Bailu has been developed into a so-called "French town" due to its
French Catholic heritage, according to Xianghui Liao, however, the real reason for this designation is to serve tourism and economic development: "This led to the commercialization of once authentic religious sites for tourism and economic development as part of the secularization process. [...] Catholicism's public influence on tourism and economic development has been increasing, while its activities and church attendance have not followed synchronously."[3]
^"全国爱卫会关于2019年国家卫生城市(区)和国家卫生乡镇(县城)复审结果的通报" [Notification by the National Council for Love and Health of the results of the review of the 2019 National Sanitary Cities (Districts) and National Sanitary Towns (Counties)]. 中国政府网 (in Chinese). 13 August 2020.
^Yan, Jiang (2020-09-22).
"第二批天府旅游名县候选县(市、区)名单公布" [The second batch of candidate counties (cities and districts) for the Tianfu Tourism Name are announced]. 新华网 (in Chinese).
^"当特色田园遇上清新民宿,依山而居,傍水而生,一切都美的那么恰当~" [When the characteristic field meets the fresh B&B, living by the mountain, living by the water, everything is so beautiful and appropriate ~]. 音乐白鹿公众号 (in Chinese). 2021-06-10.