Published on: 2026-07-23
Source: People’s Republic of China — Translation
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Recently, seven departments, including the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, jointly issued the “Notice on Popularizing Industrial Culture, Protecting Industrial Heritage, and Developing Industrial Tourism,” which identified eight key tasks, including improving the level of industrial heritage protection and expanding the supply of industrial tourism products. Currently, there are 142 national demonstration bases for industrial tourism in China, and according to industry experts’ forecasts, the market scale of this sector may exceed 300 billion yuan.
Since its opening to the public in 2024, the Xiaomi car factory has welcomed over 250,000 visitors. This year, during the Duanwu Festival, industrial tourism projects in the Beijing Economic and Technological Development Zone, such as space themes, robotics, and electric vehicles, attracted a large number of visitors. According to data from the Qunar platform, in the past month the popularity of search queries like “factory tour” increased by 2.3% compared to the previous month, and the popularity of industrial education products grew by more than 50% year-on-year.
Today, the Beijing 798 Art District, the Shanghai Jiangnan Shipyard, and the Tsingtao Brewery in Qingdao have become well-known tourist attractions. Experts note that the Chinese manufacturing industry has ranked first in the world in production scale for 16 consecutive years, and its broad sectoral structure creates a solid foundation for the rapid development of industrial tourism.
Since 2017, the state has designated 264 industrial heritage sites. The issued notification emphasizes the priority of protection, reasonable use, and minimal intervention, as well as promotes systematic preservation of industrial heritage. The activation of historic sites through creative design and other approaches is encouraged. Experts believe that industrial heritage preserves the memory of several generations of workers and the country’s efforts in development; its rational use will become a crucial cultural component of urban renewal.
In the notification, industrial tourism is also divided into three main categories: tourism to industrial heritage sites, tours of operating factories, and intellectual industrial tourism. The country encourages different regions to develop their own models for the development of industrial tourism.
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