“‘A Systematic Project Whose Merit Lies in the Present and Whose Benefit Extends to a Thousand Generations’”

The Chinese nation has continued for several thousand years and has always had the tradition of compiling histories and establishing canons, preserving records to enlighten wisdom, and transforming people through culture. During his work in Zhejiang, Comrade Xi Jinping attached great importance to advancing cultural construction through cultural projects as a vehicle, emphasizing that “for the present and a period to come, we must focus on researching, demonstrating, and implementing major projects for advancing the construction of a culturally strong province, and continuously strengthen the soft power that constitutes Zhejiang’s comprehensive competitiveness.” Based on the trends of the times and directly confronting the actual cultural needs, with a broad strategic vision, from multiple dimensions such as value concepts, goal orientation, organizational methods, construction vehicles, guarantee systems, and management mechanisms, he personally designed, promoted, and implemented the “Eight Projects” [1]1 The “Eight Projects” (八项工程) refer to the eight major cultural construction projects initiated by Xi Jinping during his tenure as Party Secretary of Zhejiang Province (2002–2007): the Civic Quality Project, Cultural Excellence Project, Cultural Research Project, Cultural Protection Project, Cultural Industry Promotion Project, Cultural Venue Project, Cultural Dissemination Project, and Cultural Talent Project. for cultural construction, with landmark achievements including the protection of the Liangzhu site [2]2 The Liangzhu site (良渚遗址) is a Neolithic archaeological site in Zhejiang Province, dating to around 3300–2300 BCE, recognized for its advanced jade-working and urban planning; it was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2019., the compilation of the “Complete Collection of Chinese Paintings through the Ages,” the comprehensive protection of West Lake, and the protection of the Grand Canal. He also paid close attention to multiple major cultural projects, led by the “Eight Projects,” aimed at accelerating the construction of a culturally strong province. Through dual innovation in theory and practice, he opened up a new space and effective path for contemporary Zhejiang culture, and also provided a very useful methodological reference for advancing cultural construction today.

中华民族延续几千年，历来有修史立典、存史启智、以文化人的传统。在浙江工作期间，习近平同志高度重视以文化工程为载体推进文化建设，强调“当前和今后一个时期，要重点研究、论证和抓好推进文化大省建设的重大工程建设，不断增强构成浙江综合竞争力的软实力”。他立足时代发展趋势，直面现实文化需求，以宏阔的战略视野，从价值理念、目标导向、组织方式、建设载体、保障体系、管理机制等多重维度，亲自擘画、推动实施了以良渚遗址保护、“中国历代绘画大系”编纂、西湖综合保护、大运河保护等为标志性成果的文化建设“八项工程”，并高度关注以“八项工程”为龙头、旨在加快文化大省建设的多项重大文化工程，以理论和实践的双重创新，开拓了浙江当代文化的崭新空间和有效路径，也为今天推进文化建设提供了十分有益的方法论借鉴。

I. Emphasizing the top-level design of cultural projects, proposing “taking the implementation of the ‘Eight Projects’ for cultural construction as the leading factor”

一、注重文化工程的顶层设计，提出“以实施文化建设‘八项工程’为龙头”

