Source: China Culture News
Note: The data of institutions and employees in 2018 do not include star-rated hotels and travel agencies.
2018 is a critical year for the success of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects and the implementation of the "13th Five-Year Plan". The national culture and tourism system adheres to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, fully implements the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second and Third Plenary Sessions of the 19th Central Committee, and closely focuses on coordinating and promoting the "five-in-one" overall layout and Coordinate and promote the "four comprehensives" strategic layout, strengthen the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidences", achieve "two safeguards", adhere to the general tone of work of seeking progress while maintaining stability, and adhere to the people-centered work orientation , vigorously promote the integrated development of cultural undertakings, cultural industries and tourism, continued prosperity of artistic creation, continuous improvement of the public service system, standardized and orderly market management, good momentum of industrial development, widespread promotion of socialist core values and excellent Chinese traditional culture, and national culture Soft power and Chinese cultural influence have increased significantly.
1. Institutions and personnel
Note: Institutions and employees in 2018 do not yet include data on star-rated hotels and travel agencies.
At the end of 2018, there were 318,200 cultural and tourism units of various types across the country included in the statistics, with 3.7507 million employees. Among them, there were 66,835 units affiliated to cultural and tourism departments at all levels, an increase of 91; and 670,600 employees, an increase of 3,400.
2. Artistic creation and performance
In 2018, the National Art Troupe continued to carry out the work of "going deep into life and taking root in the people", adhering to the people-centered creative orientation, establishing a sense of quality, and climbing to the peak of art. According to statistics from 400 key art academies across the country, a total of 1,150 artistic works were created and arranged in 2018, including 802 new works, 260 revised works, and 88 transplanted and adapted works. The state-affiliated troupe carefully creates and presents outstanding works such as the Peking opera "The Story of the Red Army", the drama "Barcarolle", the fairy tale ballet "Nine-Colored Deer", the symphony concert "Pudong Symphony", among which the newly created national opera "Liu Sanjie" Showing Guilin’s green waters and green mountains in the form of stage art has become a useful attempt to promote the integration of culture and tourism. Launch a national stage art quality creation support project and organize experts to polish and improve the 25 selected plays. Implement the artistic creation improvement plan in western and ethnic minority areas and the inheritance and development project of Chinese ethnic operas, solidly promote the revitalization of opera, the Chinese Peking Opera audiovisual and script support project, and the opera script incubation program, and launch the "Symphony of the Times - Chinese Symphonic Music Works Creation Support Program ", carried out the "theme song +" creation and collection activities, and organized the creation of "Lyric New Era - New Song Concert to Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Reform and Opening Up". Successfully organized the cultural evening " Our Forty Years " to celebrate the 40th anniversary of reform and opening up, and carefully organized and carried out the 2018 National Excellent Stage Art Repertoire Exhibition and the National Excellent National Opera Exhibition, the National Excellent Realistic Theme Stage Art Works Exhibition (Tour), A series of art activities such as opera performances by national grassroots academies, performance seasons of national art academies, and exhibition seasons of fine collections of national art museums focus on displaying outstanding artistic achievements. During the New Year's Day and Spring Festival, a series of activities such as "Culture, Science, Technology and Health Go to the Rural Areas", "Our Chinese Dream - Culture Enters Ten Thousand Households", "Culture to Welcome the Spring, Art for the People - Artists from the Ministry of Culture and Tourism Visit the Grassroots" were carried out. The National Arts Fund has established 944 general funding projects and 16 rolling funding projects, with a total funding of approximately 760 million yuan, effectively playing an incubator role in promoting the creation of outstanding works and the growth of outstanding talents.
html At the end of 2000, there were 17,123 art performance groups across the country, an increase of 1,381 over the end of the previous year, and 416,400 employees, an increase of 13,400 over the end of the previous year. Among them, there are 2,078 art performance groups affiliated to cultural and tourism departments at all levels, accounting for 12.1%, and employing 114,400 people, accounting for 27.5%.Throughout the year, national art performance groups performed a total of 3.1246 million performances, an increase of 6.4% over the previous year, of which 1.7882 million performances were performed in rural areas, accounting for 57.2% of the total performances; domestic audiences were 1.376 billion, an increase over the previous year 10.3%, including 779 million rural audiences; total revenue was 36.673 billion yuan, an increase of 7.2% over the previous year, of which performance income was 15.227 billion yuan, an increase of 3.1%.
