National Interest and Cultural Policy

Author: Zhang Yuguo
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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. Edited by Professor Jin YuPU, a leading expert on cultural industry issues in China, the series boasts a distinguished authorship of experts and scholars from various research fields of the cultural industry. With a high perspective, the series emphasizes the need to rerecognize culture as a productive force while not stopping there. The Preface of the series explicitly states: "Development can ultimately be defined by the cultural concept, and the prosperity of culture is the highest goal of development." "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 changing needs." It argues that this understanding of culture will comprehensively change our attitude towards the development of the contemporary cultural industry. It points out that the current development of the cultural industry in China faces unprecedented historical opportunities and challenges, and the future development of the cultural industry holds immense potential and business opportunities. We must draw on the successful experience of economic reform to carry out cultural system innovation. It points out that there is currently an asymmetry or imbalance between China's economic system reform and cultural system reform. Economic development has entered a new stage, but cultural system reform is lagging or severely lagging. Strategic adjustments in the economic structure are out of balance with the cultural industry, requiring strategic adjustments in the cultural industry structure. Strategic adjustments in the cultural industry structure inevitably require cultural system reform. The topics and arguments of this series are based on the above high-standard understanding of culture and the cultural industry. Books introduced include Creative Era 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, Cultural Industry Competitiveness. The topics cover the current situation and countermeasures of the national cultural industry, theories and practices of the cultural industry 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 successful experiences in 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 provide guidance for China's cultural construction and cultural industry development. This book comprehensively discusses the relationship between national interest and cultural policy, focusing on analyzing the cultural policy models of Canada and the United States and their implications for us. It points out the basis, strategies, and issues that must be noted in formulating cultural policies in China under the background of globalization. The book is divided into five chapters: Chapter 1 Globalization and International Cultural Power Struggle is the core of the book. This chapter first provides a comprehensive analysis of the basic concept of globalization. Chapter 2 National Interest and Cultural Security primarily aims to illustrate a point: only by approaching cultural security from the perspective of national interest does it have meaning. There may be two misunderstandings about the concept of cultural security: one is that it is a conservative term with strong ideological coloring. In Chapters 3 American Cultural Policy and 4 Canadian Cultural Policy, the author aims to use the cultural policy models of two typical countries from the two major cultural camps to illustrate that cultural policy is the core of cultural power, and is the key to maintaining national cultural interests and security. Chapter 5 WTO and Cultural Policy introduces the "frontline" where WTO rules may conflict with cultural policy, and explores how to resolve cultural trade disputes and protect national interests through effective cultural policies by analyzing the only case involving cultural products under the WTO framework—the dispute between the United States and Canada over periodicals.