Forum on Grand Rivers Civilization and Tourism -World Tourism Alliance Deepening Cultural and Tourism Cooperation between Chongqing and Shanxi

The 3rd Forum on Great Rivers Civilization and Tourism -World Tourism Alliance (Linfen,Shanxi).第三届大河文明旅游论坛世界旅游联盟·黄河对话在山西省临汾市举行。

On September 16thto 19th,Liu Qi,Secretary of the CPC Chongqing Committee and Director-General of the Chongqing Municipal Commission of Culture and Tourism,led a delegation to attend the Summit of Key Experimental Zones for Ecological Protection and High-Quality Development of the Yellow River Basin and the 3rdForum on Great Rivers Civilization and Tourism -World Tourism Alliance (WTA) Yellow River Dialogue in Shanxi Province.The event was meant to fully utilize the WTA as a platform to strengthen the exchanges and cooperation between Chongqing and the members of the Alliance and further deepen cultural and tourism cooperation between Chongqing and Shanxi.

During the event,Liu Qi had extensive talks and exchanges with attendees including Duan Qiang,Chairman of WTA,Liu Shijun,Secretary General of WTA,Yan Han,Deputy Secretary General of the World Tourism Cities Federation,and Nahra Najib,Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of the Egyptian Embassy in China.Nahra Najib agreed with the proposal for joint application for the list of world heritage and the two sides agreed to organize an online meeting to study the specific details of application in the near future.The delegation also visited Yungang Grottoes,and relevant personnel held discussions and exchanges on the protection of cave temples,protection and inheritance of world cultural heritage,and the integrated development of culture and tourism.

为充分借助世界旅游联盟平台加强重庆与联盟会员间交流合作，进一步深化渝晋文化和旅游合作，市文化旅游委党委书记、主任刘旗于9月16日至19日带队赴山西省参加黄河流域生态保护和高质量发展重要实验区峰会暨第三届大河文明旅游论坛世界旅游联盟·黄河对话。

会议期间，刘旗先后与世界旅游联盟主席段强、秘书长刘士军和世界旅游城市联合会副秘书长严晗、埃及驻华大使馆临时代办纳格拉·纳吉布等与会嘉宾广泛会谈交流；埃及驻华大使馆临时代办对“联合申遗”的提议深表赞同，双方商定近期组织线上会议研究具体申遗工作。重庆代表团考察了云冈石窟，与有关负责人就石窟寺保护、世界文化遗产保护传承、文旅融合发展等进行探讨交流。