China and Russia have begun work to launch a new tourism program aimed at promoting historic communist sites along the Tumen River, seeking North Korea’s participation in boat tours near their shared borders.

The Primorsky Krai government announced the project on Monday, emphasizing the need for negotiations with the DPRK over the use of the river’s estuary for “tourism and humanitarian purposes.”

Called “Red Tumangang,” the project looks to “preserve memory” and “develop tourism” in honor of the 80th anniversary of Chinese resistance to Japanese occupiers and Soviet soldiers who fought in the area, according to a government press release.