The Internal Logic and Practical Path of Empowering Economic and Social Development through Culture

Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, General Secretary Xi Jinping has engaged in profound reflection and scientific planning on the key role of culture in economic and social development, putting forward a series of major innovative viewpoints and making comprehensive strategic arrangements. In 2025, when participating in the deliberation of the Jiangsu delegation at the Third Session of the 14th National People's Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping explicitly proposed the major proposition of "empowering economic and social development through culture." The formulation of this major proposition represents a forward-looking arrangement and strategic choice made by General Secretary Xi Jinping on the basis of a profound grasp of the laws of human social development, the laws of socialist construction, and the laws of cultural development. It profoundly reveals the internal mechanism by which culture leads and drives high-quality economic and social development, and scientifically elucidates the important role of culture in the great cause of building a strong country and rejuvenating the Chinese nation. Reading through Volumes I to V of *Xi Jinping: The Governance of China*, one finds that the line of thinking on "empowering economic and social development through culture" is consistent throughout and deepens layer by layer, from theoretical gestation and development, to practical exploration, and then to strategic deployment, demonstrating powerful ideological leadership and practical transformative force. We must deeply grasp the theoretical origins, practical orientation, and operative pathways of this major proposition, and better bring into play culture's functions of guiding trends, educating the people, serving society, and driving development.

党的十八大以来，习近平总书记对文化在经济社会发展中的关键作用作出深邃思考和科学擘画，提出一系列重大创新观点，作出全方位战略部署。2025年，习近平总书记在参加十四届全国人大三次会议江苏代表团审议时明确提出“以文化赋能经济社会发展”的重大命题。这一重大命题的提出，是习近平总书记在深刻把握人类社会发展规律、社会主义建设规律与文化发展规律基础上作出的前瞻性布局与战略性抉择，深刻揭示了文化引领驱动经济社会高质量发展的内在机理，科学阐释了文化在强国建设、民族复兴伟业中的重要作用。通读《习近平谈治国理政》第一至五卷，“以文化赋能经济社会发展”的思路一以贯之、层层深化，从理论孕育发展、实践探索到战略部署，展现出强大的思想引领力与实践转化力。我们要深入把握这一重大命题的理论渊源、实践指向与作用路径，更好发挥文化引领风尚、教育人民、服务社会、推动发展的功能。

The formulation and enrichment of "empowering economic and social development through culture" reflects the deepening of our Party's understanding of the laws governing the relationship between culture and economic and social development

“以文化赋能经济社会发展”的提出和丰富发展，反映了我们党对文化与经济社会发展关系的规律性认识不断深化

"Empowering economic and social development through culture" has undergone a process of evolution from ideological gestation to conceptual germination, from formal proposal to sustained deepening. This major proposition is rooted in Comrade Xi Jinping's practical exploration and theoretical reflection during his work in local posts, took shape in the vivid practice of our Party's governance in the New Era, and has developed within the strategic planning and overall deployment of Chinese-path modernization. It represents the elevation of Marxist cultural theory to the spirit of the times, the enrichment and development of Xi Jinping Thought on Culture, and provides important theoretical guidance for supporting high-quality development with cultural soft power.

“以文化赋能经济社会发展”，经历一个从思想孕育到理念萌芽、从正式提出到持续深化的演进过程。这一重大命题植根于习近平同志在地方工作期间的实践探索和理论思考，形成于新时代以来我们党治国理政的生动实践，发展于中国式现代化的战略擘画和全局部署，是对马克思主义文化理论的时代升华、对习近平文化思想的丰富发展，为以文化软实力支撑高质量发展提供了重要理论指引。

Culture has always been regarded as an important force driving regional development. During his work in local posts, Comrade Xi Jinping consistently attached importance to the important role of culture in economic and social development. In Zhengding, he put forward the governance approach of "revitalizing the county through culture." In Fujian, he placed great emphasis on the coordinated development of culture and the economy and society, proposing that vigorously developing socialist culture is necessary to develop the cultural life of the broad masses, meet the people's growing cultural needs, and ensure the coordinated development of the economy and society. In Zhejiang, he proposed "further promoting the flourishing of cultural undertakings and further expanding the cultural industry," systematically planning and comprehensively advancing the "Eight Projects" for cultural construction, promoting the deep integration of culture with economic and social development. In Shanghai, he emphasized that "cultural soft power is the foundation of strength," "the economy is flesh and blood, while culture is the soul," and "integrate the power of culture into economic development, and advance cultural development in the course of economic development," profoundly revealing the inseparable and mutually reinforcing internal connection between the economy and culture, embodying both a high degree of theoretical foresight and distinct practical guiding significance. During his work in local posts, Comrade Xi Jinping regarded culture as an important force driving regional development, and proposed and implemented a series of forward-looking, systematic, and feasible cultural and economic development strategies. These valuable explorations laid the ideological foundation and accumulated practical experience for the New Era's proposal of "empowering economic and social development through culture."