Throughout the year, art performance groups affiliated to culture and tourism departments across the country organized a total of 161,600 public benefit performances for government procurement, with an audience of 128 million, an increase of 2.7% and 0.3% respectively over the previous year. There were 118,000 performances using mobile stage vehicles, with an audience of 95 million, an increase of 1.6% and 0.2% respectively over the previous year.
htmlAt the end of 2008, there were 2,478 art performance venues across the country, an increase of 23 compared with the end of the previous year. The number of audience seats was 1.9204 million, an increase of 6.9% over the previous year. A total of 178,900 art performances were held throughout the year, a decrease of 15.5%; the number of art performance audiences was 58.62 million, a decrease of 8.2% from the previous year; the revenue from art performances was 3.744 billion yuan, a decrease of 13.5% from the previous year. Among them, there are 1,236 art performance venues affiliated to cultural and tourism departments at all levels, 17 fewer than the previous year. A total of 60,200 art performances were held throughout the year, a decrease of 15.2% from the previous year; the number of audiences for art performances was 25.88 million, a decrease of 4.6% from the previous year. htmlAt the end of 2000, there were 528 art museums across the country, an increase of 29 from the end of the previous year, and 4,744 employees, an increase of 168. A total of 7,021 exhibitions were held throughout the year, an increase of 3.9% over the previous year, and the number of visitors was 37.21 million, which was basically the same as the previous year.3. Public Service System
In 2018, further implement the "Public Cultural Services Guarantee Law of the People's Republic of China" and the "Public Library Law of the People's Republic of China", carry out inspections on the implementation of the Public Cultural Services Guarantee Law, and effectively promote legal and various reforms The measures took root. The national ancient books protection project is advancing in depth, and the global Chinese books integration project, "Chinese Medical Collection" and "Chinese Xudao Collection" have been confirmed and implemented. Promote all localities to carry out pilot projects for the construction of county-level cultural centers and library branch systems and the reform of the legal person governance structures of public libraries and cultural centers in areas where conditions permit. Carry out special management of township comprehensive cultural stations, complete the acceptance of the third batch of national public cultural service system demonstration areas (projects), the creation of the fourth batch of national public cultural service system demonstration areas (projects), and the sixth national evaluation of public libraries above the county level Grading work will continue to improve the effectiveness of public cultural services. Promote the construction of the national public cultural cloud and improve functions such as shared live broadcasts, resource on-demand, and big data analysis. We continue to carry out training for grassroots cultural teams across the country, with more than 500,000 people trained. We vigorously carried out the work of bringing opera into rural areas and delivered 77,094 theatrical performances to 12,984 towns and villages in national-level poverty-stricken areas. Organized national square dance performances, held a total of 6,225 performances, participated in 64,564 teams, attracted 2.094 million people, and attracted more than 42.06 million viewers. We held the 7th China Farmers Song Festival, the 9th China Children’s Choir Festival, and launched the fifth batch of national new children’s song collection and promotion activities “Songs Accompany Me Growing Up”. We will continue to carry out cultural volunteer service activities such as the "Spring Rain Project", "Sunshine Project" and "Dream Realization Project" for old revolutionary base areas, border areas, ethnic minority areas and poverty-stricken areas. Organize "Cultural Warming" condolences performances to guide local governments to increase their efforts to protect the cultural rights and interests of special groups. Pragmatically promote the toilet revolution work and steadily advance in toilet revolution construction, technology application, management system innovation and civilized improvement actions.
(1) Public libraries
html There were 3,176 public libraries in the country at the end of 2000, 10 more than the end of the previous year. At the end of the year, there were 57,602 employees in public libraries across the country, an increase of 35 people from the end of the previous year. Among them, 6,632 people have senior professional titles, accounting for 11.5%; 18,622 people have intermediate professional titles, accounting for 32.3%. htmlAt the end of 2000, the actual building area of public libraries nationwide was 15.9598 million square meters, an increase of 5.3% over the end of the previous year; the total book collection was 1.03716 million volumes, an increase of 7.0% over the end of the previous year; the number of reading room seats was 1.1168 million, an increase over the end of the previous year 4.9%; there were 223,500 computers, including 146,300 electronic reading terminals for readers, which were basically the same as the previous year.html At the end of 2000, the national average public library building area per 10,000 people was 114.4 square meters, an increase of 5.4 square meters from the end of the previous year; the national per capita book collection was 0.74 volumes, an increase of 0.04 volumes from the end of the previous year; the national per capita book purchase expense throughout the year was 1.77 yuan, an increase of 5.4 square meters from the end of the previous year. At the end of the year, it increased by 0.07 yuan. Throughout the year, public libraries across the country issued 72.63 million library cards, an increase of 7.8% over the previous year; the total number of people in circulation was 820.32 million, an increase of 10.2%. The number of borrowed books and periodicals was 580.1 million, an increase of 5.3% over the previous year; the number of borrowed books was 258.14 million, an increase of 1.2% over the previous year. A total of 179,043 various activities were held for readers throughout the year, an increase of 15.1% over the previous year; the number of participants was 106.48 million, an increase of 20.2% over the previous year.
