North China's Shanxi province has recently unveiled an action plan to promote the high-quality development of its forest wellness industry. The plan focuses on optimizing the environment, enriching products, fostering culture, improving infrastructure, and enhancing services within the sector.

The plan aims to explore new business models of forest wellness, such as "forest wellness + elderly care" and "forest wellness + traditional Chinese medicine". It further seeks to establish a series of distinctive, branded forest wellness demonstration bases characterized by authenticity, naturalness, harmony, greenness, humanity, and intelligence.

By the end of the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-25), Shanxi aims to establish a comprehensive forest wellness service system featuring a diverse range of products, complete standards, orderly management, and integrated development.

To achieve these goals, the plan emphasizes the development of forest wellness bases suitable for retirement living and healthcare centered on traditional Chinese medicine. It also aims to explore "forest wellness + villagers" cooperation models, fostering an interactive development pattern between forest wellness and rural tourism, ultimately contributing to rural vitalization.

Furthermore, the plan outlines improvements to landscape resources, infrastructure, and ecological culture, and encourages the development of a diverse range of forest wellness products catering to various age groups and meeting a high standard of quality.

Meanwhile, the plan encourages Shanxi to deepen cooperation in the forest wellness sector and attract business investment to foster the growth of the industry by leveraging its proximity to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.