始终将文化视为推动区域发展的重要力量。习近平同志在地方工作期间，一以贯之重视文化对经济社会发展的重要作用。在正定，提出“文化兴县”的治县思路。在福建，高度重视文化和经济社会的协调发展，提出大力发展社会主义文化，才能发展广大人民群众的社会文化生活，满足人民日益增长的文化需求，确保经济和社会的协调发展。在浙江，提出“进一步推进文化事业繁荣，进一步壮大文化产业”，系统谋划并全面推进文化建设“八项工程”，促进文化与经济社会发展深度融合。在上海，强调“文化软实力是实力之基”“经济是血肉，文化是灵魂”“把文化的力量融入到经济发展中，在经济发展中推进文化发展”，深刻揭示了经济与文化之间不可分割、相互促进的内在联系，既体现了高度的理论前瞻性，又具有鲜明的现实指导意义。习近平同志在地方工作期间，将文化视为推动区域发展的重要力量，提出并实施了一系列具有前瞻性、系统性、可行性的文化、经济发展战略。这些宝贵探索为新时代提出“以文化赋能经济社会发展”奠定了思想基础，积累了实践经验。

Cultural construction has been placed in a prominent position in governance. Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has elevated cultural construction to a strategic height concerning the future of the country, the destiny of the nation, and the well-being of the people. In Volume I, in the article "Study, Publicize and Implement the Guiding Principles of the 18th CPC National Congress in an Intensive Way" [n], General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "On the basis of continuous economic development, we should coordinate progress in political, cultural, social, and ecological civilization construction, as well as in other fields." This reflects the important strategic position of cultural construction in the overall layout of socialism with Chinese characteristics. In Volume IV, in the article "Give Cultural Development a More Prominent Role" [n], General Secretary Xi Jinping provided a comprehensive and systematic exposition of the strategic position of culture, pointing out: "Socialism with Chinese characteristics is a great cause of comprehensive development and all-round progress. Without the flourishing and development of socialist culture, there can be no socialist modernization." "In coordinating the Five-Sphere Integrated Plan and the Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategy, culture is an important component; in promoting high-quality development, culture is an important pivot; in meeting the people's growing needs for a better life, culture is an important factor; in overcoming various risks and challenges on the road ahead, culture is an important source of strength."

将文化建设摆在治国理政突出位置。党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央将文化建设提升到关乎国家前途、民族命运、人民福祉的战略高度。在第一卷《紧紧围绕坚持和发展中国特色社会主义学习宣传贯彻党的十八大精神》中，习近平总书记指出：“在经济不断发展的基础上，协调推进政治建设、文化建设、社会建设、生态文明建设以及其他各方面建设。”这体现了文化建设在中国特色社会主义总体布局中具有重要战略地位。在第四卷《把文化建设摆在更加突出位置》中，习近平总书记对文化的战略地位进行了全面系统的深刻阐释，指出：“中国特色社会主义是全面发展、全面进步的伟大事业，没有社会主义文化繁荣发展，就没有社会主义现代化。”“统筹推进‘五位一体’总体布局、协调推进‘四个全面’战略布局，文化是重要内容；推动高质量发展，文化是重要支点；满足人民日益增长的美好生活需要，文化是重要因素；战胜前进道路上各种风险挑战，文化是重要力量源泉。”

The theory and practice of empowering economic and social development through culture have continued to deepen and be consolidated. In 2025, when participating in the deliberation of the Jiangsu delegation at the Third Session of the 14th National People's Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "We should deepen the development of cultural-ethical progress in both urban and rural areas, optimize the supply of cultural products and services, and empower economic and social development through culture." The core of this important proposition is to deeply integrate culture into all aspects and links of economic and social development, so that culture not only satisfies spiritual needs but also becomes an important pivot for promoting high-quality development, both flourishing cultural undertakings and the cultural industry, and releasing growth potential through the integration of culture and the economy. This advances our Party's understanding of the laws governing the relationship between culture and economic and social development to a new stage. The outline of the 15th Five-Year Plan incorporates this proposition, explicitly proposing "empowering economic and social development through culture," and making arrangements for "implementing the strategy of driving development through major cultural industry projects," "promoting the integration of culture and technology," and "developing new cultural business forms such as digital animation, immersive performances, online broadcasting, short videos, and micro-dramas." "Empowering economic and social development through culture" has been transformed from a theoretical proposition into practical deployment, achieving a leap from theory to practice and two-way interaction between the two.