(2) Mass Cultural Institutions
html There were 44,464 mass cultural institutions in the country at the end of 2009, 57 fewer than the end of the previous year. Among them, there are 33,858 township comprehensive cultural stations, 139 fewer than the end of the previous year. At the end of the year, there were 185,637 employees in mass cultural institutions across the country, an increase of 4,726 from the end of the previous year. Among them, 6,386 people have senior professional titles, accounting for 3.4%; 17,245 people have intermediate professional titles, accounting for 9.3%. html At the end of 2000, the actual building area of mass cultural institutions nationwide was 42.8309 million square meters, an increase of 4.3% over the end of the previous year; the area of business buildings was 31.4617 million square meters, an increase of 5.7% over the end of the previous year. At the end of the year, the national average construction area of cultural facilities per 10,000 people was 306.95 square meters, an increase of 11.51 square meters from the end of the previous year. Throughout the year, mass cultural institutions nationwide organized a total of 2.1948 million cultural activities of various types, an increase of 10.9% over the previous year; they served 705.53 million people, an increase of 10.3% over the previous year.
html By the end of 2000, there were 7,990 cultural and art groups organized by mass cultural institutions across the country, with 163,000 performances and 83.12 million audiences. There are 426,100 mass amateur literary and art groups guided by cultural centers (stations), and 798 universities for the elderly are run by the cultural centers (stations).4. Cultural and Tourism Market Management
In 2018, further implement source governance, support and guide cultural market operating units to improve services and transform their image, revise the "National Cultural Market Blacklist Management Measures" and "Tourism Market Blacklist Management Measures (Trial)", Study and formulate the "Guiding Opinions on Implementing the Tourism Service Quality Improvement Plan" and "Interim Provisions on Online Tourism Operation Service Management" to provide policy guarantees for improving quality and standardizing management. Nine administrative approval items, including travel agencies and entertainment venues, have been included in the State Council’s “separation of licenses and licenses” reform items and have been promoted nationwide. The "Notice of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on the Implementation of Cultural Market Management Policies in the Pilot Free Trade Zone" was issued to support the pilot free trade zone and Hainan and other places to expand the opening of the cultural and tourism market. The national tourism supervision service platform has been fully launched, and the level of intelligent supervision has been further improved. Promote the introduction of the "Service Level Assessment of Internet Service Business Places", carry out activities such as the "Healthy Entertainment National Competition" and "Karaoke Sunset Red", continue to deepen the transformation and upgrading of the cultural entertainment and Internet service industries, and promote high-quality development of the industry. Tourism safety and holiday work has been steadily advanced, focusing on key periods such as May Day and National Day, summer vacation, and flood season, and increased safety inspections and safety hazard inspections of travel agencies and A-level tourist attractions.
