An interview with Wei Xiaoan,the Director of Planning,Development and Finance Department for the State Tourism AdministrationQuestion: After over twenty years of incessant efforts since Chi- na’s opening up to the outside world,China has been transforming itself.Once merely a resource-rich country, it later became an Asian tourism destination. And now it has been steadily advancing towards be- coming one of the world’s premier tourist destina- tions.China’s tourism industry has been attracting increasingly attention from every corner of the world. An interview with Wei Xiaoan, the Director of Planning, Development and Finance Department for the State Tourism Administration Questions: After more than twenty years of incessant efforts since Chi- na’s opening up to the outside world, China has been transforming itself. Only pure a resource- rich country, it later became an Asian tourism destination. And now it has been steadily advancing towards be-coming one of the world’s premier tourist destina- tions. China’s tourism industry has been attracting most attention from every corner of the world.