Shandong: Tell good water stories and build a living water culture – Shandong – China Engineering Network

China Engineering Network News On November 20, the Shandong Provincial People’s Government held a press conference to introduce the “2023 Qilu Water Culture Forum”.

According to reports, this year is the start of the construction of the national and provincial water network pilot areas in Shandong Province. The province has innovatively implemented the “Water Network +” action to accelerate the construction of a water security network, a water people’s livelihood service network, a water ecological protection network, and build water beauty. The rural demonstration belt, the inland navigation demonstration belt, the cultural and tourism integration demonstration belt, and the green development demonstration belt promote the formation of an overall pattern of “three networks and four belts” and give full play to the overall functions and comprehensive benefits of the modern water network.

Tell good water stories and create living water culture. Shandong Province has made great efforts to build a “Water Network + Cultural Tourism Integration Demonstration Belt”, integrating the construction of cultural tourism experience corridors along the Yellow River and the Grand Canal into the overall framework of the province’s “Four Corridors and One Line”. Taking the preparation and implementation of the “Shandong Province Yellow River Cultural Protection, Inheritance and Promotion Plan” as the overall starting point, we have successively issued policy documents such as the “Yellow River National Cultural Park (Shandong Section) Construction and Protection Plan” and the “Yellow River National Scenic Road (Shandong) Construction Guide” to effectively guarantee Protect and carry forward Yellow River culture.

A few days ago, the Shandong Provincial People’s Government held a press conference to introduce the “2023 Qilu Water Culture Forum”. The picture shows the press conference site.Photo courtesy of the Information Office of Shandong Provincial People’s Government

We will do a good job in the protection and inheritance of water conservancy intangible cultural heritage, and innovatively organize the “Intangible Cultural Heritage Exchange and Exhibition Week in the Yellow River Basin and the Grand Canal” activities; strengthen thematic artistic creation, and incorporate the Yellow River theme into the major topics of the “14th Five-Year Plan” artistic creation plan; work with the province The Department of Water Resources and other relevant departments, based on the exploration and protection of water cultural resources and water conservancy heritage, inherit the “water conservancy spirit” and tell the “water conservancy story” in the new era.

Plan and promote the implementation of a number of major water conservancy and cultural tourism projects, and cultivate and create water conservancy tourism scenic spots according to local conditions. This year, Shandong Province has rated 4A-level tourist attractions such as Boxing Mada Lake, Dongping Lake, Gaoqing Swan Lake, and Shanxian Fulong Lake as the province’s smart tourism model scenic spots and public service facilities improvement demonstration scenic spots, and each has been awarded 100,000 to 500,000 yuan. Varying financial awards and subsidies can effectively help improve the quality of scenic spots.

At the same time, the province takes the construction of the “Water Network + Culture and Tourism Integrated Development Demonstration Zone” as the overall focus, and coordinates water-related tourism resources such as rivers, lakes, reservoirs, canals, and ponds, and focuses on key water systems such as the Yellow River, Grand Canal, and Xiaoqing River. The focus is to build characteristic water-related tourist attractions and tourist resorts, promote the iterative upgrading of scenic resorts, continuously enrich new cultural and tourism scenes, and form a characteristic water conservancy and scenery tourism belt with connected river systems, effective sharing of resources, and dislocated and differentiated development.

It is worth mentioning that Shandong Province adheres to the brand leadership of “Hospitable Shandong and Good Shandong”, and uses the selection and promotion of water network + culture and tourism integrated development demonstration cases to strengthen the promotion and promotion of water culture, and mobilize the province’s cultural and tourism system to protect water resources. , promote water culture and develop water tourism, and contribute more cultural and tourism resources to the construction of the province’s national and provincial water network pilot areas. (Ge Hongpu)