以文化赋能经济社会发展的理论和实践不断走深走实。2025年，习近平总书记在参加十四届全国人大三次会议江苏代表团审议时指出：“要深化城乡精神文明建设，优化文化产品和服务供给，以文化赋能经济社会发展。”这一重要命题的核心是把文化深度融入经济社会发展各环节，让文化不仅满足精神需求，而且成为推动高质量发展的重要支点，既繁荣发展文化事业和文化产业，又通过文化与经济融合释放增长潜能，这就把我们党对文化与经济社会发展关系的规律性认识向前推进了一步。“十五五”规划纲要把这一命题纳入其中，明确提出“以文化赋能经济社会发展”，并对“实施重大文化产业项目带动战略”“推进文化和科技融合”“发展数字动漫、沉浸式展演、线上演播、短视频、微短剧等新型文化业态”作出部署。“以文化赋能经济社会发展”从理论命题转化为实际部署，实现了从理论到实践的跨越和双向互动。

General Secretary Xi Jinping has profoundly grasped the endogenous logic of two-way empowerment and coordinated progress between culture and economic and social development, and has made a series of important statements on the relationship between culture and economic and social development, profoundly revealing the new paths, new methods, and new strategies for empowering economic and social development through culture, providing fundamental guidance and strategic planning for comprehensively advancing the building of a culturally strong country and empowering high-quality development through culture.

习近平总书记深刻把握文化与经济社会发展之间双向赋能、协同共进的内生逻辑，围绕文化与经济社会发展关系作出一系列重要论述，深刻揭示了以文化赋能经济社会发展的新路径、新方式和新战略，为全面推进文化强国建设、以文化赋能高质量发展提供了根本遵循和战略擘画。

Culture is a deep-level spiritual force that can lead the direction of high-quality economic and social development

文化是一种深层次的精神力量，能够引领经济社会高质量发展的方向

In *Zhijiang Xinyu* [n], Comrade Xi Jinping pointed out that the power of culture "always merges 'moistening things silently' into economic, political, and social forces, becoming the 'booster' of economic development, the 'navigation light' of political civilization, and the 'adhesive' of social harmony." This profoundly demonstrates that culture, through its deep and enduring spiritual force, shapes the spiritual state and value orientation of society, optimizes the social ecology in which the economy operates, and thereby leads and drives high-quality economic and social development.

习近平同志在《之江新语》中指出，文化的力量“总是‘润物细无声’地融入经济力量、政治力量、社会力量之中，成为经济发展的‘助推器’、政治文明的‘导航灯’、社会和谐的‘黏合剂’”。这深刻表明：文化以其深沉而持久的精神力量，塑造社会的精神状态和价值取向，优化经济运行的社会生态，进而引领驱动经济社会高质量发展。

Cultivating a common value foundation to define the value orientation for high-quality development. In the first volume, in “Young People Should Consciously Practice the Core Socialist Values,” General Secretary Xi Jinping points out: “Core values carry the spiritual pursuit of a nation and a country, and embody the value standards by which a society judges right and wrong.” “If a nation or a country has no common core values, with everyone holding divergent views and acting without direction, then that nation and that country cannot move forward.” This means that high-quality economic and social development cannot proceed without the guidance of core values. Empowering economic and social development through culture is, at its core, about upholding Marxism as the guide, taking the core socialist values as the lead, and carrying the people-centered philosophy through the entire process of economic and social development. Under socialist conditions, the ultimate purpose of economic development is not the unlimited expansion of capital, but the all-round development of the individual and the overall progress of society. The wisdom of “the people are the foundation of the state” and “balancing righteousness and benefit” in fine traditional Chinese culture, together with the concepts of putting the people first and achieving common prosperity in the culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics, jointly constitute the value core of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Through the infiltration and nourishment of culture, internalizing these value concepts into the basic principles of economic and social policy-making, the codes of conduct for market actors, and the common consensus of members of society can ensure that economic development always serves the prosperity of the country, the rejuvenation of the nation, and the well-being of the people.

培育共同价值基础，为高质量发展明确价值取向。在第一卷《青年要自觉践行社会主义核心价值观》中，习近平总书记指出：“核心价值观，承载着一个民族、一个国家的精神追求，体现着一个社会评判是非曲直的价值标准。”“如果一个民族、一个国家没有共同的核心价值观，莫衷一是，行无依归，那这个民族、这个国家就无法前进。”这意味着经济社会高质量发展离不开核心价值观的引领。以文化赋能经济社会发展，核心是坚持以马克思主义为指导，以社会主义核心价值观为引领，将以人民为中心的思想贯穿于经济社会发展全过程。在社会主义条件下，经济发展的最终目的不是为了资本的无限增殖，而是为了人的全面发展和社会全面进步。中华优秀传统文化中“民惟邦本”“义利兼顾”的智慧，中国特色社会主义文化中人民至上、共同富裕等理念，共同构成了中国特色社会主义的价值内核。通过文化的浸润和滋养，将这些价值理念内化为经济社会政策制定的基本原则、经营主体的行为准则、社会成员的普遍共识，就能确保经济发展始终服务于国家富强、民族复兴、人民幸福。

Nourishing the new development philosophy to provide scientific methodological guidance for high-quality development. In the second volume, in “An In-Depth Understanding of the New Development Philosophy,” General Secretary Xi Jinping systematically elaborates the new development philosophy of innovation, coordination, green development, openness, and sharing. High-quality economic and social development is not merely the transformation and upgrading of economic structure and growth patterns, but also a profound transformation of development philosophy. Culture, as the accumulation and sublimation of the practical experience of the subject, forms specific value concepts and modes of thinking, influences the basic ways in which people understand and transform the world, and shapes people’s development philosophy at a deep level. The creative fusion of the development practice of socialist culture with Chinese characteristics in the New Era and the holistic thinking, the concept of harmony, and the people-oriented thought contained in fine traditional Chinese culture provides profound humanistic nourishment for the new development philosophy. The new development philosophy of innovation, coordination, green development, openness, and sharing breaks with traditional linear growth thinking, reshapes people’s understanding of the laws of economic and social development through a holistic logic, and realizes a leap from single-dimensional growth to all-round development.

