The outline, which China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) has been advocating for a long time, was developed on the basis of The Opinions of the State Council on Speeding up the Development of the Tourism Industry (Guofa, 2009, No.41) to meet, as it says, ¨the people´s growing needs in tourism and leisure, [as well as to] promote the healthy development of the tourism and leisure industry, and build a Chinese-style national tourism and leisure system.¨