| Culture is the nation’s blood. The development of cultural industry has been brought to the attention of the countries, the Chinese government is not exceptional also. It has put forward to advance power of socialist culture construction in the eighteenth report. Culture is becoming more and more important in the position of the international competition, it has become one of the important measure index of a nation’s comprehensive strength. Since the reform and opening up, China’s culture industry has got rapid development, has obtained certain result, but still has many problems to solve at the same time, it is a constant attention work to continue to promote the development of cultural industry. In the development of cultural industry, the calligraphy and painting industry is a important force, it is very important to analyze of the functions of the government and to correctly define the functions of the government in the calligraphy and painting industry development.Tongwei is a well-known county which is famous for the art of Chinese calligraphy and painting, it is also described as the county of folk culture and art, it is known as the advanced county of Chinese calligraphy and painting and the most important culture industrial base of GanSu Province. this article selects the development of painting and calligraphy industry in Tongwei as the research object, combines the industrial development and the functions of the government, analyzes the government’s functions in the process of painting and calligraphy industry development, expecting to provide certain theoretical basis for the development of calligraphy and painting industry, to better promote the development of the calligraphy and painting industry in Tongwei. |