BEIJING -- China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Wednesday released a 97-strong list of newly-recognized "all-for-one" tourism demonstration zones, including the Changping and Mentougou districts of Beijing, as well as the Shennongjia Forestry District in the central province of Hubei.

This is the second batch of "all-for-one" tourism demonstration zones announced by China after a first batch of 71 such zones was unveiled in September 2019.

China's tourism authority issued guidelines to develop "all-for-one" tourism demonstration zones in 2017 to improve tourism competitiveness and service quality.