html At the end of 2000, there were 237,100 cultural market operating units across the country, a decrease of 20,300 from the end of the previous year; there were 1,667,300 employees, a decrease of 65,900 from the end of the previous year. Among them, there are 70,584 entertainment venues across the country, with 528,200 employees, annual operating income of 52.097 billion yuan, and operating profits of 11.233 billion yuan; there are 124,266 Internet access service business venues, with 346,700 employees, with annual operating income of 29.463 billion yuan. Operating profit was 7.676 billion yuan.'s comprehensive law enforcement business capabilities have been continuously improved. It held the second national cultural market comprehensive law enforcement job training skills competition, increased various online and offline training efforts, held various training sessions for 13 sessions, and trained nearly 30,000 people online. More than 600 exams. The national cultural market technical supervision and service platform has been put into operation, and more than 97% of provincial, municipal and county law enforcement agencies across the country have officially used it. In 2018, 5.7083 million inspections were carried out through the platform, and 36,400 cases were settled. The application scope of the mobile law enforcement system has been further expanded. 143 prefectures and cities across the country have launched the application, inspected 42,000 people through the mobile law enforcement system, and inspected business units 6,880 times.Increase market law enforcement inspections and rectification efforts, continue to carry out various special rectification actions, and carry out key rectifications in commercial performances, online performances, online music, online animation and other fields. We intensified the supervision of key cases in the tourism market and oversaw the handling of more than 2,000 travel-related complaints. A total of 67,600 travel agencies and their branches were inspected nationwide, 3,282 cases were filed, 34.81 million yuan of illegal income was fined and confiscated, and 108 travel agencies had their business licenses revoked. Actively guide and promote the construction of the "1+3" comprehensive supervision mechanism for the tourism market. Currently, 437 tourism police agencies, 344 industrial and commercial tourism branches, and 554 tourism circuit courts have been established in various places.
5. Utilization of tourism resources
In accordance with the arrangements and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council on all-region tourism work, we will earnestly implement the "Guiding Opinions of the General Office of the State Council on Promoting the Development of All-region Tourism" and in accordance with the "Guidelines for the Creation of All-region Tourism Demonstration Zones" , solidly promoted the creation of the National All-for-one Tourism Demonstration Area, initiated the formulation of the "Implementation Measures for the Acceptance, Recognition and Management of the National All-forth Tourism Demonstration Area (Trial)" and the "National All-forth Tourism Demonstration Area Acceptance Standards (for Trial)" and other documents to continuously promote all-for-one tourism. Develop in depth, accelerate the transformation and upgrading of the tourism industry, and improve quality and efficiency.
issued the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Sustainable Development of Rural Tourism" and the "Action Plan for Promoting the Quality and Upgrading of Rural Tourism Development (2018-2020)" to promote the sustained and healthy development of rural tourism. Strengthen the training of tourism talents in poverty-stricken areas. A total of 9 tourism poverty alleviation training courses were held throughout the year, training 2,000 people, and efforts were made to improve the knowledge and professional skills of key rural tourism village cadres and tourism leaders.
vigorously promotes the development of leisure and vacation tourism. In order to adapt to the rapid development of leisure and vacation tourism needs of Chinese residents, it actively creates an effective leisure and vacation space and organizes the evaluation of national tourist resorts. To continue to promote the development of traditional Chinese medicine health tourism, the United Nations Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine announced the first batch of 72 national traditional Chinese medicine health tourism demonstration base establishment units. Vigorously develop self-driving and recreational vehicle tourism, and accelerate the preparation of industry standards related to self-driving tourism. Accelerate the development of new tourism formats such as hot spring tourism and ice and snow tourism.
vigorously promotes red tourism work, convened a national action promotion meeting for the construction of five good red tourism commentators, and carried out pilot work in some provinces. Jointly organized with the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee to organize the National Red Story Explainer Competition, launched a centralized display event of "Gold Medal Commentators Telling Red Stories", and produced hundreds of short videos of classic red stories for centralized display. Six sessions of red tourism demonstration training were carried out, and more than 1,300 red tourism administrators, heads of scenic spots and travel agencies, key commentators, and tour guides were trained.
coordinates and guides domestic tourism market development and publicity and promotion work. In November 2018, the "National Winter Tourism Promotion Season" activity was launched and the "Notice on Providing Winter Tourism Products" was issued. Organize a symposium on winter tourism promotion work and hold the "Winter Tourism Promotion Season Launching Ceremony and North Country Ice and Snow Theme Promotion Conference". Focusing on activities such as the Yangtze River International Golden Tourism Belt Development Promotion Conference, the National New 5A Tourist Attraction Ceremony, and the China Tourism Industry Expo, news media will be organized to conduct concentrated coverage to expand the social influence of the event.
