The Chinese National Tourism Administration has signed a cooperative framework agreement with Shenzhen Municipal Government to support the city's national travel and leisure program and to build Shenzhen into an international coastal tourism city.

A CNTA-Shenzhen Tourism Coordinating Committee will be set up for daily communications between CNTA and Shenzhen. A liaison system will also be established with the working body of the Committee.

Under the framework agreement, CNTA will support Shenzhen's tourism in the following aspects: the construction of Dapeng Peninsula as an international beach resort; the development of cultural and creative tourism; the innovation of tourism policies; and the development of boutique tourism programs and large tourism enterprises like China OCT Corporation.

(China Hospitality News August 7, 2009)