Culture, as the “soft power” constituting comprehensive competitiveness, in terms of its specific construction process, has “substance” as the key. It requires not only solid content but also concrete vehicles for implementation. The connotation of cultural projects includes a vision that encompasses the overall domestic and international situation of the times, a temporal dimension that examines history, the current situation, and future trends, and a layout that involves comprehensive planning and top-level design. Comrade Xi Jinping viewed cultural construction from a holistic perspective, emphasizing that “we must strive to enhance the ability to take overall command, look at the whole situation to plan for one part, and grasp the situation to plan for major events.” In his view, “cultural elements are the core elements of comprehensive competitiveness, and cultural resources are important resources for economic and social development.” Under Comrade Xi Jinping’s strategic planning and top-level design, Zhejiang focused on implementing the “Eight Projects”: the Civic Quality Project, the Cultural Excellence Project, the Cultural Research Project, the Cultural Protection Project, the Cultural Industry Promotion Project, the Cultural Venue Project, the Cultural Dissemination Project, and the Cultural Talent Project. Comrade Xi Jinping designed a system architecture with rigorous internal logic for them and provided a clear explanation: “Proceeding from the fundamental goal of building a culturally strong province, focusing on promoting the comprehensive development of people and the overall progress of society, plan and design the Civic Quality Project; proceeding from strengthening the content construction of the culturally strong province, focusing on forming a prosperous situation with a profusion of fine works and a multitude of talents, plan and design the Cultural Excellence Project, the Cultural Research Project, the Cultural Industry Promotion Project, the Cultural Talent Project, and the Cultural Protection Project; proceeding from consolidating the foundation of building a culturally strong province, focusing on strengthening the construction of grassroots cultural facilities and cultural dissemination channels, plan and design the Cultural Venue Project and the Cultural Dissemination Project.” This erected a comprehensive, clear, and solid “four beams and eight pillars” [3]3 “Four beams and eight pillars” (四梁八柱) is a Chinese architectural metaphor for a sturdy, well-structured framework, often used in political discourse to describe the foundational components of a system or plan. for the grand edifice of building Zhejiang into a culturally strong province.

文化作为构成综合竞争力的“软实力”，就其具体建设过程而言，“实”是关键所在，不但需要扎实的内容，更需要落实的载体。文化工程的内涵包括视野上放眼国内外时代大局，时间上研判历史、现状与未来趋势，布局上通盘规划、顶层设计等方面。习近平同志以全局观念来看待文化建设，强调“要努力增强总揽全局的能力，放眼全局谋一域，把握形势谋大事”。在他看来，“文化要素是综合竞争力的核心要素，文化资源是经济社会发展的重要资源”。在习近平同志的战略规划、顶层设计下，浙江重点实施了文明素质工程、文化精品工程、文化研究工程、文化保护工程、文化产业促进工程、文化阵地工程、文化传播工程、文化人才工程“八项工程”。习近平同志为之设计了内在逻辑缜密的系统架构，作出清晰阐释：“从实现文化大省的建设根本目标出发，着眼促进人的全面发展和社会的全面进步，规划设计文明素质工程；从加强文化大省的内容建设出发，着眼形成精品纷呈、人才辈出的繁荣局面，规划设计文化精品工程、文化研究工程、文化产业促进工程、文化人才工程、文化保护工程；从巩固文化大省建设的基础出发，着眼加强基层文化设施和文化传播渠道建设，规划设计文化阵地工程、文化传播工程。”为建设浙江文化大省的宏伟大厦撑起了全面、清晰、坚实的“四梁八柱”。

In specific work, Comrade Xi Jinping also attached great importance to strengthening top-level design and overall planning, emphasizing the interconnectedness, systematicness, and synergy of various tasks. The “Eight Projects” are a complex process of collaborative activities carried out within a specific time period. Planning guidance and top-level design are the key to “looking at the whole situation to plan for one part,” determining the project’s theme, scale, volume, resources, path, and all kinds of necessary supporting elements. In the “Decision of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China on Accelerating the Construction of a Culturally Strong Province,” “formulating development plans” was listed as a powerful guarantee for accelerating the construction of a culturally strong province. It clearly required the formulation and improvement of implementation opinions for the “Eight Projects” for cultural construction, the formulation and improvement of supporting measures for the “Four Batches and One Plan” [4]4 The “Four Batches and One Plan” (四个一批规划) refers to a set of supporting measures for cultural construction, involving the development of key cultural facilities, industries, industrial clusters, and enterprises. with the content of building a batch of key cultural facilities, developing a batch of key cultural industries, cultivating a batch of key industrial clusters, and strengthening a batch of key cultural enterprises. All localities and departments should, based on their actual conditions, formulate specific implementation opinions for accelerating cultural construction, and further clarify the goals, tasks, and requirements for cultural development.

