On February 24, 2023, 63 key projects of cultural experience corridors in Binzhou City, Shandong Province started intensively, with a total investment of 23.806 billion yuan and an annual planned investment of 6.377 billion yuan. Among them, in terms of construction types, there are 37 newly started projects with an investment of 11.991 billion yuan, and 26 continued construction projects with an investment of 11.815 billion yuan. In terms of project types, there are 46 cultural experience corridor projects along the Yellow River with an investment of 14.75 billion yuan; 17 cultural experience corridor projects along the Yellow River and the Bohai Sea with an investment of 9.056 billion yuan. These projects are laid out around infrastructure construction, project renovation and upgrading, cultural heritage protection, scenic spot creation, etc., involving a wide range of areas, rich business types, and many categories, especially in digging deep into Binzhou's cultural tourism resources and highlighting unique features. Representativeness fully reflects the positive results that Binzhou City has achieved in promoting the integration of culture and tourism in recent years.

According to reports, Binzhou City is not only a promoter of the construction of cultural experience corridors along the Yellow River, but also a participant in the construction of cultural experience corridors along the Yellow River and the Bohai Sea. It is also the central area of the Bohai Red Cultural Area. Since 2022, Binzhou City has carried out a lot of fruitful work in the top-level design of the cultural experience corridor, supporting policies, and promotion measures.

Features in three aspects

Based on the comparative advantages of ecological and cultural resources, Binzhou City highlights the integration of culture and tourism. It has three main characteristics. The first is green and low-carbon. In the process of project promotion, thoroughly implement the national dual-carbon policy, fully integrate green, low-carbon, and energy-saving operation methods, and strive to create a green cultural experience corridor.

Second is the diversity of types. From the perspective of investment quota, there are not only leading projects with an investment of more than 1 billion yuan, but also small projects with an investment of several million. The integration of agriculture, culture and tourism, and cultural industry projects complement each other, forming a network of cultural experience corridor construction projects.

Finally, the elements are complete. These projects are laid out around infrastructure construction, project renovation and upgrading, cultural heritage protection, scenic spot creation, etc., involving a wide range of areas, rich business types, and many categories, especially in digging deep into Binzhou's cultural tourism resources and highlighting unique features. Representativeness fully reflects the positive results that Binzhou City has achieved in promoting the integration of culture and tourism in recent years.

This centralized construction ceremony was the starting point. Binzhou took the lead in holding a high-standard centralized construction ceremony for key projects of the cultural experience corridor in Shandong Province, which has strong demonstration significance and injected new vitality into the construction of cultural experience corridors in Shandong Province. Editor/He Yuting