Does the National Tourism Administration still exist?

The National Tourism Administration is no longer retained. In March 218, according to the institutional reform plan of the State Council approved by the first session of the 13th National People's Congress, the responsibilities of the National Tourism Administration were integrated and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China was established, and the National Tourism Administration was no longer retained. At present, the official website of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China is:

According to the website given by the Chinese government website, the previous website of the National Tourism Administration was: ta.gov.cn. However, after opening this website, it shows that this website is undergoing upgrading and maintenance, so please forgive the inconvenience caused. It should not be used again in the future.

Extended information:

The National Tourism Administration of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as China National Tourism Administration, abbreviated as CNTA) is a directly affiliated institution in charge of tourism in the State Council.

In 1985, the National Tourism Administration of the People's Republic of China decided to choose "Flying Swallows on Horse" as the graphic symbol of China's tourism industry. The predecessor of the National Tourism Administration of the People's Republic of China is the China Tourism Administration, which was established in 1964. It is the functional department of the State Council to manage the national international and domestic tourism. In 1993, the State Council decided that the National Tourism Administration should be directly affiliated to the State Council.

in August p>1998, with the approval of the State Council, the National Tourism Administration began to use the name and seal of "National Tourism Administration of the People's Republic of China", and the original name and seal ceased to be used.

in March p>218, according to the institutional reform plan of the State Council approved by the first session of the 13th National People's Congress, the responsibilities of the National Tourism Administration were integrated, and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China was established, and the National Tourism Administration was no longer retained.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China was established in accordance with the Decision of the Central Committee of the People's Republic of China on Deepening the Reform of Party and State Institutions, the Plan for Deepening the Reform of Party and State Institutions and the Plan for Institutional Reform of the State Council approved by the First Session of the 13th National People's Congress. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism is an integral part of the State Council, and it is a ministerial department.

in order to enhance and highlight cultural self-confidence, coordinate cultural undertakings, cultural industry development and tourism resources development, improve the soft power of the country's culture and the influence of Chinese culture, and promote the integrated development of cultural undertakings, cultural industries and tourism, the plan proposes to integrate the responsibilities of the Ministry of Culture and the National Tourism Administration to form the Ministry of Culture and Tourism as a component of the State Council. The Ministry of Culture and the National Tourism Administration will no longer be retained.

The first session of the 13th National People's Congress voted to adopt a decision on the institutional reform plan of the State Council, and approved the establishment of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China. In March 218, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China approved the establishment.

The main duties of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism are:

(1) To implement the Party's principles and policies on cultural work, study and formulate policies and measures on culture and tourism, and draft laws and regulations on culture and tourism.

(2) make overall plans for the development of cultural undertakings, cultural industries and tourism, draw up development plans and organize their implementation, promote the integrated development of culture and tourism, and promote the reform of cultural and tourism systems and mechanisms.

(3) to manage major national cultural activities, guide the construction of national key cultural facilities, organize the promotion of the overall image of national tourism, promote the foreign cooperation and international market promotion of cultural industries and tourism industries, formulate and organize the implementation of tourism market development strategies, and guide and promote global tourism.

(4) to guide and manage literary and artistic undertakings, to guide artistic creation and production, to support literary and artistic works that embody socialist core values and are representative and exemplary, and to promote the development of all kinds of arts and artistic varieties.

(5) to be responsible for the development of public cultural undertakings, promote the construction of national public cultural service system and tourism public services, carry out the project of benefiting the people through culture, and make overall plans to promote the standardization and equalization of basic public cultural services.

(6) guide and promote the innovation and development of culture and tourism science and technology, and promote the informationization and standardization of the culture and tourism industry.

(7) to be responsible for the protection of intangible cultural heritage and promote the protection, inheritance, popularization, promotion and revitalization of intangible cultural heritage.

(8) make overall plans for the cultural industry and the tourism industry, organize and implement the general survey, excavation, protection and utilization of cultural and tourism resources, and promote the development of cultural and tourism industries.

(9) to guide the development of the culture and tourism market, supervise the operation of the culture and tourism market, promote the construction of the credit system of the culture and tourism industry, and standardize the culture and tourism market according to law.

(1) to guide the comprehensive law enforcement of the national cultural market, organize the investigation and punishment of illegal acts in national and cross-regional cultural, cultural relics, publishing, radio and television, movies, tourism and other markets, supervise and supervise major cases, and maintain market order.

(11) to guide and manage cultural and tourism exchanges, cooperation, publicity and promotion with Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, guide the work of cultural and tourism institutions abroad and stationed in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, sign agreements on cultural and tourism cooperation between China and foreign countries on behalf of the country, organize large-scale cultural and tourism exchanges with Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and promote Chinese culture to go abroad.

(12) Managing National Cultural Heritage Administration.

(13) Complete other tasks assigned by the CPC Central Committee and the State Council.

Reference links:

People's Republic of China * * * and China National Tourism Administration-Baidu Encyclopedia

People's Republic of China * * * and Ministry of Culture and Tourism

People's Republic of China * * * and Ministry of Culture and Tourism-Baidu Encyclopedia

Departmental Services-China National Tourism Administration-China Government Network.