Year-ender: Top 10 cultural events from 2021
China DailyThe year 2021 marks the first year of China's 14th Five-Year Plan period, and the country is achieving steady progress in the cultural realm. 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.