Gansu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism

Pursuant to the Notice of the General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the State Council on Issuing the Gansu Provincial Institutional Reform Plan (Hall Document [2018] No. 120) and the Notice of the General Office of the Gansu Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and the General Office of the People's Government of Gansu Province on Issuing the Provisions on the Functional Configuration, Internal Organisations and Staffing of the Gansu Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism (Gan Office Document [2019] No. 12), The Department of Culture and Tourism of Gansu Province is a constituent department of the Gansu Provincial People's Government, operating at the directorate level.

Primary Responsibilities:

(1) Implement the Party's cultural work policies and guidelines; research and formulate provincial cultural and tourism policies and measures; draft provincial cultural and tourism regulations.

(2) Coordinate the planning of provincial cultural undertakings, cultural industries, and tourism development; formulate and implement provincial development plans for cultural undertakings, cultural industries, and tourism; advance the integrated development of provincial culture and tourism; promote institutional and mechanistic reforms in provincial culture and tourism.

(3) Oversee major provincial cultural events, coordinate cultural tourism exhibitions and related festivals. Guide the construction of key cultural facilities, promote the province's tourism image, facilitate international cooperation and market expansion for cultural and tourism industries. Develop and implement Gansu's tourism market strategy, guiding the advancement of province-wide tourism.

(iv) Guide and manage the province's literary and artistic endeavours, oversee artistic creation and production, support literary and artistic works that embody core socialist values and possess exemplary, representative, and guiding significance, and promote the development of all art forms and genres across the province.

(v) Oversee the development of public cultural services throughout the province, advance the construction of public cultural service systems and tourism public services, thoroughly implement cultural welfare projects, and coordinate the standardisation and equitable provision of basic public cultural services province-wide.

(vi) Guide and advance the development of cultural and tourism science and technology innovation across the province, and promote the informatisation and standardisation of the provincial cultural and tourism industries.

(vii) Oversee the protection of intangible cultural heritage across the province, and promote its preservation, transmission, popularisation, promotion, and revitalisation.

(viii) Coordinate the planning of the provincial cultural and tourism industries, organise and implement the survey, exploration, protection, and utilisation of cultural and tourism resources across the province, and foster the development of the provincial cultural and tourism industries.

(9) Guide the development of the provincial cultural and tourism market, oversee industry operations, advance the establishment of a provincial credit system for the sector, and regulate the market in accordance with the law.

(10) Direct comprehensive administrative law enforcement in the cultural market, investigate and address violations in provincial and cross-regional markets covering culture, cultural relics, publishing, broadcasting, film, and tourism. Supervise high-profile cases to uphold market order.

(11) Guide and manage the province's cultural and tourism exchanges, cooperation, publicity, and promotion with foreign countries and Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan. Organise major provincial cultural and tourism exchange activities with foreign countries and Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan to promote Chinese and Gansu culture internationally.

(12) Administer the Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau.

(13) Complete other tasks assigned by the Provincial Party Committee, Provincial Government, and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Office Address:

Cultural Building, 638 Donggang West Road, Chengguan District, Lanzhou City, Postal Code: 730000

Contact Information:

Telephone: 0931-8825863, Fax: 0931-8825865

Office Hours:Weekdays: 8:30–12:00, 14:30–18:00