China has a vast territory, abundant resources and a long history, (all of which has contributed to so)many places of historic interest and cultural legacy. (That also explains why)China is one of the few countries in the world with rich tourist resources.

Indeed, China has made great progress in tourism in recent years. However, there exist some unfavorable factors which are hindering the further development of China’ s tourist industry.

These problems boils down to two major ones: the need to improve the quality of service—mainly the quality of software service, and the need to reduce the cost for comprehensive service—mainly the transportation cost such as airline tickets.

(I think) we call take two steps. The first stage involves improvement and the second stage development. I will elaborate on the concrete measures we’ll take at the meeting this afternoon．