QUANZHOU, Dec. 11 — The 2025 Maritime Silk Road International Cultural Tourism Festival opened today. The event is jointly organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the People's Government of Fujian Province, and hosted by the Fujian Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism together with the Quanzhou Municipal People's Government. Senior officials including LU Yingchuan, Vice Minister of Culture and Tourism and a member of the Party Leadership Group, and LI Xinghu, Vice Governor of Fujian Province, attended and addressed the opening ceremony. Mr. ZHENG Hao, Vice Chair and Secretary-General of the World Tourism Alliance (WTA), was present at the launch.