On February 20th, Hu Heping, Minister of Culture and Tourism, met with Yang Runxiong, Director of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government in Beijing.
Hu Heping affirmed the achievements of cultural and tourism exchanges and cooperation between Hong Kong and the Mainland in recent years. He said that the Ministry of Culture and Tourism attaches great importance to the development of Hong Kong’s culture and tourism, and supports Hong Kong to consolidate and enhance its competitive advantage and develop a cultural and artistic exchange center between China and foreign countries. In recent years, the cooperation mechanism between the mainland and Hong Kong in the fields of culture and tourism has been continuously improved, the industrial cooperation environment has been continuously optimized, and exchanges and cooperation have shown an all-round, wide-ranging and multi-channel pattern. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism will vigorously support the high-quality development of Hong Kong’s culture and tourism, give full play to Hong Kong’s strengths and contribute to the needs of the country. It is hoped that Hong Kong will seize the opportunity of national development, actively participate in international exchanges and cooperation, inherit and carry forward Chinese traditional culture, and unite and struggle together.
Yang Runxiong thanked the Ministry of Culture and Tourism for its strong support for the development of Hong Kong. He said that Hong Kong will actively cooperate with the overall national strategy, strengthen cultural exchanges and cooperation with the mainland, promote linkage and cooperation with the mainland in tourism, promote the excellent Chinese traditional culture, promote the development of cultural and creative industries, give full play to the role of Chinese and foreign cultural and artistic exchange centers, and tell the stories of China and Hong Kong well.
The two sides also exchanged views on topics such as “supporting each other to carry out cultural and tourism exchange brand projects” and “supporting Hong Kong to better participate in foreign cultural and tourism exchanges and cooperation”.