In order to vigorously promote cultural and tourism volunteer service, promote the institutionalization, standardization and normalization of cultural and tourism volunteer service, and further strengthen the sense of social responsibility and dedication, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Central Civilization Office recently issued the Work Plan for Cultural and Tourism Volunteer Service in 2019 (referred to as the “Plan”), making arrangements for the development of cultural and tourism volunteer service this year.
The Plan proposes to mobilize all forces extensively, actively carry out various forms of voluntary service activities, strive to create a good trend of upward kindness and mutual help in the whole society, and focus on the implementation of the Spring Rain Project-the national cultural and tourism voluntary service action plan, the Sunshine Project-the rural cultural voluntary service action plan in the central and western regions, and the Dream Interpretation Project-the rural minors’ cultural voluntary service plan.
It is understood that from 2019, the “Spring Rain Project”-the national cultural volunteer frontier activity has been adjusted to the “Spring Rain Project”-the national cultural and tourism volunteer service action plan, and it is planned to implement four projects, including the volunteer service of the new era civilization practice center, and pilot the construction of 50 new era civilization practice center counties (cities, districts); Volunteer service in frontier ethnic areas, encourage and support volunteer service teams to carry out cultural and tourism volunteer service activities in frontier areas; Volunteer service of grass-roots public cultural institutions, encourage and support public cultural institutions at all levels to form cultural volunteer service teams and carry out volunteer service activities according to their respective work areas; Civilized tourism volunteer service, encourage and support the tourism volunteer service team to carry forward the excellent Chinese traditional culture and guide the vast number of tourists to travel in a civilized way.
“Sunshine Project”-the action plan of rural cultural volunteer service in the central and western regions will recruit 1,200 rural cultural volunteers in 22 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in the central and western regions and Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and equip them with 1,200 administrative villages to carry out cultural volunteer service for one year; Encourage all localities to carry out the recruitment and allocation of rural cultural volunteers in the local area in combination with the construction of village-level comprehensive cultural service centers, and gradually realize the full coverage of village-level public welfare cultural posts.
The “Dream Realization Project”-the cultural volunteer service plan for rural minors will be directed by the cultural and tourism departments of 22 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in the central and western regions and the cultural and sports press, publication, radio and television bureau of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, and the county-level cultural and tourism administrative departments in the areas where the project is implemented will recruit 610 local cultural talents, literary and artistic backbones and non-genetic inheritors who have certain teaching ability and are enthusiastic about social welfare as cultural volunteers. According to the activity arrangement and specific needs of the children’s palace of rural schools, they will regularly provide art training and counseling to the students in the children’s palace of rural schools, so as to improve
The “Program” also proposes to strengthen organizational leadership, adhere to demand-oriented, project-driven, increase publicity and mobilization, and persist in seeking truth..Effective, and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of volunteers in five aspects. (Cheng Xiaogang)