在具体工作中，习近平同志同样高度重视加强顶层设计、整体谋划，注重各项工作的关联性、系统性、协同性。“八项工程”是在特定时间周期内开展协作活动的复杂过程，规划引领、顶层设计都是“放眼全局谋一域”的关键所在，决定工程的主旨、规模、体量、资源、路径及其所需要的各类配套支撑。在《中共浙江省委关于加快建设文化大省的决定》中，“制定发展规划”被列为加快建设文化大省的有力保障，明确要求制定完善文化建设“八项工程”实施意见，制定完善以建设一批重点文化设施、发展一批重点文化产业、培育一批重点产业区块、壮大一批重点文化企业为内容的“四个一批规划”配套措施，各地各部门要结合实际，制定加快文化建设的具体实施意见，进一步明确文化发展的目标、任务和要求。

II. Emphasizing tangible support for cultural projects, proposing “giving the construction of a culturally strong province hard handles and concrete measures”

二、注重文化工程的有形支撑，提出“使文化大省建设有硬抓手、实举措”

In the view of some local leading cadres, compared with economic construction, social construction, etc., cultural construction seems to be a bit “more abstract.” Facing this phenomenon in the understanding of cultural construction, Comrade Xi Jinping emphasized at the plenary meeting of the Zhejiang Cultural Research Project Steering Committee on August 31, 2005, that “we must take projects as the vehicle, clarify the goals, tasks, and main handles for propaganda and cultural work in the next five years, systematically and scientifically advance the construction of a culturally strong province, and give the construction of a culturally strong province hard handles and concrete measures,” and earnestly treat accelerating the construction of a culturally strong province as an objective need for implementing the requirement of “doing solid work and staying ahead” [5]5 “Doing solid work and staying ahead” (干在实处、走在前列) is a slogan associated.

在一些地方领导干部看来，相较于经济建设、社会建设等，文化建设似乎显得要“虚一点”。习近平同志面对建设文化事业认知上的这一现象，在2005年8月31日的浙江文化研究工程指导委员会全体会议上强调，要“以工程为载体，明确今后5年宣传文化工作的目标任务和主要抓手，系统科学地推进文化大省建设，使文化大省建设有硬抓手、实举措”，切实将加快文化大省建设作为落实“干在实处、走在前列”要求的客观需要来抓。

In deciding and laying out each cultural project, Comrade Xi Jinping adhered to a problem-oriented approach and focused on using tangible handles to solve practical difficulties. For example, the reason for implementing the Cultural Research Project was that “from a higher requirement, the field of philosophy and social sciences in our province still lacks academic brands with significant national influence. The research on Zhejiang’s history and culture still has many weaknesses, such as relative dispersion, uneven quality, and insufficient overall systematicness, and there is still a gap from the goal of building a culturally strong province.” It was necessary to implement the Cultural Research Project to further strengthen the overall planning of philosophy and social science research, integrate resources, systematically develop, promote the establishment of a management system and working mechanism that conforms to the laws of philosophy and social sciences, and push Zhejiang’s philosophy and social science research to scale up and improve in quality. To this end, Comrade Xi Jinping personally served as the director of the Cultural Research Project Steering Committee, convened steering committee meetings, personally proposed the project framework of “present, past, people, and culture” [6]6 The Ninth Five-Year Plan (1996–2000) was the national economic and social development plan for that period., wrote the general preface for the Cultural Research Project achievements library, and set the direction and laid the foundation for the smooth implementation of the Cultural Research Project.

