection Plan", hold the first Great Wall Cultural Development Forum, and plan and launch the "National Day" special program "Live Broadcast on the Great Wall" with CCTV. Promote scientific and accurate normal prevention and control in scenic spots, implement the requirements of "limited quantity, reservation, and peak staggering", and provide traffic early warning and risk reminders for hot scenic spots.
By the end of 2021, there were 14,196 A-level scenic spots across the country, employing 1.57 million people, receiving a total of 3.54 billion people throughout the year, and achieving tourism revenue of 222.81 billion yuan.
In 2021, the total number of domestic tourism arrivals was 3.246 billion, a year-on-year increase of 12.8%.Domestic tourism revenue (total tourism consumption) was 2.92 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 31.0%.
Figure 4: Domestic tourism development from 2011 to 2021
6. Industry and Technology
In 2021, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued the "14th Five-Year Plan for Cultural Industry Development" and "Opinions on Promoting the High-Quality Development of National Cultural Industrial Parks" 》. Together with the National Development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Finance announced the second batch of 55 national cultural and tourism consumption pilot cities, and announced the first batch of 120 national-level night-time cultural and tourism consumption clusters. Promote the construction of the investment and financing system and include tourism infrastructure into the pilot scope of real estate investment trust funds (REITs). Cultivate new business formats such as online broadcasts and immersive experiences, support the implementation of demonstration projects such as "Dragon and Phoenix Presents" and " Dancing in Spring ", and promote the standard of "culture and art augmented reality presentation technology requirements and application framework" to become an international standard . Organized an animation show with the theme of "Century of Youth to Build Dreams", organized 6 online platforms to show 100 red-themed animations, with a total of 270 million clicks; held a forum with the theme of "Animation Inheriting Red Genes" and "Just Young People Building the Future" Cartoon Exhibition; guides the holding of the "Digital Experience Exhibition of Hundreds of Classic Art Works over a Century", which is expected to reach 30 million people. Promote international industrial cooperation, successfully held the "Global Practice of Cultural Industry Empowering Rural Revitalization" international forum, and selected and identified 18 key international cooperation projects in the cultural industry and tourism industry.
According to National Bureau of Statistics statistics, in 2021, cultural and related industrial enterprises above designated size across the country achieved operating income of 11.9064 billion yuan, an increase of 16.0% over the previous year.
In 2021, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued and implemented the "14th Five-Year Plan for Cultural and Tourism Science and Technology Innovation " and the "14th Five-Year Plan for the Co-construction of Colleges and Universities of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism". Entrusted with the establishment of 100 national cultural and tourism science and technology innovation projects. 18 key laboratories of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism were recognized as the third batch. Formulate management measures for national tourism science and technology demonstration parks, and evaluate the first batch of 7 pilot demonstration parks. Promoted the issuance of 6 national standards and 11 project approvals, approved the issuance of 7 industry standards and amendments, and approved 31 projects. Organize relevant units to submit and obtain approval for 3 international tourism standards for the first time. Organize spot checks on the implementation of mandatory national standards and supervise rectifications. It has established 27 major National Social Science Fund art projects, 221 annual projects, and 38 ministerial-level social science research projects. 56 outstanding achievements in scientific research and construction were recommended. Implemented 35 young scientific research talent support plans. We will comprehensively carry out the construction of think tanks and announce the first batch of 19 pilot units for the construction of industry think tanks.
7. Cultural Heritage Protection Utilization
In 2021, the culture and tourism system and the cultural relics system focused on the theme of the centenary of the founding of the Party and successfully held the theme exhibition of "Don't forget the original intention, keep the mission in mind", the century-old party history cultural relics protection and display project, "Cultural Relics Shine for a Centenary" "Journey" Cultural and Natural Heritage Day activities widely promote the great spirit of party founding. We deepened the exploration of the origins of Chinese civilization and promoted the major project of "archaeology in China". New archaeological discoveries such as the Sanxingdui site have attracted worldwide attention, and new progress has been made in the construction of archeology with Chinese characteristics, Chinese style, and Chinese style. Special actions to combat cultural relics crimes and cultural relics safety projects have been further promoted, and the cultural relics security situation continues to improve. Issue guidance on promoting the reform and development of museums, strengthen the management of private collections of cultural relics and promote the orderly development of the cultural relics market, support the supervision and facilitation measures for cultural relics exhibits at the China International Import Expo, and make cultural relics come alive and deepen their expansion. Asian cultural heritage protection actions are actively promoted. The 19th Congress of the International Association of Museums Collections Protection Committee was successfully held. Positive progress was made in the recovery and return of lost cultural relics. "Quanzhou: China's World Ocean Trade Center in the Song and Yuan Dynasties" was successfully included in the " World Heritage List", the influence of Chinese culture has effectively increased.
