| At present, the coordinated development of economy, politics and culture, especially theharmonization of economy and culture, has become an important factor that embodies thecomprehensive national strength. The cultural industry is the product of the present period whenthe economy and culture are integrating day by day. It has become the world trend to put greatstrength on the development of cultural industry. As a new sunrise industry, the cultural industrybecomes more and more important in the economic development of the countries all over theworld. In some developed countries, the cultural industry has developed more speedily than thetraditional industries and grown into the pillar industry in some countries.The cultural industry of China has been born in the course of reform and opening-up to theoutside world and got developed for nearly 20 years. To accelerate the development of cultureindustry of our country is to carry out the important thought of "Three Represents" and to meetthe urgent demand of prospering and developing the socialist culture. The development ofcultural industry can promote the reform and development of culture undertakings, can meet thepeople's spiritual and cultural demand and can help to expand the domestic demand, to increaseemployment and to readjust the national economic structure. In a word, the development ofcultural industry plays a positive role in promoting the national economic development and theoverall progress of the society. In the world, with the arrival of the era of knowledge-driveneconomy and quickening of economic globalization process, the cultural industry of our countryfaces the historical opportunity for development and broader space. At home, with the economicsystem reform, and the establishment and development of socialist market economy system, theproduction and consumption of the intellectual product has already become the important respectof social economic life, The cultural industry is developed fast, the cultural scale is expandingconstantly, and the cultural type of merchandize increases gradually, also the cultural productsmarket takes shape day by day. But seen from the whole development, the cultural industry ofour country has just started, and compared with state of development of cultural industry of thedeveloped countries, the enormous drop still exists. So no matter theoretically or at the practice,it needs us further investigate to the development of cultural industry and summarize constantly.This text has carried on further investigation on relevant problems of the cultural industry ofour country, it is divided into four parts altogether besides foreword and conclusion: Part onemainly carry on the summary to the cultural industry theoretically. It has explained basic intension and function of culture, defined the concept of the cultural industry, has summed up thecharacteristics, compositions of the cultural industry, and pointed out that the cultural industryoffers ideological impetus and spirit for economic development and social progress. Part twosummaries the rough course of development of cultural industry in our country, analyses theeffect that the cultural industry of our country is made and its existing subject problems, and alsopoints out that the development of the cultural industry of our country coexists in new periodopportunity and challenge, and at last, summarizes the development trend of the cultural industryof our country. Part three has summed up the current situation and development model of thecultural industry of western developed countries, analyzed the development experience of thewestern cultural industry, and pointed out the method of supporting and leading the culturalindustry to develop rapidly is worth our drawing lessons from. Part four Analyzes the basicprinciple which should be followed in development of cultural industry of our country, putforwards the countermeasure which promotes development of cultural industry of our country. |