Tai'an holds an awards ceremony for the selection of 10 benchmark enterprises, 10 famous handcraft masters, and 10 distinctive brands on Jan 4. [Photo/Dazhong News]

Tai'an held an awards ceremony for the selection process of 10 benchmark enterprises, 10 famous handcraft masters, and 10 distinctive brands on Jan 4, aiming to promote its culture and tourism industry.

The selection process, which lasted for more than three months, garnered nearly 200 applications, which included distinctive local industries.

Tai'an has been promoting its handmade cultural and tourism products since 2022, and has held an exhibition of over 400 Tai'an handmade cultural and tourism products and created the logos for Tai'an handicrafts. 

In recent years, Tai'an has been bolstering its efforts to develop cultural and tourism products while winning nearly 300 awards, including over 40 gold medals, in national, regional, and provincial tourism product competitions.

To date, Tai'an's cultural tourism commodity industry has taken shape, and its product system consists of intangible cultural heritage items such as Taishan shadow puppetry and Taishan paper-cutting, and resource-based items such as Taishan jade, Taishan tea, and Feicheng peach wood.

Cultural and tourism crafts are exhibited at the Tai'an Art Museum during an exhibition held in August, 2022. [Photo/WeChat account: SDTXTA]