滋养新发展理念，为高质量发展提供科学方法论指引。在第二卷《深入理解新发展理念》中，习近平总书记系统阐明了创新、协调、绿色、开放、共享的新发展理念。经济社会高质量发展不仅是经济结构与增长方式的转型升级，更是一场发展理念的深刻变革。文化作为主体实践经验的积淀升华，形成特定价值观念和思维方式，影响人们认识和改造世界的基本方式，在深层意义上塑造人们的发展理念。新时代中国特色社会主义文化发展实践与中华优秀传统文化所蕴含的整体思维、和合理念、民本思想的创造性融合，为新发展理念提供了深厚人文滋养。创新、协调、绿色、开放、共享的新发展理念，打破了传统线性增长思维，以一种整体性逻辑重塑了人们对经济社会发展规律的认知，实现了由单一增长向全面发展的跃迁。

Raising the level of social civility and governance effectiveness to create a favorable social environment for high-quality development. In the opening piece of the fifth volume, “Hold High the Great Banner of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and Strive in Unity to Build a Modern Socialist Country in All Respects,” General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes: “Coordinate efforts to promote the cultivation of civility, the practice of civility, and the creation of civility, advance the integrated development of cultural-ethical progress in urban and rural areas, and promote throughout society the spirit of labor, the spirit of struggle, the spirit of dedication, the spirit of creation, and the spirit of diligence and thrift, so as to foster a new look and new practices in society.” In April 2022, during an inspection tour in Hainan, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: “Carry out extensive mass activities for the creation of cultural-ethical progress, and continuously raise the cultural-ethical standards of the people and the level of social civility. We must strengthen the building of credibility, and advocate a social climate of abiding by laws and regulations and being honest and trustworthy.” The high-quality operation of the economy cannot be separated from good social order and an efficient governance system. Culture plays a bonding and lubricating role in this process, “moistening things silently.” The cultivation and practice of the core socialist values can effectively integrate social consciousness, regulate social behavior, and raise the moral level and cultural-ethical standards of the whole society. When honesty and trustworthiness, dedication to work, mutual assistance, and friendliness become the social climate, transaction costs will be significantly reduced, cooperation efficiency will be greatly improved, and the soft environment for economic development will be optimized. The governance wisdom contained in culture helps to innovate the methods of social governance. The innovative development of the “Fengqiao Experience” in the New Era incorporates the wisdom of using grassroots cultural resources to resolve conflicts and disputes, achieving an organic combination of self-governance, rule of law, and rule of virtue.[4]4 The “Fengqiao Experience” (枫桥经验) originated in 1963 in Fengqiao Township, Zhejiang Province, as a model of grassroots social governance that resolves disputes locally through mass mobilization and mediation rather than relying on higher authorities; it has been repeatedly updated and promoted nationwide by the CPC as a template for social governance. Empowering social governance through culture helps to promote the transformation of institutions from “external constraint” to “internal identification,” thereby reducing governance costs, improving governance effectiveness, and providing stable and reliable social support for sustained and healthy economic development.

提升社会文明程度和治理效能，为高质量发展营造良好社会环境。习近平总书记在第五卷开篇之作《高举中国特色社会主义伟大旗帜，为全面建设社会主义现代化国家而团结奋斗》中强调：“统筹推动文明培育、文明实践、文明创建，推进城乡精神文明建设融合发展，在全社会弘扬劳动精神、奋斗精神、奉献精神、创造精神、勤俭节约精神，培育时代新风新貌。”2022年4月，习近平总书记在海南考察时指出：“广泛开展群众性精神文明创建活动，不断提升人民文明素养和社会文明程度。要加强诚信建设，倡导遵纪守法、诚实守信的社会风尚。”经济的高质量运行，离不开良好的社会秩序和高效的治理体系。文化在此过程中发挥着“润物细无声”的黏合与润滑作用。社会主义核心价值观的培育和践行，能够有效整合社会意识，规范社会行为，提升全社会的道德水平和文明素养。当诚实守信、敬业奉献、互助友善成为社会风尚时，交易成本会显著降低，合作效率会大幅提升，经济发展的软环境会得以优化。文化中蕴含的治理智慧有助于创新社会治理方式。新时代“枫桥经验”的创新发展，就融入了利用基层文化资源化解矛盾纠纷的智慧，实现了自治、法治、德治的有机结合。以文化赋能社会治理，有助于推动制度从“外在约束”向“内在认同”转化，从而降低治理成本，提高治理效能，为经济持续健康发展提供稳定可靠的社会支撑。

Culture is the spiritual source of innovation and creation, and can inject momentum into high-quality economic and social development

文化是创新创造的精神源泉，能够为经济社会高质量发展注入动能

In the fifth volume, in “Accelerate the Building of a Culturally Strong Country,” General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes: “The vitality of culture lies in innovation and creation.” “Make stimulating the vitality of innovation and creation the central link in deepening the reform of the cultural system and mechanisms, and accelerate the improvement of cultural management systems and production and operation mechanisms.” Culture is both the crystallization of human innovative and creative activity and the source that inspires new innovation and creation. One of the core meanings of empowering economic and social development through culture is to activate the innovative and creative genes of culture, thereby providing inexhaustible momentum for high-quality economic and social development.

