Hongtu, a red culture resource and information platform, is launched on June 18, 2021. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Shanghai red culture resources and information platform Hongtu was \r\nlaunched on Friday at the Memorial for the First National Congress of \r\nthe Communist Party of China in Shanghai.

The platform covers 379 sites and memorial facilities and 147 \r\nmunicipal patriotic education bases related to Chinese revolutionary \r\nhistory and stories of the Communist Party of China.

Hundreds of red tourism routes, exhibitions, videos, lectures and \r\ncourses related to revolutionary history can be found on the platform.

Users can also use Hongtu to search for the red tourism information, \r\nmake reservations for venues, and learn about the revolutionary history \r\nand stories of the Party.

"With the help of advanced digital technology and the internet, we \r\ncan enhance publicity of the birthplace of the CPC, turn the site into a\r\n classroom for its history, and turn Party heroes into teachers of Party\r\n history," said Pan Min, deputy minister of the publicity department of \r\nthe CPC Shanghai Committee.

The platform can be accessed through Xuexi Qiangguo, a mobile app run\r\n by the Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China Central \r\nCommittee, and Suishenban, a one-stop local government affairs service \r\napp.