New tech centers where innovation meets culture and tourism

  China Daily   2025-01-04 16:43:49

The Beijing-based audiovisual resource digitization service center is among 11 culture and tourism tech innovation cente

Eleven culture and tourism tech innovation centers in Beijing and seven provinces, including Liaoning, Zhejiang, Fujian, Shandong and Hunan, are now in operation, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism reported on Dec 30.

The centers were set up by well-known domestic enterprises in collaboration with institutes of higher learning and research.

Around 100 experts have been appointed to the committee responsible for the construction of the centers, with total investment exceeding 100 million yuan ($13.91 million), according to Liu Dongyan, an official in the ministry's science and education division.

The visual integration scene experience center in Chengdu, Sichuan province. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

They are primarily focusing on typical application scenarios in five major cultural tourism sectors, including performance equipment, amusement facilities, smart tourism and scenic areas, artistic displays and interactive experiences, as well as cultural digitization, and intelligent services.

The centers have already delivered positive results. One has collaborated with 6,300 scenic spots, leading to annual sales of more than 300 million tickets and another center's partner organizations are responsible for producing around 80 percent of the world's mid-to-high-end virtual reality headsets.

The smart light and imaging application technology center in Beijing. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

"We will strengthen policy support and dynamic management for the first group of tech innovation centers," Liu says.

The ministry has already begun the selection and construction of the second group to further improve industry sectors and regional distribution, she added.

责编:冯宇轩

一审:冯宇轩

二审:唐煜斯

三审:秦慧英

来源:China Daily

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