On March 8, the sixth session of the joint conference of the special working group for the construction of Bashu Cultural Tourism Corridor was held in Fengjie, Chongqing. At the meeting, 28 key tasks for the construction of Bashu Cultural Tourism Corridor in 2023 were released, and another batch of culture and tourism units, institutions and enterprises in Sichuan and Chongqing were promoted to sign cooperation agreements.
This year, Sichuan and Chongqing will focus more on the construction of major projects, major platforms and key functional areas, especially 28 tasks in nine aspects, involving promoting the reform and innovation of Sichuan and Chongqing's culture and tourism, the protection and inheritance of Bashu culture, the improvement of public service capacity for culture and tourism, and the co-shaping of regional brand image.
In terms of jointly promoting the construction of a number of major culture and tourism projects, the two sides will build Daba Mountain International Tourist Resort, Wuhua Mountain Healthcare and Leisure Tourist Resort, Sichuan-Shaanxi Red Army Culture Park, Long March National Culture Park (Sichuan-Chongqing), Sichuan-Chongqing Grotto Temple Protection, Inheritance and Sci-Tech Innovation Project, Rock Carving Cultural and Creative Park, and Bashu Intangible Cultural Heritage Industrial Park.
Ba culture and Shu culture have the same roots. In order to protect the common precious cultural heritage, the two places will jointly formulate the construction plan of Sichuan-Chongqing Grotto Temple National Heritage Park, build Sichuan-Chongqing Grottoes Protection Research Joint Laboratory and Sci-Tech Innovation Base, actively create a key scientific research base for the protection of stone cultural relics in southern China, and implement the protection and utilization projects of cultural relics of the Western Han and Eastern Han Dynasties and the Three Kingdoms Period, such as Bashu watchtower in the Han Dynasty.
In order to make the culture and tourism brand of "Comfortable Sichuan, Cozy Chongqing" more popular, the two places will publicly solicit the image logo of Bashu Cultural Tourism Corridor from the public, and jointly promote Bashu culture and tourism brands such as Charming City, Hometown of Panda, Magnificent Three Gorges and Grotto Art.