在第五卷《加快建设文化强国》中，习近平总书记强调：“文化的生命力在于创新创造。”“把激发创新创造活力作为深化文化体制机制改革的中心环节，加快完善文化管理体制和生产经营机制。”文化既是人类创新创造活动的结晶，也是激发新的创新创造的源泉。以文化赋能经济社会发展，其核心要义之一在于通过激活文化的创新创造基因，为经济社会高质量发展提供不竭动力。

Culture cultivates the innovative consciousness of social subjects, activating and releasing creative potential. Through long-term value guidance, spiritual nourishment, and behavioral shaping, culture fosters, in an imperceptible way, the innovative consciousness of social members to actively explore the unknown and dare to break conventions, internalizing innovation from an external requirement into the conscious action of the subject, thereby injecting a continuous stream of endogenous momentum into high-quality economic and social development. The bloodline of the Chinese nation contains profound innovative spirit: the concept of renewal in fine traditional Chinese culture, “If you can renew yourself for one day, then you can renew yourself every day, and continue to renew yourself,” and the transformative wisdom of “Although Zhou was an old state, its mandate was renewed”; the heroic spirit of “daring to make the sun and moon shine in a new sky” manifested in revolutionary culture; the spirit of pioneering and innovation promoted by advanced socialist culture; and so on. These precious spiritual resources are jointly forged into a deep cultural foundation that inspires contemporary Chinese people to stand at the forefront of the times and to be keen on innovation and creation. When innovation becomes a value consensus, a way of life, and a social climate, people’s innovative potential is stimulated to the greatest extent, and then transformed into the most active, most enduring, and most resilient powerful force driving high-quality development.

文化涵育社会主体的创新意识，激活并释放创造潜能。文化通过长期的价值引导、精神滋养与行为塑造，在潜移默化中培育社会成员主动探索未知、勇于打破常规的创新意识，使创新从外在要求内化为主体的自觉行动，从而为经济社会高质量发展注入源源不断的内生动力。中华民族的血脉之中蕴含深厚的创新精神：中华优秀传统文化中“苟日新，日日新，又日新”的革新理念，“周虽旧邦，其命维新”的变革智慧；革命文化所彰显的“敢教日月换新天”的英雄气概；社会主义先进文化弘扬开拓创新的精神；等等。这些宝贵的精神资源共同熔铸为激励当代中国人勇立时代潮头、锐意创新创造的深厚文化底色。当创新成为一种价值共识、一种生活方式、一种社会风尚，人的创新潜能便被最大程度地激发出来，进而转化为推动高质量发展的最活跃、最持久、最具韧性的强大力量。

Culture contains rich innovative resources, injecting creative vitality into high-quality development. In the fourth volume, in “Show the New Atmosphere of Chinese Literature and Art and Forge New Splendor of Chinese Culture,” General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes: “Innovation is the life of literature and art.” Culture is not only the carrier of the national spirit, but also an indispensable resource for innovation and creation, containing enormous innovative potential and creative value. In the process of promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of fine traditional Chinese culture, cultural resources are continuously activated, reorganized, and recreated, transformed into cultural advantages that promote high-quality economic and social development, and continuously release the momentum of innovation and creation. The modern transformation of fine traditional Chinese culture is not only about the continuation of its own vitality, but also, through its systematic and holistic innovation and creation, drives the coordinated development of multiple fields such as science and technology, design, and communication. At present, science and technology are profoundly changing the presentation forms, dissemination paths, and transformation mechanisms of cultural resources, giving rise to new forms of business such as smart cultural tourism, immersive theaters, digital museums, and AI cultural and creative products, which powerfully promote the deep integration and high-quality development of culture and economy. The creative transformation of cultural resources and the empowerment of science and technology work in tandem to build a new path for high-quality development that connects tradition and modernity, integrates humanities and technology, and links creativity and industry, injecting a strong and enduring driving force into Chinese-path modernization.