In 2018, the domestic tourism market continued to grow steadily, the inbound tourism market steadily entered a slow recovery channel, and the outbound tourism market developed rapidly. The number of domestic tourists throughout the year was 5.539 billion, an increase of 10.8% over the same period last year; the number of inbound tourists was 141.2 million, an increase of 1.2% over the same period last year; the number of outbound tourists was 149.72 million, an increase of 14.7% over the same period last year; Total tourism revenue was 5.97 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.5%.
htmlAt the end of 2009, there were 11,924 A-level scenic spots in the country, which received a total of 6.024 billion visitors throughout the year, an increase of 10.5% over the end of the previous year, and achieved tourism revenue of 470.754 billion yuan, an increase of 7.8% over the end of the previous year.6. Industry and Technology
In 2018, the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the Cooperation Model between Government and Social Capital in the Cultural Field" was issued to further promote the transformation of government functions, innovate the cultural supply mechanism, and guide social capital to actively invest in the cultural field.Draft "Several Opinions on Improving the System and Mechanism for Promoting Consumption to Further Stimulate Residents' Consumption Potential" and the "Implementation Plan for Improving the System and Mechanism for Promoting Consumption (2018-2020)", implement the National Cultural Consumption Pilot City Award Plan, and coordinate the promotion of cultural and tourism consumption work .
organized the 3rd Animation Awards of China Culture and Art Government Awards and selected 20 awards to lead the direction of animation creation and encourage the development of original animations. Organized the formulation of two digital art standards such as "Application Scenarios, Frameworks and Metadata of Digital Artwork Image Display System" and "Cultural Relics/Artworks AR Requirements and Application Framework", and successfully established a project in the International Telecommunications Union, paving the way for my country's digital art industry. Go out and clear the way. By the end of the year, there were 809 animation companies jointly recognized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the Ministry of Finance, and the State Administration of Taxation, including 43 key animation companies.
guides social capital to actively invest in the field of culture and tourism. Together with the Ministry of Finance, it has issued policy documents to promote cooperation between government and social capital in the fields of culture and tourism. Together with the Ministry of Finance, it has selected a total of cultural and tourism PPP (Government and Social Capital Cooperation) demonstration projects. The number reached 66, and they received 364 million yuan in “award instead of subsidy” support.
implements the "Cultural Industry Mass Entrepreneurship Support Plan", selects and supports 40 cultural industry maker spaces and mass entrepreneurship service platforms, and builds a mass entrepreneurship and innovation service system for the development of private cultural enterprises and small and medium-sized cultural enterprises. The "National Cultural Industry Demonstration Park Creation and Acceptance Standards (Trial)" was issued to clarify the indicators and specific content of the creation and acceptance work, and further strengthen the standardization of the creation work. Organize and implement the "National Cultural Industrial Park Service Capacity Improvement Plan" and support the service capacity improvement projects of 15 national cultural industrial parks.
Deepen international cooperation in the cultural industry and promote a higher level of opening up to the outside world. The 2018 "Belt and Road" cultural trade and investment key project collection and support work was launched. The first batch of 40 key projects was supported, involving a total investment of approximately 4.2 billion yuan, and has been implemented in nearly 10 countries along the route. Organize China-Canada, China-Vietnam, China-Japan-Korea cultural industry forums and policy dialogues. We support cultural enterprises to "go overseas as a team" and organized more than 200 cultural enterprises to participate in 9 key international cultural exhibitions including the American International Licensing Expo in the form of "China Exhibition Area" throughout the year. Coordinate and organize a series of work including investment promotion, exhibition promotion and travel guarantee in the cultural and tourism fields of the first China International Import Expo, support the holding of supporting activities of the "Harmonious Resonance" Culture + Science and Technology Summit Forum, and build a new platform for corporate external exchanges and cooperation. Strengthen the cultivation and exchange of international talents in the cultural industry, and organize a series of forums at the International Marketing of China Cultural Products Annual Conference to train nearly 2,000 foreign-related cultural management personnel.
According to National Bureau of Statistics statistics, in 2018, the country's 60,000 cultural and related industrial enterprises above designated size achieved operating income of 8,925.7 billion yuan, an increase of 8.2% over the previous year, and continued to maintain rapid growth.
In 2018, we organized the implementation of cultural innovation projects and continued to carry out the review of projects funded by the Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Carry out the review and establishment of the 2018 National Art Science Planning Project, adhere to the main direction of major theoretical and practical issues in cultural and tourism construction, and further play the role of project demonstration and guidance. Efforts will be made to promote the construction of the cultural and tourism think tank system, using the "Cultural and Tourism Think Tank Bulletin" as the main channel, strengthen the transformation and application of research results, and give full play to the decision-making and consulting role of research results. The third national "Pear Blossom Cup" Youth Opera Education and Teaching Achievements Exhibition was successfully held, which focused on high-quality and high-standard display of my country's opera education level and latest teaching achievements in recent years.
