On September 17-19, the Third Forum on Grand Rivers Civilization and Tourism – World Tourism Alliance Yellow River Dialogue cum the Summit of Key Experimental Zones for Ecological Protection and High-Quality Development of the Yellow River Basin was held in Yunqiu Mountain, Linfen in the province of Shanxi.

On July 26, the WTA Workshop: Rural Revitalization through Tourism was held in the homestay cluster zone in Leisure Valley, Sishui, a county in the city of Jining, Shandong Province. As a model of rural revitalization in Shandong, the homestay cluster zone in Leisure Valley was included in the 2021 WTA Best Practices of Rural Revitalization through Tourism. At the workshop, WTA Secretary General Liu Shijun delivered a keynote speech, the full text of which is as below.

On July 26, the Workshop on Rural Revitalization through Tourism, hosted by the World Tourism Alliance (WTA) and co-organized by Shandong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, was held in the homestay cluster zone in Leisure Valley in Sishui, a county in the city of Jining, Shandong.