文化蕴含丰厚创新资源，为高质量发展注入创造活力。在第四卷《展示中国文艺新气象，铸就中华文化新辉煌》中，习近平总书记强调：“创新是文艺的生命。”文化不仅是民族精神的载体，更是创新创造不可或缺的资源，蕴藏着巨大的创新潜能与创造价值。在推进中华优秀传统文化创造性转化、创新性发展的过程中，文化资源不断被激活、重组与再造，转化为推动经济社会高质量发展的文化优势，持续释放创新创造动能。中华优秀传统文化的现代转型，不仅关乎其自身生命力的延续，更以其系统性、整体性的创新创造带动科技、设计、传播等多个领域协同发展。当前，科技正深刻改变着文化资源的呈现形式、传播路径与转化机制，催生出智慧文旅、沉浸式剧场、数字博物馆、AI文创等新型业态，这有力推动了文化与经济的深度融合与高质量发展。文化资源的创造性转化与科技赋能协同发力，构筑贯通传统与现代、融合人文与科技、连接创意与产业的高质量发展新路径，为中国式现代化注入强劲而持久的驱动力。

Culture fosters an innovation ecosystem and provides a creative environment for high-quality development. In the fifth volume, in the article “Turning the Strategic Goal of Building a Strong Science and Technology Nation into Reality Step by Step,” General Secretary Xi Jinping points out: “Coordinate the implementation of the strategies of invigorating China through science and education, strengthening the workforce, and driving innovation-driven development, and advance education, scientific and technological innovation, and talent cultivation as an integrated whole. Persist in cultivating a culture of innovation, carry forward the innovative genes of fine traditional Chinese culture, foster a favorable environment that encourages exploration and tolerates failure, and make advocating science and pursuing innovation a common practice throughout society.” An ecosystem favorable to innovation is, in essence, an external environment constituted jointly by values, institutional arrangements, social psychology, and norms of behavior; it is a social ecosystem that sustains the long-term vitality and efficient operation of innovative activities. By shaping society’s overall attitude toward knowledge, talent, and innovation, culture establishes the value orientation of respecting labor, respecting knowledge, respecting talent, and respecting creativity; by fostering a social mindset that encourages exploration and tolerates failure, it stimulates individuals’ courage and resolve to challenge the unknown and open up the future. Only by making the advocacy of innovation a social norm and integrating the respect for creativity into daily practice can we ignite the innovative enthusiasm of hundreds of millions of people and gather the mighty force that drives creation forward.

文化营造创新生态，为高质量发展提供创造环境。在第五卷《一步一个脚印把建成科技强国战略目标变为现实》中，习近平总书记指出：“统筹实施科教兴国战略、人才强国战略、创新驱动发展战略，一体推进教育发展、科技创新、人才培养。坚持培育创新文化，传承中华优秀传统文化的创新基因，营造鼓励探索、宽容失败的良好环境，使崇尚科学、追求创新在全社会蔚然成风。”有利于创新的良好生态，本质上是一种由价值观念、制度安排、社会心理和行为规范共同构成的外部环境，是支撑创新活动长期活跃、高效开展的社会生态。文化通过塑造社会对知识、人才与创新的整体态度，确立起尊重劳动、尊重知识、尊重人才、尊重创造的价值导向，通过营造鼓励探索、宽容失败的社会心态，激发个体挑战未知、开辟未来的勇气和决心。唯有让崇尚创新成为社会风尚，让尊重创造融入日常实践，才能点燃亿万人的创新热情，汇聚起推进创造的磅礴力量。

Flourishing and developing cultural programs and the cultural industry, contributing strength to high-quality economic and social development

繁荣发展文化事业和文化产业，为经济社会高质量发展贡献力量

In the fifth volume, in the article “Hold High the Great Banner of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics and Strive in Unity to Build a Modern Socialist Country in All Respects,” General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes: “Persist in placing social效益 first, achieving unity between social and economic benefits, deepening reform of the cultural system, and improving cultural economic policies. Implement the national strategy for digitalization of culture, improve the modern system of public cultural services, and innovatively implement cultural benefit projects for the people. Improve the modern cultural industry system and market system, and implement the strategy of driving development through major cultural industry projects.” We must not only let culture, through its spiritual guiding force, safeguard the direction of development and, through its endogenous innovative force, activate development momentum, but also, through industrialization, transform it into tangible productive forces, making it a concrete force driving high-quality development.

在第五卷《高举中国特色社会主义伟大旗帜，为全面建设社会主义现代化国家而团结奋斗》中，习近平总书记强调：“坚持把社会效益放在首位、社会效益和经济效益相统一，深化文化体制改革，完善文化经济政策。实施国家文化数字化战略，健全现代公共文化服务体系，创新实施文化惠民工程。健全现代文化产业体系和市场体系，实施重大文化产业项目带动战略。”我们不仅要让文化以其精神引领力护航发展方向，以其创新内生力激活发展动能，而且要通过产业化方式将其转化为现实生产力，使之成为推动高质量发展的有形力量。