7. Cultural Heritage Protection and Utilization
In 2018, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage conscientiously implemented the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions on cultural relics work, and thoroughly implemented the "Guiding Opinions on Further Strengthening Cultural Relics Work" and "Several Opinions on Strengthening the Reform of Cultural Relics Protection and Utilization", We will solidly advance various key tasks in the protection of cultural relics. Completed the "Master Plan for the Protection of the Great Wall", the "Master Plan for the Protection of the Long March Cultural Route" and the "Outline Master Plan for the Construction of the Grand Canal Cultural Belt". The application and selection of the eighth batch of national key cultural relics protection units was launched, and the work of verifying the composition of the national key cultural relics protection entities and compiling the list of provincial-level cultural relics protection units was launched.Carry out county-level national historical and cultural city cultural relic protection assessments, and promote preventive protection and digital protection of cultural relics in collections. Important progress has been made in the underwater archaeological projects of the Jingyuan ship and the "Shanghai Yangtze Estuary No. 2" shipwreck site. Major discoveries have been made in Tibet's Paleolithic sites, Shaanxi Shimao and Lushanmao sites, and Xinjiang Shichengzi site . Carry out the "Internet + Chinese Civilization" action plan and promote the in-depth expansion of strategic cooperation with Tencent, Baidu, NetEase , China Mobile, etc. Supervise and inspect the fire safety of museums and cultural relics buildings across the country. A total of 31,000 museums and cultural relics buildings were inspected and more than 61,000 fire hazards were rectified. We continued to promote special rectification actions for illegal cases of cultural relics legal persons, investigated and dealt with 673 illegal cases of cultural relics legal persons, issued 349 administrative penalties, ordered corrections in 408 cases, held 314 administrative responsibilities and 74 criminal responsibilities, and supervised a number of cases involving revolutionary cultural relics and world cultural heritage. and other illegal cases. As of the end of 2018, there were 108 million pieces/sets of movable cultural relics and 767,000 immovable cultural relics across the country.
html There were 10,160 cultural relics institutions of various types across the country at the end of 2000, an increase of 229 from the end of the previous year. Among them, there are 3,550 cultural relic protection and management institutions, accounting for 34.9%; 4,918 museums, accounting for 48.4%. At the end of the year, there were 162,600 employees in cultural relics institutions across the country, an increase of 1,100 from the end of the previous year. Among them, 9,682 have senior professional titles, accounting for 6.0%, and 20,679 have intermediate professional titles, accounting for 12.7%. html At the end of 2000, cultural relics institutions across the country had 49.6061 million cultural relics collections, an increase of 1.0995 million pieces/set from the end of the previous year, an increase of 2.3%. Among them, there are 37.5425 million pieces/set of cultural relics in museums, accounting for 75.7% of the total collection of cultural relics; 7.514000 pieces/set of cultural relics in cultural relic stores, accounting for 15.2% of the total collection of cultural relics. In 2018, various cultural relic institutions across the country held a total of 27,919 exhibitions, an increase of 1,874 over the previous year. Among them, there are 13,676 basic displays, an increase of 651 over the previous year; and 14,243 temporary exhibitions, an increase of 1,223 over the previous year. It received 1,223.87 million visitors, an increase of 6.6% over the previous year, of which 296.65 million were minors, an increase of 2.6%, accounting for 24.2% of the total number of visitors. The museum received 1,044.36 million visitors, an increase of 7.5% over the previous year, accounting for 85.3% of the total visitors received by cultural relics institutions.
In 2018, the protection of representative projects and representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage will be intensified. "Tibetan Medicine Bath Method" was successfully included in the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. As of the end of 2018, a total of 40 projects in our country have been included in the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Conducted research on national-level representative intangible cultural heritage projects involving the birthplace of Chinese civilization and culture, comprehensively recorded 103 national-level representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage, and evaluated and accepted 253 recording projects supported in 2016.
implement the traditional craft revitalization plan and promote the new and widespread application of traditional crafts in modern life. The first batch of national traditional craft revitalization catalogs was formulated, and a total of 383 projects in 14 categories were selected. Guide various regions to formulate plans for the revitalization of traditional crafts in their regions. A total of 24 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) have issued plans or related documents for the revitalization of traditional crafts in their regions. Support traditional craft workstation resident units to hold 12 inheritor dialogue activities, promoting multiple cross-border cooperation between inheritors and design companies, universities and other institutions.