习近平同志决策和布局每一项文化工程，都坚持问题导向，注重以有形的抓手来解决面临的现实难题。例如，之所以实施文化研究工程，是因为“从更高的要求来讲，我省哲学社会科学领域还缺少具有全国重大影响的学术品牌，浙江历史文化的研究还存在着相对分散、参差不齐、整体性系统性不强等诸多弱点，离建设文化大省的目标还有距离”，需要通过实施文化研究工程，进一步加强对哲学社会科学研究的总体规划，整合资源，系统开发，促进建立符合哲学社会科学规律的管理体制和工作机制，推动浙江哲学社会科学研究上规模、上档次。为此，习近平同志亲自担任文化研究工程指导委员会主任，召开指导委员会会议，亲自提出“今、古、人、文”的工程架构，为文化研究工程成果文库撰写总序，为顺利实施文化研究工程谋定方向、打下基础。

III. Emphasizing the coordination of forces for cultural projects, proposing “requiring all localities and departments to attach great importance, perform their respective duties, pool collective wisdom and efforts, and form a joint force for overall advancement”

三、注重文化工程的力量统筹，提出“需要各地各部门高度重视、各司其职、群策群力，形成整体推进的合力”

As vehicles for large-scale comprehensive cultural construction, cultural projects are of great significance, heavy in tasks, and long in timeline. They require the overall coordination of various resources and forces from all sides, gathering and linking them to form a joint force. On the one hand, interaction and cooperation among various regions, departments, and fields are needed for coordinated progress; on the other hand, force guarantees in terms of institutional mechanisms such as policy systems, institutional arrangements, and financial support are needed. Comrade Xi Jinping emphasized that the “Eight Projects” are a unified deployment for the province’s cultural construction, and also a plan and guidance for the cultural construction of all localities and departments, requiring all localities and departments to attach great importance, perform their respective duties, pool collective wisdom and efforts, and form a joint force for overall advancement. He also demanded “grasping both the key tasks of cultural construction and highlighting the weak links that need to be addressed in the current and future period, so that they are interconnected, mutually reinforcing, and form an organic whole.”

作为大型综合性文化建设的载体，文化工程意义重大、任务繁重、时间线长，需要统筹协调各种资源、各方力量，集聚联动，形成合力。一方面，需要各地区、各部门、各领域互动配合，协同共进；另一方面，需要政策体系、制度安排、财政支持等体制机制方面的力量保障。习近平同志强调，“八项工程”是对全省文化建设的统一部署，同时也是对各地各部门文化建设的规划和指导，需要各地各部门高度重视、各司其职、群策群力，形成整体推进的合力。他还要求“既抓住文化建设的重点工作，又突出当前和今后一个时期着重需要解决的薄弱环节，互相联系、互相促进，形成有机整体”。

During the specific implementation of the “Eight Projects” for cultural construction, Comrade Xi Jinping made practical deployments and overall arrangements for the gathering and linkage of various localities and departments: “The People’s Congress should strengthen legislation and legal supervision related to promoting the construction of a culturally strong province. The government and relevant departments should strengthen specific guidance and management of various tasks for implementing the construction of a culturally strong province. The Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference should actively leverage its advantages of broad connections and intellectual density, as well as its functional role in political consultation, democratic supervision, and participation in the deliberation and administration of state affairs. Party propaganda departments should fully play their role in guiding and coordinating the acceleration of the construction of a culturally strong province. Mass organizations such as trade unions, the Communist Youth League, and women’s federations, as well as mass cultural groups, should actively organize and carry out distinctive, rich, and diverse mass cultural activities.” In terms of the policy system, Comrade Xi Jinping required a careful review of various national and Zhejiang provincial policies on cultural work, further improvement of supporting policies for the reform of the cultural system and various social undertakings, earnest implementation of various policy measures such as public financial investment, tax incentives, financing and investment, labor and social security, and personnel systems, promotion of legislation for cultural construction, and doing everything possible to provide strong guarantees for the implementation of the “Eight Projects” for cultural construction.

