Year-ender: Top 10 cultural events from 2021

The year 2021 marks the first year of China's 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) period, and the country is achieving steady progress in the cultural realm. Let's review some of them and look forward to the coming year!

1. China releases new five-year plan for culture, tourism

China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism released the 14th five-year plan for the development of various sectors on June 2, laying out the overall requirements, development goals, major tasks and measures for the 2021-2025 period.

The plan sets out the major tasks of developing culture and tourism, including advancing social civility, establishing artistic creation systems for a new era, improving the protection, inheritance and utility of cultural heritage, and enhancing the modern tourism system.

"Efforts will be made to provide higher-quality and efficient public cultural services and greater accessibility and sustainability over the next five years," said Yan Xiaodong, an official with the ministry, at a news conference.

The ministry will continue to upgrade the structure of the cultural industry and promote the employment of new technologies and digitization. It will also deepen international cultural cooperation and strengthen cooperation with countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative.