“European Route of Industrial Heritage” (ERIH) is an industrial heritage tourism network formed by European countries to carry out overall planning, design and development of industrial heritage tourism resources within Europe. ERIH has the characteristics of systematization, regionalization and branding: through Site, Anchor Points, Regional Routes and Theme Routes, the European industrial heritage tourism system was designed systematically,through the concept of regionalization, to realize the integration of European industrial tourism across regions and countries, to build the brand and influence of European industrial heritage tourism by creating associations, building websites and joining the European Creative Network. As a large industrial province, Hunan has some problems in the aspect of industrial heritage tourism, such as lack of concept, lack of unified design, unbalanced development, weak popularity and brand power. The inspiration brought by the ERIH to Hunan industrial heritage tourism is to strengthen the attention to industrial heritage tourism from the concept, to establish the network of Hunan industrial heritage tourism from the mechanism, and to strengthen the brand construction of Hunan industrial heritage tourism from the practice.