在文化建设“八项工程”具体实施过程中，习近平同志对各地各部门的集聚联动作出切实部署和统筹安排：“人大要加强有关推进文化大省建设的立法和法律监督工作。政府及有关部门要加强实施文化大省建设各项工作的具体指导和管理。政协要积极发挥联系广泛、智力密集的优势和参政议政、建言献策的职能作用。党委宣传部门要在加快文化大省建设中充分发挥指导协调作用。工青妇等群团组织和群众性文化团体要积极组织开展各具特色、丰富多彩的群众文化活动。”在政策体系上，习近平同志要求认真梳理国家及浙江省关于文化工作的各项政策，进一步完善文化体制改革以及各项社会事业改革的配套政策，认真落实公共财政投入、税收优惠、融资投资、劳动和社会保障、人事制度等各项政策措施，推进文化建设立法工作，千方百计为实施文化建设“八项工程”提供有力保障。

IV. Emphasizing the institutional guarantee for cultural projects, proposing the formation of “a cultural management system and operational mechanism that promotes cultural innovation and produces a multitude of fine works and talents”

四、注重文化工程的制度保障，提出形成“推动文化创新，多出精品、多出人才的文化管理体制和运行机制”

For a cultural project to be effectively implemented, smoothly carried out, and ultimately completed, it is necessary to integrate the improvement of management systems and operational mechanisms throughout the entire process, serving as the essential guarantee and daily lever for advancing the project. Comrade Xi Jinping has repeatedly made specific arrangements regarding management systems and operational mechanisms. At a symposium on cultural system reform and the construction of a culturally strong province, he demanded “gradually establishing a cultural management system and operational mechanism conducive to mobilizing the enthusiasm of cultural workers, promoting cultural innovation, and producing more fine works and more talent.” In terms of clarifying responsibilities, tasks, and measures, he required that all localities and departments formulate specific implementation opinions, implement project responsibilities, refine and decompose tasks, and clarify the responsible departments, responsible persons, as well as project implementation steps and timelines. This includes incorporating the goals and tasks of accelerating the construction of a culturally strong province into the performance assessment of Party committees and governments at all levels during their terms of office, comprehensively using legal, economic, and administrative means to effectively strengthen macro-management and industry supervision, effectively protect intellectual property rights, strengthen the supervision of state-owned cultural assets, and establish various indicator systems and performance appraisal evaluation systems.

文化工程切实落地、顺利开展和最终完成，需要将完善管理体制和运行机制贯穿始终，作为推进工程的必要保障和日常抓手。习近平同志多次就管理体制和运行机制作出具体部署，在文化体制改革和文化大省建设座谈会上，他要求“逐步建立有利于调动文化工作者积极性，推动文化创新，多出精品、多出人才的文化管理体制和运行机制”。在明确责任、明确任务、明确措施等方面，要求各地各部门制定具体实施意见，落实项目责任，细化分解任务，明确责任部门、责任人以及项目实施步骤、时间表，包括把加快建设文化大省的目标任务列入各级党委、政府任期目标考核，综合运用法律、经济、行政等手段切实加强宏观管理和行业监管，有效保护知识产权，强化国有文化资产监管，建立各类指标体系和绩效考核评估制度等。

Taking the Cultural Research Project as an example, from the outset of its implementation, a coordination mechanism was formed, comprising a steering committee composed of provincial leaders and leaders from Zhejiang University, relevant provincial units, and various municipal governments, responsible for approving the project plan and guiding its implementation. Cities and counties established relevant leading groups to guide the implementation of cultural projects in their regions, while the Provincial Federation of Social Sciences was responsible for organizing experts to carry out project research. Corresponding management systems were introduced for project application, expert review, contract signing after project approval, proposal defense, mid-term inspection, final review, and publication of results, establishing a series of operational mechanisms to ensure the solid progress of the project and the academic quality of the research results. To date, three phases of the project have been implemented, organizing over 290 units domestically and internationally and more than 10,000 social science experts and scholars to participate in the research. It is expected to produce over 6,160 academic monographs, with more than 3,900 already published. The “Compendium of Chinese Paintings through the Ages” project, after nearly 20 years of continuous advancement, has become a monumental achievement in Chinese cultural and artistic research with global influence.