At the end of 2021, there were 10,545 cultural relics institutions of various types across the country, 769 fewer than the end of the previous year. Among them, there were 2,257 cultural relics protection and management institutions, accounting for 21.4%; and 5,772 museums, accounting for 54.7%. At the end of the year, there were 181,500 employees in cultural relics institutions across the country, an increase of 5,800 from the end of the previous year. Among them, 11,718 have senior professional titles, accounting for 6.5%; 22,886 have intermediate professional titles, accounting for 12.6%.
Figure 5: National cultural relics institutions and personnel from 2011 to 2021
At the end of 2021, the national cultural relics institutions collected 55.8045 million pieces, of which 46.6483 million pieces/sets of cultural relics were in museums, accounting for 83.6% of the total cultural relics collections.
In 2021, various cultural relics institutions across the country held a total of 33,205 exhibitions, an increase of 4,281 over the previous year. Among them, there are 17,597 basic exhibitions, an increase of 1,338; and 15,608 temporary exhibitions, an increase of 2,943. It received 845.9057 million visitors, an increase of 37.3% over the previous year, of which 199.1155 million were minors, an increase of 46.8%, accounting for 23.5% of the total number of visitors. The museum received 748.5045 million visitors, an increase of 42.2% over the previous year, accounting for 88.5% of the total number of visitors received by cultural relics institutions.
Figure 6: The number of visitors and minor visitors received by cultural relics institutions across the country from 2011 to 2021
In 2021, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, and the National Rural Revitalization Administration jointly issued the "About the Continuous Promotion of Intangible Cultural Heritage Workshops" "Notice on Construction to Support Rural Revitalization" supports the construction of nearly 1,100 intangible cultural heritage workshops in various places. The State Council announced the fifth batch of national-level intangible cultural representative projects with 185 projects, and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism identified 445 protection units. Carry out national-level representative inheritor evaluation of intangible cultural heritage. Carry out the acceptance work of the national cultural and ecological protected areas in 2021, and organize experience exchange activities in the construction of cultural and ecological protected areas. We continued to implement the Chinese traditional crafts revitalization plan and the Chinese intangible cultural heritage research and training plan, and held 77 training sessions, training more than 2,200 people. The "Culture Enters Thousands of Households - Live Video Broadcast of Hometown Year" event was held, and about 7,000 short videos of intangible cultural heritage customs were displayed on the online platform. The "Cultural and Natural Heritage Day" intangible cultural heritage publicity and display activities were carried out, and a total of more than 4,100 various intangible cultural heritage activities were carried out across the country. The "Xinjiang is a Good Place" counterpart intangible cultural heritage exhibition in 19 provinces and cities in Xinjiang was held, with 209 representative intangible cultural projects, more than 1,000 works, and 221 representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage participating in the exhibition.
At the end of 2021, there were 1,557 national-level representative intangible cultural heritage projects across the country, and there were 2,433 living national-level representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage. There are 42 items included in the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (List), ranking first in the world.
There are 2,431 intangible cultural heritage protection institutions across the country, with 16,554 employees. Throughout the year, various intangible cultural heritage protection institutions across the country held 59,716 performances, an increase of 6.4% over the previous year; held 13,116 folk activities, an increase of 7.7%; and held 18,107 exhibitions, an increase of 12.0%.