improves the research and training working mechanism, expands coverage, and deeply implements the research and training plan for China’s intangible cultural heritage groups. The "Implementation Plan for the Research and Training Plan for China's Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritance Groups (2018-2020)" was issued, and 112 colleges and universities were identified to participate in the 2018 research and training plan. A total of 628 various types of research, study, and training courses were held across the country to train students. 26,500 people, including extended training in various places, a total of 95,000 people were trained. Continue to explore the pilot research and training of new categories of intangible cultural heritage projects, and support the National University of China for Nationalities in organizing training and exchange activities for intangible cultural heritage groups in Hubei.
identified and announced 1,082 fifth batch of national representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage. As of the end of 2018, there were 3,068 national-level representative inheritors of intangible cultural heritage and 1,372 national-level representative projects of intangible cultural heritage. Further strengthen the construction of national-level intangible cultural heritage protection and utilization facilities, and arrange an investment of 201 million yuan within the central budget to support the construction of 26 national-level intangible cultural heritage protection and utilization facilities, effectively promoting the organic integration of the protection and inheritance of intangible cultural heritage and economic and social development.
innovates communication methods, improves the professional level of intangible cultural heritage communication, and promotes the formation of a good situation for the whole society to inherit and develop excellent traditional culture. The 2018 "Cultural and Natural Heritage Day" activities were organized and carried out, and more than 3,700 large and medium-sized intangible cultural heritage publicity and display activities were held across the country. The National Folk Art Week was held, and for the first time, 127 national folk art representative intangible cultural heritage projects were performed nationwide. Produced and broadcast " Intangible Cultural Heritage Open Course " to promote the concept of intangible cultural heritage protection and popularize intangible cultural heritage knowledge, which received enthusiastic response from the society. Brand communication activities such as intangible cultural heritage image exhibitions, intangible cultural heritage clothing shows, and intangible cultural heritage lecture months were carried out, with a total of 260 million people participating online and offline. With the theme of "living inheritance, vitality reappearance", the fifth China Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo was held to showcase the progress made in the protection of intangible cultural heritage across the country in recent years. 820,000 people visited the site and nearly 60 million people watched it online. Support and guide localities to bring intangible cultural heritage activities into schools, intangible cultural heritage projects into classrooms, and intangible cultural heritage knowledge into teaching materials, so as to give full play to the positive role of intangible cultural heritage in the healthy growth of young people.
As of the end of 2018, there were 2,467 intangible cultural heritage protection institutions nationwide with 17,308 employees. Throughout the year, various intangible cultural heritage protection institutions across the country held 65,495 performances, an increase of 20.6% over the previous year, with an audience of 49.6 million, an increase of 16.6% from the previous year; 16,844 folk activities were held, an increase of 24.0% from the previous year, with an audience of 4,850 million, an increase of 0.7% over the previous year.
8. Cultural and tourism exchanges with foreign countries and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan
In 2018, taking the bilateral and multilateral cultural and tourism exchange mechanisms and high-level people-to-people exchange mechanisms as the starting point, we will cooperate with 18 countries including Gambia, Panama, Spain, Nigeria etc. Sign cultural agreements or implementation plans to promote and deepen cultural and tourism exchanges and cooperation with countries around the world. Organize relevant activities such as the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, China, Japan and South Korea, China and the United States, China- and ASEAN, and participate in relevant meetings of China-Canada, China-Italy, China-Russia-Mongolia, Asia-Europe, Asia-Pacific, and BRICS countries.
Establish the "Belt and Road" cultural and tourism exchange mechanism, and establish the Silk Road International Museum Alliance, the International Library Alliance, and the Art Museum Alliance. Host the 5th Silk Road International Art Festival, the 3rd Silk Road (Dunhuang) International Cultural Expo, and the Silk Road National Art Museum Exhibition. Create key exchange brands such as "Silk Road Cultural Journey" and "Silk Road Cultural Envoy" in countries and regions along the "Belt and Road" to help connect peoples in countries along the "Belt and Road".
focuses on telling Chinese stories and enhancing the cultural exchange brand image of "Happy Spring Festival". In 2018, "Happy Spring Festival" held nearly 2,000 events in more than 400 cities in 130 countries and regions around the world. Strengthen the promotion of "China beyond imagination" tourism and create a "Beautiful China" tourism brand. A series of "Focus on China" activities are held under the framework of the Avignon Theater Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival and other festivals. Cultural New Year (festival) activities are held in the United States, Canada, Russia, Nepal and other countries to further shape the image and brand of the "Chinese New Year Festival".