以文化研究工程为例，从实施之初就形成了由省领导和浙江大学、省直有关单位、各市领导等组成的指导委员会负责审定工程规划、指导工程实施，各市、县成立相关领导班子指导本地区实施文化工程，省社科联负责组织专家开展项目研究的协同机制。从项目申报、专家评审、立项签约、开题论证、中期检查、结题审核到成果出版，都出台了相应管理制度，建立一系列运行机制，确保工程的扎实推进和研究成果的学术质量。目前已实施一、二、三期工程，组织国内外290多个单位1万余位社科专家学者参与了研究，预计形成学术专著6160余部，已经出版3900余部，“中国历代绘画大系”项目经过近20年接续推进，成为具有世界影响力的中国文化艺术研究丰碑。

V. Emphasizing the continuous deepening of cultural projects, proposing to “hold fast to the goal, and carry it forward term after term, session after session”

五、注重文化工程的持续深化，提出“咬定目标，一任接一任、一届接一届地抓下去”

“Achievements need not be credited to me personally” and “carrying out the blueprint to the end” are the outlooks on political performance that General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized. In his report at the Fourth Plenary Session of the Eleventh Provincial Party Committee, Comrade Xi Jinping provided an incisive exposition on work decisions and deployments: “The decisions and deployments made by the Provincial Party Committee strive to reflect both the inheritance and continuity of work, and its pioneering and creative nature. These decisions and deployments form an organic whole, interconnected, mutually reinforcing, and complementary. Some of these decisions and deployments have been fully launched and achieved initial results; some have been planned and are being implemented; others still require policy formulation and measure improvement. Implementing these decisions and deployments is both an urgent task and a long-term endeavor. We must hold fast to the goal and carry it forward term after term, session after session.”

“功成不必在我”“一张蓝图绘到底”是习近平总书记多次强调的政绩观。在省委十一届四次全会上的报告中，习近平同志有一段关于工作决策和部署的精辟论述：“省委作出的这些决策和部署，既力求体现工作的继承性和连续性，又力求体现工作的开拓性和创造性。这些决策和部署，是一个有机的整体，相互联系，相互促进，相辅相成。这些决策和部署，有的已经全面展开，初见成效；有的已经作出规划，正在落实；有的还需制定政策，完善措施。贯彻这些决策和部署，既有现实紧迫性，又是一项长期的任务，我们要咬定目标，一任接一任、一届接一届地抓下去。”

Using cultural projects as a vehicle to continuously advance cultural construction is a concrete practice and embodiment of this outlook on political performance, thereby enabling cultural undertakings to maintain continuity and stability. As an organic whole that is “interconnected, mutually reinforcing, and complementary,” cultural projects possess immense potential for continuity, pioneering spirit, and creativity. This is precisely the original intention and purpose of choosing cultural projects as the vehicle to promote cultural construction. At a plenary meeting of the Steering Committee for the Zhejiang Cultural Research Project, Comrade Xi Jinping specifically pointed out: “The Cultural Research Project has a long duration. Most of the research results will be completed during the 11th Five-Year Plan period, and the project will continue to be implemented during the 12th Five-Year Plan period.” In 2005, when the Cultural Research Project was launched, a proposal to compile and publish Song Dynasty paintings housed in the Palace Museums on both sides of the Taiwan Strait was submitted to Comrade Xi Jinping.

