Senior Party official urges socialist values in artworks

BEIJING -- A senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official Saturday called on artists to uphold socialist values and promote the Chinese dream.

Liu Qibao, head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarks at a ceremony awarding outstanding publications, films, dramas and TV plays.

Chinese artists should always serve the people and their artworks should focus on ordinary people, said Liu, also a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.

They should uphold socialist values, promote the Chinese dream, carry on Chinese cultural traditions and send constructive and positive messages to their audience, he said.

He urged artists to uphold the good and criticize the bad, sharpen their creativity and resist vulgarity.