formulated the "Guidelines for the Cooperation between the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and Local Governments in Establishing Overseas Chinese Cultural Centers", strengthened the construction of relevant systems for cultural and tourism institutions stationed abroad, and opened Chinese cultural centers in Latvia and Morocco, bringing the total number of Chinese cultural centers worldwide to 37 indivual. Signed government documents for the establishment of cultural centers with Jordan, Uruguay, the United Arab Emirates, Cote d'Ivoire, Algeria, and Spain. Continue to carry out the work of co-building centers between ministries and provinces, and signed agreements with Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and Jiangxi Province to jointly build the Chinese Cultural Center in Hanoi and the Chinese Cultural Center in Lisbon. Guiding overseas Chinese cultural centers to jointly organize the "Chinese Culture Week" unified brand event and the "World's End Together at This Time" Mid-Autumn Festival brand event.
actively carries out cultural and tourism work on Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and promotes the construction of a coordination mechanism for cultural and tourism work in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The 9th Cross-Strait Cultural and Creative Industry Exhibition, the 14th Cross-Strait Tourism Expo and the 11th Cross-Strait Cultural Expo will be held. Innovate exchange platforms for festivals such as the Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, and enhance the influence of themed cultural activities such as "Hong Kong Moonlight Night" and "Cross-Strait Folk Temple Fairs".We will continue to build cultural exchange brands such as "Gold in the Sea of Arts" and "Love in Qiantang-Cross-Strait Cultural Friendship Tour", organize tourism promotion activities such as "Ruyi Gansu Tour", and hold the Taipei Summer Travel Exhibition. Continue to carry out cultural tourism internship and study activities for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan youth to cultivate the Chinese cultural identity of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan youth.
There were 3,383 foreign cultural exchange projects approved by the cultural system throughout the year, with 66,734 participants; 490 cultural exchange projects with Hong Kong and Macao, with 11,411 participants; 311 cultural exchange projects with Taiwan, with 3,642 participants.
9. Fund investment
In 2018, the central government continued to implement cultural projects such as "three museums and one station" for free opening, intangible cultural heritage protection, and public digital culture construction, and implemented a total of 5.051 billion yuan of central government-subsidized local cultural special funds, which was more than Annual growth of 0.6%.
In addition, the central government has allocated a tourism development fund of 1.485 billion yuan to provide key support for the construction of local tourist toilets, the creation of regional tourism demonstration zones, and integrated development projects for the transformation and upgrading of the tourism public service system and the tourism industry.
The national cultural expenditure for the whole year was 92.833 billion yuan, an increase of 7.253 billion yuan or 8.5% over the previous year; the national per capita cultural expenditure was 66.53 yuan, an increase of 4.96 yuan or 8.1% over the previous year.
Cultural undertakings accounted for 0.42% of total fiscal expenditures, the same proportion as the previous year.
Among the national cultural undertakings, cultural undertakings at the county level and above accounted for 42.496 billion yuan, accounting for 45.8%, and the proportion was 0.7 percentage points lower than the previous year; cultural undertakings for the county and below-county cultural undertakings were 50.337 billion yuan, accounting for 54.2%, and the proportion was reduced from the previous year. increased by 0.7 percentage points. The cultural undertaking expenditures of cultural units in the eastern region were 41.624 billion yuan, accounting for 44.8%, and the proportion increased by 0.2 percentage points; the cultural undertaking expenditures of cultural units in the central region were 23.271 billion yuan, accounting for 25.1%, and the proportion increased by 0.2 percentage points; the cultural undertakings of cultural units in the western region increased by 0.2 percentage points; The expenditure was 24.293 billion yuan, accounting for 26.2%, and the proportion dropped by 0.8 percentage points.
The national cultural relics expenditure for the whole year was 37.879 billion yuan, an increase of 2.957 billion yuan or 8.3% over the previous year; the proportion of cultural relics expenditures in total fiscal expenditure was 0.17%, the same as the previous year.
According to statistics from the Ministry of Finance, among the national fiscal expenditures in 2018, cultural and sports media funds were 352.2 billion yuan, an increase of 3.7% over the previous year, accounting for 1.59% of fiscal expenditures, and the proportion decreased by 0.07 percentage points from the previous year.
