On The Function Of GuangZhou Government In Purchasing Public Performance Services

On the 1^st of December,2016,at the ceremony marking the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China,General Secretary Xi Jinping underscored that“we must remain confident in the path,theories,system,and culture of Chinese socialism,with cultural confidence being the most fundamental.”“Cultural confidence is a more fundamental,broader,and deeper form of self-confidence”.Cultural confidence manifests the full recognition and active practice of its cultural value by a nation,a country and a political party,and also the strong belief it holds to its cultural vitality.At the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China?CPC?,General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed the importance of cultural confidence more than once.He stated the task of boosting socialist culture and making it flourish in future work,and conveying the country's cultural philosophy and views on culture at current development stage and for the new era.“Culture is a country and nation's soul.Our country will thrive only if our culture thrives,and our nation will be strong only if our culture is strong.Without full confidence in our culture,without a rich and prosperous culture,the Chinese nation will not be able to rejuvenate itself.We must develop a socialist culture with Chinese characteristics,inspire the cultural creativity of our whole nation,and develop a great socialist culture in China.”General Secretary Xi Jinping expressed in his report at the 19th CPC National Congress.Moreover,the resolution of the revised Constitution of the Communist Party of China was deliberated and approved at the 19th CPC National Congress,incorporating“the culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics”into the Party Constitution.At the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China?CPC?,General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed the importance of cultural confidence more than once.He stated the task of boosting socialist culture and making it flourish in future work,and conveying the country's culture philosophy and views on culture at current development stage and for the new era.“Culture is a country and nation's soul.Our country will thrive only if our culture thrives,and our nation will be strong only if our culture is strong.Without full confidence in our culture,without a rich and prosperous culture,the Chinese nation will not be able to rejuvenate itself.We must develop a socialist culture with Chinese characteristics,inspire the cultural creativity of our whole nation,and develop a great socialist culture in China.”General Secretary Xi Jinping expressed in his report at the 19th CPC National Congress.Moreover,the resolution of the revised Constitution of the Communist Party of China was deliberated and approved at the19th CPC National Congress,incorporating“the culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics”into the Party Constitution.The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China attaches unprecedented importance to the socialist culture with Chinese Characteristics,so as to help the socialist culture to prosper,and to foster national spirit and gather strengths for the CPC and Chinese people as a whole.In the Report on the Work of the Government in the Two Sessions in 2018,the Chinese government stipulated that“we will see that a rich and thriving socialist culture with distinctive Chinese features acts as a powerful source of inspiration for the whole Chinese nation to achieve rejuvenation;see that art and literature flourish,and provide rich cultural nourishment to help our people to live better lives”.Under the new demands,new tasks and new directions of the new era,public cultural services will be on the agenda of governments of all levels.Cultural performance service is an integral part of the public cultural service,which will be influenced by the policies and regulations,contents of the performances,market size of the cultural performances,audiences'tastes of cultural performances,construction of cultural performance teams,and the development of talents in this area.The first chapter of this paper mainly introduces the research background and significance,the status quo of relevant research in and outside China,the main ideas of and the methodologies.The second chapter explains the major concepts and theories involved in this paper.The third chapter elaborately analyzes the purchase of public cultural performance by the People's Government of Guangzhou Municipality from such aspects as system,policy,finance,supervision,information and talents by proceeding from Guangzhou's public culture performance service and the current situation.This chapter also closely examines the problems existing in Guangzhou's purchase of public cultural performance services,and analyzes the reasons behind them.The fourth chapter looks at the roles played by the governments of China and abroad in purchasing public culture service and learns from their experience,including the government of the UK,Singapore,India,South Africa,Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Shanghai.Finally,solutions and suggestions are proposed for improving the purchase of public cultural performance services by the People's Government of Guangzhou Municipality.