Vigorously develop the cultural industry and optimize the structure of the national economy. The high-quality development of the cultural industry has become an indispensable and important component of China’s high-quality economic and social development. The third volume, in the article “Consciously Undertake the Mission and Tasks of Propaganda and Ideological Work under the New Circumstances,” records the main points of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s speech at the National Conference on Propaganda and Ideological Work in 2018. In that article, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasizes: “We must promote the high-quality development of the cultural industry, improve the modern cultural industry system and market system, promote the growth and strengthening of various cultural market entities, cultivate new cultural business forms and cultural consumption models, and enhance people’s sense of cultural gain and happiness through high-quality cultural supply.” Compared with traditional industry, the cultural industry relies mainly on intellectual and creative resources, consumes relatively low material and energy, and causes less environmental pollution, conforming to the new development philosophy. As the consumption structure of Chinese residents upgrades from being dominated by material consumption to giving equal weight to material and spiritual-cultural consumption, the cultural industry has gained broader market space. Promoting the high-quality development of the cultural industry helps drive economic growth more through soft factors such as creativity, design, and branding, thereby reducing dependence on traditional resource factors and promoting the transformation of the economic structure. Data from the National Bureau of Statistics show that in 2025, cultural and related enterprises above designated size nationwide achieved operating revenue of 15.2135 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.4%, and the core cultural sector achieved operating revenue of 10.3181 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.5%. At present, the added value of China’s cultural and related industries continues to grow rapidly, and it has become a new engine of economic growth and an important field for stabilizing employment and benefiting people’s livelihoods.

大力发展文化产业，优化国民经济结构。文化产业的高质量发展，已成为我国经济社会高质量发展不可或缺的重要构成。第三卷《自觉承担起新形势下宣传思想工作的使命任务》记录了2018年习近平总书记在全国宣传思想工作会议上的讲话要点。习近平总书记在该文中强调：“要推动文化产业高质量发展，健全现代文化产业体系和市场体系，推动各类文化市场主体发展壮大，培育新型文化业态和文化消费模式，以高质量文化供给增强人们的文化获得感、幸福感。”与传统工业相比，文化产业主要依赖智力和创意资源，物质和能源消耗较低，环境污染较小，符合新发展理念。随着我国居民消费结构从以物质消费为主向物质与精神文化消费并重升级，文化产业有了更广阔的市场空间。推动文化产业高质量发展，有助于让经济增长更多由创意、设计、品牌等软性要素驱动，从而降低对传统资源要素的依赖，推动经济结构转型。国家统计局数据显示，2025年全国规模以上文化及相关产业企业实现营业收入152135亿元，同比增长7.4%，文化核心领域实现营业收入103181亿元，同比增长11.5%。当前，我国文化及相关产业增加值持续快速增长，已成为经济增长的新引擎和稳就业、惠民生的重要领域。

Promote the deep integration of culture with the economy, science, and technology, driving the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries. In the fifth volume, in the article “Developing New Quality Productive Forces Is an Internal Requirement and Important Focus for Promoting High-Quality Development,” General Secretary Xi Jinping points out: “We must deepen reforms of the economic system and the science and technology system, make every effort to remove the bottlenecks and obstacles constraining the development of new quality productive forces, establish a high-standard market system, and innovate the ways in which production factors are allocated, so that all kinds of advanced and high-quality production factors flow smoothly toward the development of new quality productive forces.” Cultural factors are the core elements of comprehensive competitiveness, cultural resources are important resources for economic and social development, and culture has a powerful empowering effect. Promoting the deep integration of culture with the economy, science, and technology, embedding cultural factors deeply into the fabric of various industries, helps enhance the cultural added value of products and services and promotes high-quality economic and social development. In the integration of culture and tourism, many places have shifted from the shallow linkage of the past, where “culture set the stage and the economy played the lead,” to promoting deep integration of culture and tourism, building immersive and interactive new cultural tourism scenarios based on the deep excavation of regional culture; in the manufacturing sector, industrial design, brand narrative, and cultural IP (intellectual property) are integrated, pushing enterprises from “contract manufacturing” toward “intelligent creation”; in the agricultural sector, leisure agriculture, cultural and creative agricultural products, and rural aesthetic economy that integrate production, life, and ecology have emerged. This kind of cross-sector integration, with culture as the bond, creativity as the driver, and science and technology as the support, reconstructs the logic of the industrial ecosystem, expands new space for economic growth, and opens up a new dimension of high-quality development led by humanistic connotations.

推动文化与经济、科技深度融合，驱动传统产业转型升级。在第五卷《发展新质生产力是推动高质量发展的内在要求和重要着力点》中，习近平总书记指出：“要深化经济体制、科技体制等改革，着力打通束缚新质生产力发展的堵点卡点，建立高标准市场体系，创新生产要素配置方式，让各类先进优质生产要素向发展新质生产力顺畅流动。”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，文化具有强大赋能效应。推动文化与经济、科技深度融合，使文化要素深度嵌入各类产业肌理，有助于提升产品与服务的文化附加值，推动经济社会高质量发展。文旅融合方面，许多地方从过去“文化搭台、经济唱戏”的浅层联动，转变为推动文旅深度融合，以地域文化深度挖掘为基础，打造沉浸式、互动式文旅新场景；制造业领域，融入工业设计、品牌叙事与文化IP（知识产权），推动企业从“代工制造”迈向“智能创造”；农业领域，催生出集生产、生活、生态于一体的休闲农业、文创农产品和乡村美学经济。这种以文化为纽带、以创意为驱动、以科技为支撑的跨界融合，重构了产业生态逻辑，拓展了经济增长新空间，开辟了以人文内涵引领高质量发展的新维度。

