The Mount Tai Scenic Area Management Committee signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Taian Bank on Nov 28 in Tai'an, Shandong province, in a bid to facilitate the transforming and upgrading of the scenic area's tourism business.

According to Wang Guangeng, director of the Mount Tai Scenic Area Management Committee, Taian Bank has greatly contributed to regional economic development. The cooperation with Taian Bank will inject new vitality into the development of the Mount Tai Scenic Area, and help promote resource integration as well as achieve transformation and upgrade its tourism trade.

The Mount Tai Scenic Area Management Committee and the Taian Bank ink a strategic cooperation agreement on Nov 28 in Tai'an, Shandong province. [Photo/WeChat account: hitaishan]

Zhan Peng, president of Taian Bank, said that the bank will offer credit service to Mount Tai Scenic Area pursuant to the cooperation agreement and provide support to the scenic area's tourism project construction.

The Mount Tai Scenic Area has been placed in the leading position of the city's tourism industry by the Tai'an municipal government. The scenic area has made itself into a world-class cultural tourism destination by fully utilizing local cultural legacies and building a batch of culture tourism products such as coming-of-age ceremony on Mount Tai, performance of Fengshan Sacrifice rite (a type of religious ritual that was conducted by ancient Chinese emperors on Mount Tai) and the annual large scale Mount Tai climbing festival.

Founded in 1986, the Taian Bank is set to serve the development of the local economy.

Representatives from Mount Tai Scenic Area Management Committee and Taian Bank take part in the signing ceremony on Nov 28 in Tai'an, Shandong province. [Photo/WeChat account: hitaishan]

Students from Taiwan's Kaohsiung St Paul's High School pose for a photo after the coming-of-age ceremony on July 7 in Tai'an, Shandong province. Coming-of-age ceremony on Mount Tai is a popular tourism product promoted by the Mount Tai Scenic Area Management Committee.[Photo/1545ts.com]