Ningbo to be a city powerful in culture

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Category: Culture Ningbo

Published: Tuesday, 27 December 2011 19:52

On December 16, the 14th session of the 11th enlarged meeting of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee was held. The topic of the meeting was how to carry out the spirit of the 6th plenary session of the 17th Conference of the Central Party Committee, the Central Economic Work Conference and the 10th plenary session of the 12th Conference of Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee. On behalf of the Standing Committee of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee, Wang Huizhong, Member of the Standing Committee of Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee, made a report, and Liu Qi, Vice Secretary of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee and Mayor of Ningbo, conveyed the spirit of the annual Central Economic Work Conference.

At the meeting, the Decision of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee Concerning the Implementation of the Spirit of the 6th Plenary Session of the 17th Conference of the Central Party Committee and the Construction of a City Powerful in Culture was discussed and adopted. The meeting concluded that Ningbo should deepen the implement of the "six strategies" and the "1235" program for the cultural development, and that by 2020, Ningbo should have turned itself into a city powerful in comprehensive cultural strength, with high civic morality, good social atmosphere, good living conditions and unique local cultural features.

In his report, Wang Huizhong gave emphasis to the key issues in the construction of a powerful cultural city. The core of the issues is to build up the system of socialist core values as the common spiritual foundation of the people. He said that Ningbo should follow the principle of having the people benefitted by the cultural construction and for this purpose the city should build a complete public cultural service system whose services should extend to urban and rural areas.

Wang Huizhong said that the grass-roots areas should have more cultural resources and that such areas should have more cultural programs and enjoy more cultural services.

Wang Huizhong said emphatically that Ningbo should do a good job in protection, development and display of the local cultures so as to promote the image and quality of the city. These cultures include: the tradition of the East Zhejiang School of Learning, the sea culture of Ningbo, the book collection culture of Ningbo, and the intangible cultural heritages of the Yong Opera and the Yuyao Opera. He said that Ningbo should make use of the resources of Ningbo as the starting port of the Silk Road on the Sea and the South End of the Grand Canal of China.

Wang Huizhong said emphatically that in the construction of a modern metropolitan city, Ningbo should take into account the cultural elements of the city and highlight the unique features of the city in the construction and renovation of the city. In the meanwhile, Ningbo should be active in undertaking national and international cultural programs to promote the influence of the city