When the inspection team was in Shanxi, Zhang Baoshun, secretary of Shanxi CPC Committee and director of the standing committee of Shanxi NPC, Wang Jun, deputy secretary of Shanxi CPC Committee and governor of the province met with them; Li Xiaopeng, member of the standing committee of Shanxi CPC Committee and vice governor of the province, was present on the meeting.
On behalf of Shanxi CPC Committee and the provincial government, Zhang Baoshun extended warm welcome to Shao Qiwei and the members of his team, and he expressed his gratitude for their caring about and supporting the development of Shanxi%26rsquo;s tourism industry. He said that since the beginning of the 10th Five-year Plan period, Shanxi CPC Committee and the provincial government had put the tourism and culture industries in the positions of the province%26rsquo;s major industries while adjusting its industrial structure, and the tourism industry in Shanxi had achieved significant progresses.
Shao Qiwei praised the progresses that the tourism industry in Shanxi had made under the guidance of Shanxi CPC Committee and the provincial government during the recent years, and he pointed out that Shanxi had made certain achievements on cultivating the tourist market, which laid a good foundation for the development of its tourism industry. In the years to come, the tourism industry in Shanxi should further optimize its industrial structure and developing patterns under the guidance of the Scientific Outlook on Development so as to grow itself both in size and strength.
Shao Qiwei stressed that the upcoming Spring Festival was an important juncture of the nation implementing effective measures to counter the international financial crisis, and good achievements on the holiday tourism market during the festival would exert significant influence on improving the confidence of the market and prompting smooth but relatively fast development of the tourism industry.