VP stresses sustainable utilization of tourist resorts

Chinese Vice Premier Zeng Peiyan Friday urged authorities to promote healthy development and sustainable utilization of tourist resorts.

Zeng said at a symposium on tourist resorts held in the southern Guangdong Province that tourist resorts should be exploited in accordance with the "Concept of scientific development."

He said the relevant laws and regulations should be improved, and scientific planning, strict preservation, unified management and reasonable exploitation are needed.

Zeng said constructions unrelated to site protection should be forbidden in the core resorts. Authorities should establish and enhance emergency mechanisms.

He stressed resorts are valuable natural and cultural heritages and crucial to pass on the Chinese culture, protect the ecological environment, serve the public and promote economic development.

To date, China has 187 state-approved resorts, 31 world heritages and more than 400 province-approved resorts.

Source: Xinhua