The Shandong provincial department of culture and tourism convened a meeting on Jan 23 in the province's capital city Jinan to review the department's work and achievements in 2018 as well as devise a working plan for 2019.

Wang Lei, Party secretary and director of the Shandong provincial culture and tourism department delivered a keynote speech at the meeting.

Last year, the department made innovations in its routine work and achieved breakthroughs in its key tasks such as ecological-civilization construction, rural cultural revitalization and promoting Shandong culture worldwide. It also contributed greatly to the brand building and promotion of Shandong's featured cultural and tourism activities.

Wang said that generally the department’s work was improved in 2018 and Shandong’s image as a province with abundant recourses in culture, tourism and historic relics was further exemplified and enhanced.

The meeting highlighted several tasks to guarantee the smooth proceeding of the department’s culture and tourism work in 2019.

As this year marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the department will bring out a number of quality literary and artistic works, promote the development of red tourism, as well as host related activities to celebrate the significant anniversary.

Focusing on the conversion of old and new growth drivers, the department will strive to promote the integration and high-quality development of its culture and tourism sectors through expanding the province’s cultural and creative industry, high-quality tourism services and all-for-one tourism.

The Shandong provincial department of culture and tourism convenes a meeting on Jan 23 to review the department’s work and achievement in 2018 as well as devise a working plan in 2019. [Photo/sdwht.gov.cn]

Wang Lei, Party secretary and director of the Shandong provincial culture and tourism department delivers a keynote speech at the meeting. [Photo/sdwht.gov.cn]