8. Culture and Tourism External Exchanges and Exchanges with Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan
In 2021, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism insisted on serving the overall situation centrally and organized the 2021 "Belt and Road" Great Wall International Folk Culture and Art Festival. President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory letter to the festival. To host the 2021 China-Greece Culture and Tourism Year, Premier Li Keqiang attended the opening ceremony via video and delivered a speech. Actively publicize the major achievements of the Chinese Communist Party over the past century, and organize foreign diplomats and heads of permanent agencies in China to go to Beijing, Chongqing, Hubei, Guizhou and other places to hold a series of "Discover China Tour" activities. Carry out theme publicity on rural revitalization, poverty alleviation and other achievements. The 21st "Meet in Beijing" International Arts Festival, the "Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Cultural Global Tour" and other promotion activities will be held to create a good international atmosphere for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Continuously improving the appeal and influence of "Happy Spring Festival", 18 online high-quality projects will be launched in 2021, with more than 72 million views on various media platforms, and online social media covering more than 230 countries and regions, with a total viewing volume of more than 450 million Second-rate.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has held bilateral meetings or meetings with Brazil, Italy, Japan, Russia, Algeria and other 16 countries, and has held bilateral meetings or meetings with Peru, San Marino, Brunei, Iran, Nigeria, etc. Nine countries held celebrations for the establishment of diplomatic relations and signed cultural cooperation agreement implementation plans and other documents with 14 countries including Ecuador, Cambodia, Serbia, Bahrain, and South Africa, and continued to strengthen policies in promoting cultural exchanges and promoting tourism recovery. communicate and broadly build an international consensus on building a community with a shared future for mankind.In response to the demands of various countries for shared development opportunities, 8 training courses were held for countries in Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, , Central Asia, and Southeast Asia, and a "China Tourism Training" platform for Europe was built.
supports UNESCO and the United Nations World Tourism Organization to play a more active role in promoting international cultural and tourism exchanges and cooperation, and has participated in 37 relevant meetings to further improve and improve the multi-departmental collaboration, coordination and linkage mechanism in the field of heritage application.
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism adheres to the principle of building a soul and deepens its work on Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Steadyly promote the construction of the Humanities Bay Area and Leisure Bay Area in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, promote the full opening of general project applications for the National Arts Fund to Hong Kong and Macao, and support Hong Kong and Macao tourism practitioners to practice in Hengqin New Area after passing the assessment and renewal of certificates. Promote the opening of important domestic literary and artistic competitions (festivals) to Taiwan compatriots, and support Fujian Province in identifying Taiwanese provincial-level intangible cultural heritage inheritors.
As of the end of 2021, it has 45 overseas Chinese cultural centers and 20 overseas tourism offices around the world. In addition, there is the Asian Tourism Exchange Center in Hong Kong, and the Taipei Office and Kaohsiung Branch Office of the Cross-Strait Tourism Exchange Association in Taiwan.
9. Fund investment
In 2021, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism will implement the Ministry of Culture and Tourism's department budget of 26.023 billion yuan, and implement the central subsidy of 24.671 billion yuan in local transfer payment funds. Use full-coverage auditing, performance management and other means to improve the efficiency of capital and asset use and management.
In 2021, the national cultural and tourism expenditure was 113.288 billion yuan, an increase of 4.462 billion yuan or 4.1% over the previous year; the national per capita cultural and tourism expenditure was 80.20 yuan, an increase of 3.12 yuan or 4.0% over the previous year. The proportion of cultural and tourism expenses in total fiscal expenditure was 0.46%, an increase of 0.02 percentage points from the previous year.
Figure 7: National per capita cultural and tourism expenses and growth rate from 2011 to 2021
Figure 8: National cultural and tourism expenses as a proportion of total fiscal expenditure from 2011 to 2021
Among national cultural and tourism expenses, culture at county and above levels and tourism expenses were 50.636 billion yuan, accounting for 44.7%, and the proportion decreased by 1.3 percentage points from the previous year; cultural and tourism expenses at county and below levels were 62.652 billion yuan, accounting for 55.3%, and the proportion increased by 1.3 percentage points. The cultural and tourism expenses in the eastern region were 52.636 billion yuan, accounting for 46.5%, an increase of 1.4 percentage points. The central region’s cultural and tourism expenses were 28.338 billion yuan, accounting for 25.0%, an increase of 0.2 percentage points. The cultural and tourism expenses in the western region were 29.262 billion yuan, accounting for 25.8%, a decrease of 1.9 percentage points.
Table 3: Distribution of national cultural and tourism expenses by urban and rural areas and regions
National cultural relics expenses for the whole year were 56.097 billion yuan, an increase of 9.034 billion yuan or 19.2% over the previous year.
