Our institute successfully held the first "China-ASEAN Tourism Cooperation Forum"

On November 19, the first "China-ASEAN Tourism Cooperation Forum" was held in Kunming, the Spring City, jointly sponsored by the National Tourism Administration and the Yunnan Provincial Government and hosted by the China Tourism Academy and the Yunnan Provincial Tourism Administration. The forum was themed "Cooperation Enhancement and Shared Prosperity". The purpose of the forum was to strengthen intergovernmental cooperation, cultivate a common market, promote industrial development through academics, and build a dialogue platform and cooperation mechanism between the government, enterprises and academia, so as to strengthen China-ASEAN tourism cooperation and share the prosperity brought by the tourism industry. Opening Ceremony of the "China-ASEAN Tourism Cooperation Forum" This forum is an important part of the 2009 China International Tourism Fair. Wang Zhifa, Deputy Director of the National Tourism Administration, Luo Zhengfu, Executive Vice Governor of the Yunnan Provincial People's Government, Liu Ping, Vice Governor of Yunnan Province, and other leaders, ministers and vice ministers of tourism of ASEAN countries, as well as representatives of international organizations such as the United Nations World Tourism Organization and the Asia-Pacific Tourism Association attended the opening ceremony of the forum. The opening ceremony was hosted by Wang Junqiang, Deputy Secretary-General of the Yunnan Provincial People's Government. Vice President Dai Bin delivered a keynote speech Vice President Dai Bin attended the opening ceremony of the forum and delivered a keynote speech on "For Humanity to Walk More Freely on Earth". In his speech, Vice President Dai Bin pointed out that tourism, as the industry with the largest global economic and employment capacity, has maintained continuous growth and prosperity. In the face of the ever-changing international tourism demand, countries should not ignore the needs of the general public while adapting to social progress and market development. In this financial crisis, while vigorously promoting the development of domestic tourism, the Chinese government also attaches great importance to outbound tourism, especially the positive role of tourism to Southeast Asia. Efforts have been made to enhance regional tourism cooperation including Northeast Asia, the Greater Mekong Subregion, the Pan-Beibu Gulf, and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. China has shouldered the international responsibilities that a major tourism country should have. The China-ASEAN Tourism Cooperation Forum provides a platform for regional tourism cooperation and prosperity. ASEAN countries, including China, should work together to build a regional tourism cooperation mechanism, eliminate many obstacles caused by human factors, and rationally and pragmatically promote tourism globalization and service trade liberalization with an attitude of being responsible to the people and history. He suggested that the participating governments sign an agreement, the Framework Agreement on Promoting Closer Cooperation in China-ASEAN Tourism Service Trade, as the basis for joint action; hold a regular China-ASEAN Tourism Ministers' Meeting every year to build an exchange and consultation mechanism between governments; establish a joint tourism development fund to provide timely capital support for tourism resource development, industrial investment and business innovation. Jointly create the overall image of China-ASEAN tourism and strengthen joint marketing in the international tourism market; establish a tourism cooperation zone pilot, and use Yunnan Province's geographical and resource advantages to explore and pilot this creative international tourism cooperation zone. Vice President Dai Bin presided over the "Academics Promote Industrial Development" forum On November 20, Vice President Dai Bin presided over the keynote speech and on-site interaction of "Academics Promote Industrial Development" participated by 2 domestic tourism experts and 3 ASEAN tourism experts, and jointly exchanged and discussed the tourism development experience of ASEAN countries including China. Jiang Yiyi and Ma Yiliang from the International Institute, Xia Shaoyan and Jia Yuanyuan from the Scientific Research Management Department, Yang Yanfeng from the Industry Institute, and Hu Fusheng from the Policy Institute of our institute attended the forum and participated in the early preparations and conference affairs of the forum.