Deepen reform of the cultural system and mechanisms, and optimize the development ecosystem of the cultural industry. In the third volume, in the article “Secure a Decisive Victory in Building a Moderately Prosperous Society in All Respects and Strive for the Great Success of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era,” General Secretary Xi Jinping points out: “We must deepen reform of the cultural system, improve the cultural management system, and accelerate the establishment of a system and mechanism that places social benefits first and unifies social and economic benefits.” “Improve the modern cultural industry system and market system, innovate production and operation mechanisms, improve cultural economic policies, and cultivate new cultural business forms.” The flourishing of the cultural industry depends not only on high-quality content and advanced technology, but is more deeply rooted in vibrant business entities and a fair and efficient institutional environment. Deepening reform of the cultural system and mechanisms can remove the bottlenecks constraining cultural innovation and creation and release the endogenous momentum for the development of the cultural industry. We must better leverage the role of the government, fully respect the laws of the market, and stimulate the enthusiasm of social forces to participate in cultural development. To stimulate the innovation and creativity of all types of cultural entities, we must promote the deepening of reform of state-owned cultural enterprises, vigorously support the healthy development of private cultural enterprises, accelerate the improvement of the modern cultural industry system, and promote the iterative upgrading of cultural production methods, communication models, and consumption forms. At the same time, we must improve the system of cultural economic policies, innovate cultural financial service mechanisms, and guide more financial capital, social capital, and long-term capital toward high-quality cultural projects and emerging cultural business forms, providing solid support for cultural innovation.

深化文化体制机制改革，优化文化产业发展生态。在第三卷《决胜全面建成小康社会，夺取新时代中国特色社会主义伟大胜利》中，习近平总书记指出：“要深化文化体制改革，完善文化管理体制，加快构建把社会效益放在首位、社会效益和经济效益相统一的体制机制。”“健全现代文化产业体系和市场体系，创新生产经营机制，完善文化经济政策，培育新型文化业态。”文化产业的繁荣兴盛，不仅依赖于优质内容与先进技术，更根植于充满活力的经营主体和公平高效的制度环境。深化文化体制机制改革，能够打通制约文化创新创造的堵点，释放文化产业发展的内生动能。要更好发挥政府的作用，充分尊重市场规律，激发社会力量参与文化建设的积极性。激发各类文化主体的创新创造活力，要推动国有文化企业深化改革，大力支持民营文化企业健康发展，加快健全现代文化产业体系，推动文化生产方式、传播模式和消费形态迭代升级。同时，完善文化经济政策体系，创新文化金融服务机制，引导更多金融资本、社会资本、长期资本投向优质文化项目和新兴文化业态，为文化创新提供坚实支撑。

Empower cultural programs and the cultural industry in depth with digital and intelligent technologies. The fourth volume, in the article “Continuously Strengthen, Optimize, and Expand China’s Digital Economy,” includes the main part of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s speech at the 34th group study session of the Political Bureau of the 19th CPC Central Committee. In that article, General Secretary Xi Jinping points out: “Promote the deep integration of digital technology and the real economy, empower the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, give rise to new industries, new business forms, and new models, and continuously strengthen, optimize, and expand China’s digital economy.” Digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, and blockchain are reconstructing the entire chain of creation, production, and consumption in the cultural industry. Vigorously developing the digital cultural industry is an internal requirement for promoting the iterative upgrading of the cultural industry itself and moving toward high-quality development. Digital cultural products, with their advantages of rapid dissemination, strong interactivity, and customizability, can meet the growing diversified and personalized spiritual and cultural needs of the people more precisely and efficiently. Accelerating the development of new quality productive forces driven by digital technology will surely open up broader strategic space for building a modern cultural industry system and promoting high-quality economic and social development.

以数智技术深度赋能文化事业和文化产业。第四卷《不断做强做优做大我国数字经济》收录了习近平总书记在主持十九届中央政治局第三十四次集体学习时讲话的主要部分。习近平总书记在该文中指出：“促进数字技术和实体经济深度融合，赋能传统产业转型升级，催生新产业新业态新模式，不断做强做优做大我国数字经济。”人工智能、大数据、区块链等数字技术正在重构文化产业的创作、生产与消费全链条。大力发展数字文化产业，是推动文化产业自身迭代升级、迈向高质量发展的内在要求。数字文化产品凭借传播迅捷、交互性强、可定制化等优势，能够更精准、更高效地满足人民群众日益增长的多样化、个性化精神文化需求。加快发展以数字技术为驱动的新质生产力，必将为构建现代化文化产业体系、推动经济社会高质量发展开辟更加广阔的战略空间。

(The author is Executive Director of the Research Center for Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)

（作者为中国社会科学院习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想研究中心执行主任）