以文化工程为载体持续推进文化建设，是这一政绩观的具体践行和体现，文化事业由此得以保持连续性稳定性。文化工程作为“相互联系，相互促进，相辅相成”的有机整体，具有连续性、开拓性和创造性的巨大空间。这也正是选择以文化工程为载体推进文化建设的重要初衷和目的所在。在浙江文化研究工程指导委员会全体会议上，习近平同志专门指出：“文化研究工程历时长，‘十一五’规划期间完成大部分研究成果，‘十二五’规划时期继续实施工程项目”。2005年，文化研究工程启动之际，将两岸故宫博物院所藏宋画汇编出版的建议报告提交到了习近平同志的案头。习近平同志对此高度重视，专门批示：“这一构想很好，值得为此努力。”自此，以《宋画全集》为起点的“中国历代绘画大系”，开启了长达近20年的编纂历程。作为规模浩大、纵贯古今、横跨中外的国家级大型文化建设工程，“中国历代绘画大系”项目持续时间长、投入人员多、涉及机构广，始终坚持以工程化的组织方式形成建设合力、以工程化的运作机制促进团队协作、以工程化的管理模式推进项目进展、以工程化的项目平台提供基本保障，是以工程化方式实施重大项目、取得显著成果的典范。其中很关键的一点，就是在习近平总书记一直以来的关心指导下，坚持以工程化的项目平台提供基本保障，锚定目标，系统谋划，稳步推进，久久为功。

Zhejiang’s cultural construction, carried out with cultural projects as its vehicle, has yielded rich practical results. For example, in terms of cultural expenditure, according to the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Finance’s “Statistical Table of Provincial Fiscal Cultural Expenditure, 2003–2022,” the figure was 2.765 billion yuan in 2003 and rose to 5.660 billion yuan by 2007. In 2005, the total cultural investment in the province was roughly equal to the total cultural investment over the entire five-year period of the Ninth Five-Year Plan (1996–2000). [6]6 The Ninth Five-Year Plan (1996–2000) was the national economic and social development plan for that period. As another example, in terms of overall layout, each aspect of the “Eight Projects” for cultural construction [7]7 The “Eight Projects” for cultural construction were a set of eight major initiatives launched in Zhejiang Province during Xi Jinping’s tenure as Party secretary there (2002–2007), covering areas such as theoretical work, public culture, and cultural industries. possesses both qualitative specificity and its own rich connotations, while also being interconnected, interdependent, and interactive. With its comprehensive and systematic overall architecture, it has established a model for building a socialist culture at the provincial level and constructed a major provincial-level framework for the construction of a socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the new period.

浙江以文化工程为载体的文化建设，取得丰硕实践成果。例如，就文化支出而言，据浙江省财政厅《2003—2022年全省财政文化支出数据统计表》，2003年为27.65亿元，至2007年提高到56.60亿元。2005年全省文化投入总额与“九五”期间5年文化投入总量基本持平。又如，就总体布局而言，文化建设“八项工程”中的每一个方面，既具有质的规定性和各自丰富的内涵，又相互联系、相互依存、相互作用，以其全面系统的整体架构，树立起省域层面建设社会主义文化的典范，构建了新时期中国特色社会主义文化建设的省域大格局。

