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Over 40000 new public cultural spaces across the country are creating a 'cultural living room' around the people

2025-08-05   

Chengdu Wenjiang District relies on the 24-hour "Liudeng Bookstore" to establish the "Liudian Art Night School", while Hubei Qianjiang's "Broadcast Qianjiang Cultural Station" integrates live training and practice, community reading, cultural and creative product display, and other functions. Beijing's "Meihou Four Seasons" courtyard houses hold more than 600 cultural activities annually... These cultural new landmarks spread throughout urban and rural areas witness the solid footsteps of cultural system and mechanism reform to gather people's hearts, benefit people's livelihoods, and continuously advance to deeper levels. These new public cultural spaces bring breakthroughs to the cultural supply of the "last mile" at the grassroots level. The person in charge of the Public Service Department of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism stated that the Ministry promotes the construction of new public cultural spaces through demonstration training, exchange and promotion, and policy guidance. According to incomplete statistics, as of now, there are over 40000 new public cultural spaces of various types in China. As an important extension and supplement of China's six level public cultural facilities network, the "new space" has high aesthetic value, strong design sense, diverse content, and flexible operation, becoming the "cultural living room" around the people. During the interview, the reporter found that the emerging "new spaces" in various regions meet the diverse and high-quality cultural needs of the people with five "new" aspects. New layout, breaking down administrative barriers and integrating into the daily life circle. Traditional public cultural facilities are mostly arranged in administrative areas, while "new spaces" subvert boundaries, either embedded in bookstores, coffee shops, urban parks, commercial districts, or relying on traditional villages, farmhouses, homestays, and rural tourist attractions, integrating with life in streets, alleys, fields, and fields. Shanghai, in conjunction with urban renewal, has added more than 3600 "new spaces" such as "Neighborhood Hub", "Urban Study Room", "Performing Arts New Space", and "Leisure Destination" at the doorstep of homes, aiming to improve the convenience and satisfaction of citizens in enjoying cultural services at a lower cost and through composite utilization. At the "Ferry People's Bookstore" in Zhoujiadu Street, Pudong New Area, a theater fan exclaimed, "Actors can take a sip of water from the stage and chat with me about how to portray their roles." With a new concept, we aim to create a "micro landmark" for a better life through creativity and design. The "new space" is tailored to local conditions, constructing environmental spaces with unique characteristics and full of artistic beauty, creative beauty, and life beauty, reflecting the role of culture in leading trends. Through activities such as the "Most Beautiful Space Competition" and the "New Space Citizen Experience Day", Wenzhou, Zhejiang combines its rich historical and cultural heritage with the actual needs of people today, and builds a comprehensive cultural service network that is resource sharing, interconnected, effectively covered, and distinctive. The Yidao Music Culture Station was renovated from a dilapidated building, featuring a variety of activities such as music, reading, dance, traditional Chinese culture, and talk shows. With this post station, it is convenient for more people to experience the beauty of art. This also gives us a strong sense of gain, "said the manager of the post station. New entity, government guidance+social co construction, forming a diverse synergy. The government mainly plays a coordinating and guiding role, rather than actively investing heavily in facility construction. Instead, it focuses more on leveraging social forces to jointly build, manage, and share facility space and service resources. Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province has issued the "Yangzhou City Urban Study Regulations" to encourage units and individuals to participate in the construction of urban study rooms. Nowadays, a "15 minute reading circle" has basically formed in the main urban area of Yangzhou. The person in charge of Yangzhou Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television and Tourism said, "There is both the fragrance of books and the smoke and fire. Together, we have drawn a new picture of a city study where reading and life complement each other

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