►►As the world is beset by challenges marked by development and governance deficits, China’s efforts to harness cultural strength to bolster economic and social development offer valuable insights for advancing more inclusive, resilient and people-centered development models.
BEIJING-As China presses ahead with its drive for socialist modernization, culture stands as a fulcrum for high-quality development, an essential underpinning for meeting the people’s aspiration for a better life, and a source of strength to surmount risks and challenges.
While China’s economy is increasingly focused on high-quality development, culture is deeply integrated into every link and field of economic and social development, fostering new economic highlights, unleashing consumption vitality and improving social governance, according to a report, « The Theory of Cultural Empowerment: China’s Cultural Consciousness in Marching Toward High-Quality Development, » released by Xinhua Institute on Thursday.
The spirit of innovation is an inherent virtue in China’s fine traditional culture. Today, technological innovation has become a key driver of China’s high-quality development. Moreover, the principle of « technology for good » ensures that technological applications genuinely enhance people’s well-being and promote social progress.
The vitality of cultural consumption is being unleashed as new immersive and interactive consumption formats continue to emerge. These include immersive exhibitions, digital museums, and artificial intelligence cultural products. Through creative transformation and innovative development of fine traditional culture, China is effectively converting its cultural resource advantages into momentum for industrial development.
China treats culture as a key pillar of effective governance. By strengthening cultural identity, it consolidates the foundations of social harmony in an era of dynamic interplay of diverse cultures. Drawing wisdom from fine traditions, China transforms cultural strength into governance efficiency.
Cultural values endow the Chinese people with the confidence and resolve to pursue development. Cultural confidence is the most fundamental, profound and enduring driving force for development. This strength enables the Chinese people to build fulfilling lives through dedication and hard work.
Importantly, empowering development with culture cannot be achieved without sound approaches. Such approaches include upholding value guidance, which ensures that economic and social development always advances in the right direction, and putting people first by focusing on meeting people’s needs for a better life. They also include upholding truth, staying on the right path, and being courageous in breaking new ground.
A country will thrive only if its culture thrives, and a nation will be strong only if its culture is strong. Countries around the world should leverage their unique cultural resources in light of their national conditions, thereby consolidating the deep foundation and spiritual confidence for national development.
By Xinhua
