In recent years, the public security organs have focused on helping rural revitalization, taking the high-quality development of rural houses as a key topic, and striving to do a good job in serving the high-quality development of rural homestays.
Public security organs in various localities have conscientiously implemented the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the High-quality Development of Rural B&Bs" issued by ten departments including the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Ministry of Public Security, and actively launched institutional measures that are convenient and beneficial to the people and enterprises. In 2023, public security organs across the country will add 2 new country houses50,000 homes, 12.1 billion person-times, driving 89 percent of employment30,000 people.
The legal and compliant operation of country houses requires a special industry license. Public security organs in many places have greatly streamlined and compressed application materials, optimized the approval process, implemented the notification and commitment system, "one industry, one certificate" approval, one-stop issuance, etc., to provide convenient services. At the same time, it actively promotes the "full online office" of the special travel permit of the country house and delivers the certificate to the door, which is widely praised by the owners of the homestay. By the end of 2023, it was 880,000 country houses will be issued special industry licenses, of which 50,000 will be newly issued in 2023.
On the basis of extensively soliciting the needs of homestay practitioners and tourists, the public security organs continue to optimize services to help create a good business environment. By the end of 2023, 31 provinces across the country have opened or some cities have opened and operated free mobile apps and mini programs such as "Smart Homestay +", which is 980,000 country houses provide accommodation registration services free of charge, saving operating costs such as hardware equipment3400 million yuan.
In order to ensure the standardized operation of B&Bs and protect the legitimate rights and interests of tourists, the public security organs have strengthened training and guidance, standardized daily inspections, and urged rural B&B operators to implement the requirements for public security and safety precautions, so as to ensure good public order and the safety of passengers' accommodation. Establish an interactive communication platform between the police and the public, discover and resolve hidden dangers in a timely manner, and achieve early detection, early prevention, and early disposal.
During the Spring Festival in 2024, the domestic cultural tourism market is hot, and the number of bookings for homestays during the Spring Festival has increased significantly year-on-year, of which 2.62 million tourists have been accommodated by country houses.
The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Public Security said that the public security organs will continue to promote the implementation of high-quality development measures for service guarantees, actively respond to the new expectations of the people, continuously optimize the service management of rural homestays, and further optimize the measures to benefit the people and enterprises such as license handling and service management, so as to help rural revitalization and economic and social development.
*: China Youth Daily client).