Xi urges artists to focus on the people

President Xi Jinping called on the country's cultural workers and artists to focus on the people during their cultural creation work, thereby providing strong spiritual power for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remark in a recent instruction on the country's building of spiritual civilization.

Noting that culture is the bugle for the progress of the times, Xi said that the country's cultural workers and artists should work for the people and socialism. He encouraged cultural workers and artists to boost innovation, be dedicated and make continuous efforts to produce excellent creations.