General Secretary Xi Jinping’s systematic reflections and important expositions on cultural projects during his work in Zhejiang, along with the achievements and experience formed through the rich practice of implementing the “Eight Projects,” demonstrate a problem-consciousness in exploring the objective laws of socialist cultural construction, embody the ideological characteristic of “understanding the substance to apply it, integrating substance and application,” [8]8 “Understanding the substance to apply it, integrating substance and application” (明体达用、体用贯通) is a classical Chinese philosophical formulation, here used to characterize the unity of theory and practice in Xi Jinping’s approach. condense the essential features of cultural projects, reveal the laws of advancing cultural construction through cultural projects, and form a theoretical form and practical pattern that is unique in its field, innovative in its concepts, rich in its elements, and distinctive in its features. This includes not only theoretical innovations with novel viewpoints, precise exposition, and a self-contained system, but also practical innovations in macro-level layout, resource coordination, and orderly advancement. It fully reflects Comrade Xi Jinping’s systematic thinking, holistic perspective, forward-looking vision, and practical character, as well as his active exploration, from the perspective of project-based construction, of the laws of cultural development that meet the needs of the times. This has provided a very important reference for systematically planning and solidly promoting major cultural construction projects in the New Era since the 18th National Congress of the CPC. [9]9 The 18th National Congress of the CPC, held in 2012, marked the beginning of the New Era under Xi Jinping’s leadership. This also profoundly enlightens us: to prosper and develop socialist culture, we must both place cultural construction in an overall strategic position, setting the direction and making overall plans, and firmly grasp the historical context, internal logic, and practical needs of cultural development, anchor the established strategic goals, and give full play to the overall guiding role of major cultural projects in cultural construction, doing solid work and advancing steadily; we must adhere to the Marxist stand, viewpoint, and method, use innovative concepts and a transformative consciousness to perceive the changes of the times and explore the laws of cultural development, scientifically assess the internal relevance and management effectiveness of modern project management methods with cultural construction, and expand new methods and new spaces for cultural construction with project-based thinking; cultural projects are systematically organized cultural construction, and we must firmly grasp the institutional advantage of socialism in concentrating resources to accomplish major tasks, strengthen unified leadership, attach importance to overall coordination, and form a powerful synergy for overall advancement around multiple aspects such as value goals, planning and regulations, construction content, organizational methods, platforms and carriers, and pace and rhythm; we must follow the law that cultural work requires long-term accumulation and cannot be accomplished overnight, regard cultural construction as a long-term undertaking, and, with persistent iterative upgrading and orderly advancement, carry the blueprint through to the end; we must base ourselves on striving to satisfy the cultural rights and interests of the broadest masses of the people, insist on taking the production of more results and more high-quality results as the standard for implementing and accepting cultural projects, always put social效益 first, achieve the optimal unity of social and economic benefits, continuously strengthen the people’s spiritual strength, and consolidate the cultural foundation for building a strong country and achieving national rejuvenation.

习近平总书记在浙江工作期间关于文化工程的系统思考和重要论述、基于实施“八项工程”丰富实践形成的成就和经验，彰显了探索社会主义文化建设客观规律的问题意识，体现了“明体达用、体用贯通”的思想特质，凝练了文化工程的本质特征，揭示了以文化工程推进文化建设的规律，形成了领域独特、理念创新、要素丰富、特征鲜明的理论形态和实践样态。其中，不仅有观点新颖、阐述精到、自成体系的理论创新，还有在宏观布局、资源统筹、有序推进等方面的实践创新，充分体现了习近平同志的系统思维、全局观念、前瞻视野和实践品格，以及从工程化建设视域对符合时代需求的文化发展规律的积极探索，为党的十八大以来系统谋划和扎实推动新时代文化建设重大工程提供了十分重要的参考。这也深刻启示我们：繁荣发展社会主义文化，既要把文化建设摆在全局的战略位置，举旗定向、谋篇布局，也要牢牢把握文化发展的历史脉络、内在逻辑和现实需求，锚定既定的战略目标，发挥重大文化工程对文化建设的全局性引领作用，实功实做、扎实推进；坚持马克思主义的立场观点方法，以创新理念、变革意识洞察时代之变、探索文化发展规律，科学研判现代工程管理方法与文化建设的内在关联性、管理有效性，以工程化思维拓展文化建设新方法新空间；文化工程是有组织开展的系统性文化建设，要牢牢把握集中力量办大事的社会主义制度优势，加强统一领导，重视统筹协调，围绕价值目标、规划规章、建设内容、组织方式、平台载体、步调节奏等多个方面，形成整体推进的强大合力；遵循文化工作需要长期积淀、难以一蹴而就的规律，视文化建设为长期事业，以持之以恒的迭代升级、有序推进，一张蓝图绘到底；要立足努力满足最广大人民的文化权益，坚持把多出成果、多出有质量的成果作为文化工程实施、验收的标准，始终把社会效益放在首位，实现社会效益和经济效益的最佳统一，不断增强人民精神力量，筑牢强国建设、民族复兴的文化根基。

Online editor: Tongxin

网络编辑：同心