CASWSS+China Tourism Academy: ‘The Research Project of Tourism Service

On 26th October, 2022, China Association of Social Welfare and Senior Service (CASWSS) and China Tourism Academy (Data Center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism) jointly convened the ‘Launching Conference for the Research Project of Tourism Service for the Aged’, and held an online signing ceremony for the cooperation to carry out the project research.

The site of the ‘Launching Conference for the Research Project of Tourism Service for the Aged’.

Multiple specialists and enterprise representatives attended the conference and delivered speeches, including FENG Xiaoli, President of CASWSS, DAI Bin, President of China Tourism Academy (Data Center of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism), WU Yushao, Former Vice President of China National Committee on Ageing and Vice Director of Institute on Ageing of Fudan University, CHANG Xinghua, Vice Director of Department of Social Research of Academy of Macroeconomic Research, ZHAO Wenhua, Chief Specialist Nutriology of Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, HAO Xiaoning, Director of Public Health and Risks Laboratory of Research Centre on Health Development of National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China, SHAO Lei, Director of Barrier-Free Development Laboratory of Tsinghua University, HUANG Huang, Vice Researcher of China Tourism Academy, ZENG Hui, Principal of Department of Tourism and Investment of China Railway Investment Co., Ltd, ZHANG Li, General Manager of Beijing Hengxin International Cruise Travel Agency Co., Ltd, YANG Yang, General Manager of Beijing Spring&Autumn Travel Agency Co., Ltd, GONG Yufei, Chairman of Gansu Kanghui International Travel Agency Co., Ltd, FU Jiayang, Principle of Heilongjiang Swan Healthcare League. CHEN Dongsheng, Executive Vice Secretary General of CASWSS, JIANG Xiaoling, Vice Secretary General of CASWSS, SONG Jiaping, Secretary of the Suihua Bureau of Culture, Media and Tourism of Heilongjiang Province, WANG Zhihui, Secretary of the Bureau of Culture, Media and Tourism of Bayan County, WU Ping, Secretary of Bureau of Culture, Media and Tourism Fuping County of Hebei Province and other representatives of local competent departments attended the conference online and offline. The conference was hosted by HAN Hua, Secretary General of CASWSS.

FENG Xiaoli, President of CASWSS attended and addressed the conference.

First of all, FENG Xiaoli, President of CASWSS and Director of the Research Group addressed the conference. She said with great passion that at this critical historical juncture when the 20th CPC National Congress was being successfully concluded, this conference is most opportune. On behalf of CASWSS and specialists of the research group, she extended sincere appreciation to all specialists for their active participation in and support for the research. She then introduced the context of the time and policies of this research and elaborated on the significance of CASWSS and China Tourism Academy in comprehensively implementing the national work arrangements on fully promoting the high-quality development of elderly service industry as well as the culture and tourism industry. She emphasized the great importance of the innovative development of the research on the elderly tourism service model in support of improving the social well-being of older persons in the new era. She then introduced the main framework of this research project.

DAI Bin, President of China Tourism Academy attended the conference and delivered a speech.  

DAI Bin, President of China Tourism Academy and Director of the Research Project highly recognized the initiative made by CASWSS to carry out the cooperative research project on the elderly tourism service model. On behalf of China Tourism Academy, he expressed the willingness to actively cooperate with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in enriching the supply of high-quality tourism products, innovating the system of tourism products, improving the structure of tourism products, advancing our supply capacity and quality, and conducting tourism on rehabilitation and health care to promote the construction of the national demonstration base for tourism on rehabilitation and health care. They would implement the work arrangements on developing elderly tourism and improving relevant products and services, and organize high-quality R&D groups to make full efforts on this research project, so as to make positive contributions to the establishment of relevant policies on promoting the high-quality development of elderly tourism service by government departments.   

WU Yushao, Vice Director of the Institute on Ageing of Fudan University delivered a speech online.

WU Yushao, Former Vice President of China National Committee on Ageing and Vice Director of the Institute on Ageing of Fudan University delivered a speech. He said that under the context of the time when we adopt a development strategy of actively responding to population ageing, the research on the elderly tourism service model was most opportune. He briefly introduced that during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, abundant post-60s are stepping into retirement, with an annual growth of more than 10 million people. Elderly care in the new era is transiting from a type of fulfilling basic living needs to a type featuring enjoyment, development and participation. In the future, the needs for elderly tourism service will see explosive growth. He thus extended high expectations to this research and made suggestions for the improvement of the research framework. He enthusiastically expressed that the Institute on Ageing of Fudan University would actively participate in the research, so as to provide references for the development of policies by government departments.

HAN Hua, Secretary General of CASWSS hosted the conference. HUANG Huang, Executive Director of the Research Group introduced the picture of the previous research.

HUANG Huang, Executive Director of the Research Group briefly introduced the picture of the previous research. Specialists and enterprise representatives shared their understanding of the significance of this research and made discussions on the guideline and implementation plan of the research, making suggestions on revision and improvement from their respective professional points. SHAO Lei, Director of the Barrier-Free Development Laboratory of Tsinghua University said that he would participate in the research from the height of non-barrier construction and the implementation of relevant legislation, contributing to the innovative development of the elderly tourism service model. Chairman GONG Yufei from Gansu Province, as a representative of enterprises from the tourism industry, proposed innovative ideas and implementation plans on the research. All participants expressed their willingness to enthusiastically participate in the whole process of this research, and actively cooperate with the on-site investigation, the cultivation of elderly-oriented tourism products and the construction of pilot bases, so as to make due contributions to the high-quality development of the research.

Specialists made heated discussions at the conference. 

At the conference, FENG Xiaoli, President of CASWSS and DAI Bin, President of China Tourism Academy signed the Cooperative Contract on the R&D Project of the Elderly Tourism Service Model, and presented letters of appointment to the participating specialists from the Specialist Committee. The conference achieved full success.

President FENG Xiaoli and President DAI Bin signed the cooperative contract.

(Source: China Association of Social Welfare and Senior Service)