Recently, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced the list of "The first batch of cultural and tourism Industry think tank Construction pilot Units", and the Nankai University Modern Tourism Development Provincial-Ministerial Collaborative Innovation Center was successfully selected as one of the first batch of 19 pilot think tank construction units, with the key research directions of cultural and tourism development planning and policy research, happy and healthy modern tourism system research and red tourism and red culture research.
It is reported that the establishment of culture and tourism industry think tank construction pilot units aims to implement the "Opinions on Strengthening the Construction of New-type Think Tanks with Chinese Characteristics" issued by General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council, coordinate the quality resources inside and outside the culture and tourism system, accelerate the construction of the scientific layout, distinctive features, clear positioning and appropriate scale of the industry think tank system, and provide decision-making reference and intellectual support for the innovative development of the field of culture and tourism.
Nankai University Collaborative Innovation Center for Modern Tourism Development was established in 2015, recognized as a provincial and ministerial collaborative innovation center by the Ministry of Education in 2019, and selected as a source think tank of China Think Tank Index (CTTI) in 2020. In recent years, the Center has served major national strategic needs and made innovative achievements in happiness industry, regional tourism, toilet revolution, red tourism, silk road tourism, national parks, national tourism image, tourism poverty alleviation, rural tourism, marine tourism, cultural tourism integration, tourism diplomacy, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei collaborative development, tourism MTA education, etc., and collected and published 12 books in the "National Tourism Think Tank Research Album" series and "Chinese Model of Tourism Development" series.
