Chinese Cultural Policy: History, Formation And Characteristics

Abstract

China has a long history of governing the society through cultural policies. Its current cultural policies is formed as the evolution of Chinese culture since modern times, as well as influenced by China’s own political and economic development, and international cultural environment. This work reviews the development of Chinese cultur- al policies (after 2001 when China’s accession to the WTO) from a historical perspective, as well as systematically outlines formation mechanism, operation structure, main content, value orientation and direction of current cultural policy. We aim to sketch the overall pic - ture of China’s cultural policy, for understanding the development and characteristics of Chinese cultural policies.