Cultural Industry Development and National Cultural Security

Author: Hu Huilin
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Publish Date: 2005-04-01
Features: Contemporary Cultural Industry Series is a premium theoretical book series on the cultural industry pioneered by Guangdong People's Publishing House in China. It is edited by Professor Jin Yuanpu, the chief expert on cultural industry issues in China. The author lineup is outstanding, featuring experts and scholars from various research fields of the cultural industry. This series aims high, emphasizing the need to re-recognize culture as a productive force, yet not stopping there. The Preface of the series clearly states: "Development can ultimately be defined by the cultural concept, and the prosperity of culture is the highest goal of development." "The competition in the future world will be a competition of culture and cultural power." "Cultural policies in the future century must face and adapt to the rapidly developing needs." It argues that this understanding of culture will comprehensively change our attitude towards the development of the contemporary cultural industry. It believes that the current development of the cultural industry in China faces unprecedented historical opportunities and challenges, with immense potential and business prospects for its future development. We should draw on the successful experience of economic reform to innovate the cultural system. It points out that there is currently an asymmetry or imbalance between China's economic system reform and cultural system reform. As the economy enters a new stage, cultural system reform lags or is severely lagging behind. The strategic adjustment of the economic structure is unbalanced with the cultural industry, requiring a strategic adjustment of the cultural industry structure. And the strategic adjustment of the cultural industry structure inevitably requires cultural system reform. The topics and arguments of this series are based on the above high-standard understanding of culture and the cultural industry. The books introduced include Creative Era's Chinese Cultural Industry, Cultural Giant—A Study of Contemporary American Cultural Industry, Contemporary International Cultural Trade and Competition, Cultural Industry Development and National Cultural Security, National Interest and Cultural Policy, and Cultural Industry Competitiveness. The topics cover the current status and countermeasures of national cultural industry, theories and practices of cultural industries in Europe and America, contemporary international cultural trade, national cultural interests and security, and cultural industry competitiveness. These works either pursue innovation in concepts and theory; or look globally to explore the successful experiences of the global cultural industry; or link theory with practice to propose countermeasures for cultural industry development. The publication of this series can enhance our understanding and reflection on culture and the cultural industry, and play a guiding role in China's cultural construction and cultural industry development. Hu Huilin's Cultural Industry Development and National Cultural Security focuses on the changes in the soft power of countries under the background of globalization, exploring the impact and challenges of globalization on national culture. It emphasizes the national cultural security situation, the cultural industry and cultural security, relevant policy and institutional arrangements, and theoretical innovation in the cultural industry. After analyzing the basic theories, the book finally focuses on the national cultural security strategy during China's peaceful rise strategy opportunity period.