Culture in the spotlight

Attention of top leadership on cultural development points to further reform and a more open and diversified market

China's cultural development is likely to enjoy a golden time in the years ahead, as culture was elevated to an unprecedented height at the Sixth Plenary Session of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), which concluded in Beijing on Tuesday.

At the meeting, a guideline was approved to deepen the reform of China's cultural system and promote the development of its socialist culture. It is the first time in the past 15 years that the Party has focused on cultural issues at its plenary session, and highlights the great importance that has been attached to boosting the country's cultural development.