6月23日，第五届中国西部旅游产业博览会（简称“西旅会”）在重庆国际博览中心举行。西旅会作为中国西部旅游的品牌博览会，是重庆市规模最大、影响力最广的旅游类展会。本次盛会共吸引全球100多个旅游城市、40多个旅游机构和国际旅游组织参会，3天的时间共吸引市民和游客6万余人次到现场观展，其中参展商包含旅游景区、旅行社、酒店、旅游电商、银行等涉旅企业，覆盖了旅游的全要素资源。除了丰富多彩的旅游产品推介，此次展会还推出了一个吸睛而暖心的展台—“领保记心间，平安游世界”。
近年来，随着我国对外开放的扩大和百姓生活水平的提高，赴海外旅游、学习、探亲、工作的市民越来越多，公民出国（境）旅游人数不断增加，2016年中国公民出境游人数已达1.22亿人次。然而境外安全形势越发严峻，中国公民在海外遭遇各类突发事件数量也呈上升趋势，因此掌握一定的领事保护知识成为行前“必修课”。中国政府高度关注“走出去”公民的安全状况，外交部会同相关部门和地方政府为保护海外中国公民合法权益开展了大量领事保护工作。
为提高领保知识普及率，在此次西旅会上，市政府外事侨务办会同市旅游局，以“领保记心间，平安游世界”为主题，在会场设置展台，积极向广大市民宣传外交部为中国公民提供的海外领保公众服务平台，提醒市民增强海外安全防范意識、提高规避海外风险和自我保护的能力，帮助市民“开开心心游世界，平平安安回家来”。
在此次西旅会上，市政府外事侨务办工作人员在现场为市民详细讲解领保知识，如在什么情况下可寻求领事保护、领事官员可以为出国人员做什么、出国前后注意事项等，并现场推广“12308”全球应急呼叫热线和微信小程序等领保便民服务渠道，使市民提高海外安全意识，加强对海外领保工作的认识。
开幕式当日，谭家玲副市长亲临展台指导工作。而参展市民反响热烈，纷纷扫码并取阅资料详细了解海外安全及领保常识，直呼“贴心、及时、管用！”。海外领事保护工作使市民真切感受到外事工作“接地气、惠民生”“中国脚步走到哪里，中国保护就会跟到哪里”。
Consular Protection is Proposed in the 5th Western China Tourism Industry Expo to Boost Outbound Tourism
Yang Yan
June 23， witnessed the opening of the 5th Western China Tourism Industry Expo （hereinafter referred to as Western Tourism Expo） in Chongqing International Convention & Exhibition Center. As a branded Expo themed tourism in China’s western regions， Western Tourism Expo represents the largest and the most influential tourism exhibition. More than 100 tourist cities and 40 tourist agencies and international tourism organizations from all parts of the world， as well as over 60，000 citizens and tourists have been attracted to this three-day exhibition. Exhibitors include tourism-related enterprises like tourist attractions， travel agencies， hotels， tourism online retailers， banks， which covers all factors in tourism.
In recent years， an increasing number of citizens go aboard for purposes like travel， study， visit and work with the expansion of China’s opening up to outside world and improvement of people’s living standards. The number of Chinese outbound trips reached 122 million in 2016. Under increasingly severe circumstance for personal safety in overseas， it is necessary for Chinese citizens to master certain of knowledge for consular protection when the number of all kinds of emergency related to Chinese people in aboard is on the rise. At the same time， Chinese government also pays highly attention to the security of citizens in abroad. More concretely， the Ministry of Foreign Affairs， related departments and local governments have carried out a great deal of consular protections to safeguard their legal rights.
In order to broadly popularize consular knowledge to the public， this time， cooperated with Chongqing Municipal Tourism Administration， Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Chongqing Municipal People’s Government set up a booth themed with “Keep consular knowledge in mind to enjoy a safe outbound trip” at this exhibition. By means of this booth， it aims to actively publicize the public service platform for overseas consular protection provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the general public and remind the public to strengthen their awareness of overseas security and improve their ability to circumvent risks and protect themselves overseas. By doing this， Chinese citizens will enjoy a joyful and safe trip in abroad.
In this Western Tourism Expo， officials from Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Chongqing Municipal People’s Government who are responsible for exhibition area explained the details of consular protection to the public on the spot. Questions like the responsibilities of consular officers， the preparation of going abroad and some matters need attention are explained carefully by officials on the spot. They also popularized other convenient service channels for consular protection like “12308” hot line and Apps in We-Chat to raise the awareness of national security and strengthen citizens’ the understanding of overseas consular protection work.
On the day of the opening ceremony， Tan Jialing， vice mayor of Chongqing， came to exhibition area to instruct their works and highly praised the considerate， intimate and timely works provided by Foreign and Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of Chongqing Municipal People’s Government. The public have scanned codes and read materials to learn more about overseas security and consular protection. They also expressed that consular protection is at hand.