Ulaanbaatar
Mongolia-China-Russia ‘Tea Road’ Tourism Cooperation Plan Signed
Politics
Ulaanbaatar, November 10, 2025 /MONTSAME/.
The 9th Tourism Ministerial Meeting of Mongolia, the People’s Republic of
China, and the Russian Federation took place in Darkhan on November 7, 2025.
Commencing the Meeting, the Minister
of Culture, Sports, Tourism, and Youth of Mongolia, Undram Chinbat, Vice Minister of
Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China, Wang Jianhua, and the Deputy
Minister of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, D. S. Vakhrukov,
delivered opening remarks. The parties reviewed the progress of their
cooperation in 2025 and reached a joint position on developing cross-border
tourism in the coming years, enhancing port and border operations to meet
international standards, utilizing digital transformation and advanced
information technology, and promoting Mongolia’s culture and traditional values
internationally by developing the “Tea Road” as a historical and cultural
tourism route to increase mutual tourist flows.
During the Meeting, the sides
discussed policies, activities, infrastructure development, and the creation of
products and services aimed at advancing the “Tea Road” as a priority tourism
direction among the three countries. They also proposed initiatives to develop
the “Tea Road” brand and to implement joint experience-sharing programs to
expand cooperation.
Presentations were delivered by V.
Batchimeg, Director of the Department for Tourism Policy Implementation
Coordination of the Ministry of Culture, Sports, Tourism, and Youth of
Mongolia; Ji Shaoqi, Section Chief of Culture and Tourism Department of the
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China; Ilya Gennadyevich Umansky, President
of the Russian Tourism Union; and the Director of the Russian public
organization “Galeria Chaika.”
As a result of the 9th Meeting, the parties signed the “Meeting Protocol” and the Tripartite
Cooperation Plan for the Development of Tourism along the Mongolia-China-Russia
“Tea Road.” In addition, Darkhan-Uul and Tuv aimags submitted and presented
their applications for membership in the Secretariat of the “Tea Road
International Tourism Association.”
The parties agreed to hold the 10th
meeting in 2026 in the People’s Republic of China.
According to the Ministry, this 9th meeting, held in Darkhan-Uul aimag, elevated the mutual trust and friendly cooperation among the three countries to a new level and laid an important foundation for developing the “Tea Road” into a key axis for regional tourism, economic, and cultural cooperation.
