The Organizing Committee of the First International Culture Industry Conference:

On the occasion of the opening of the First International Culture Industry Conference, I wish to express warm congratulations on the convening of the conference. China is an ancient civilization and a country with rich cultural resources, as well as a major producer and consumer of cultural products. To accelerate the development of culture industry is of great significance for the prosperity and development of socialist culture in addition to meeting the spiritual and cultural needs of the people and promoting the adjustment of economic structures and the transformation of economic development mode. With the theme of protection, inheritance, innovation and development of the Chinese civilization, the First International Culture Industry Conference offers an important platform for promoting cultural development and external cooperation between cultural enterprises of China and other countries. Meanwhile, it is a great opportunity for China to display its excellent traditional culture and carry out exchanges with foreign countries.

To promote Chinese culture to the world and draw on the cultural achievements of other countries are objective demands and urgent needs for building a strong nation of socialist culture. We wish all the participants and people from all walks of life could learn from each other through in-depth discussions and extensive exchanges, so as to carry forward and spread excellent traditional Chinese culture and promote the development and prosperity of Chinese socialist culture, as well as to make positive contributions to strengthen international cultural cooperation and exchanges and enhance friendship among people of different countries.

I wish the First International Culture Industry Conference a great success!