Recently, the "Implementation Opinions of the CPC Anhui Provincial Committee and the Anhui Provincial People's Government on Learning and Applying the Experience of the 'Thousand Villages Demonstration, Ten Thousand Villages Renovation' Project to Effectively Promote the Comprehensive Revitalization of Rural Areas" was released, which emphasizes promoting the integrated development of agriculture, culture and tourism, and prosperous development of rural culture.

The document specifies that a number of "Anhui-brand" boutique routes will be launched, and 100 boutique theme villages, 100 characteristic gourmet villages, and 100 tourism scenic routes will be built. It also outlines a three-year action plan for the high-quality development of rural homestays, aiming to foster 1000 boutique homestays. Furthermore, it emphasizes to combine outstanding traditional Chinese culture and arts and crafts with high-quality agricultural products to introduce a series of rural tourism cultural and creative products.

The document proposes to deeply explore the unique cultural heritage of Huaihe River, Yangtze River, Huizhou culture and other characteristic cultures, integrating elements of agricultural civilization with modern civilization. It suggests formulating special plans for the protection and utilization of traditional villages in the province, promoting the legislation of traditional village protection, implementing the project of "Thousand Villages, Ten Thousands Houses" protection and utilization project, and carrying out concentrated and contiguous protection and utilization. Additionally, it calls for the implementation of plans for revitalizing traditional crafts, hosting exhibitions of traditional skills of China's intangible cultural heritage, and strengthening the protection and utilization of agricultural cultural heritage such as the planting system of white ginger in Tongling. Lastly, it calls for the organization of the celebration activities of Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival, Chinese farmers' Singing Contest and so on.

Source: anhuinews.com