Beijing, Jun 3 (IANS): China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism has released the 14th five-year plan for the development of various sectors, 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, Xinhua news agency reported.

"Efforts will be made to provide higher-quality and efficient public cultural services and greater accessibility and sustainability over the next five years," Ministry official Yan Xiaodong said at a press conference here on Wednesday.

The Ministry will continue to upgrade the structure of the cultural industry and promote the employment of new technologies and digitisation.

It will also deepen international cultural cooperation and strengthen cooperation with countries along the Belt and Road.

The tourism sector will be enriched and improved during the period, with new offerings to be expected such as national cultural parks, red tourism routes and ice and snow tourism attractions, it said.

The plan also underlines the development of internet-powered tourism, promotion of smart management of tourist attractions and innovation of tourism-related public services.