Abstract:

To establish mechanisms for channeling quality cultural resources directly to the communitylevel, we should focus on the issues of “quality” and “direct channeling”. Over the past two decades,solid steps have been taken in optimizing public cultural resources and services. Further deepening thecentral-branch system of libraries and cultural centers, with a move towards vertical management atthe county level, represents an important breakthrough in this regard. In advancing the reform of theseparation of ownership and usage rights of public cultural facilities, the key issues to be resolved are toenhance the qualification criteria and exit mechanism for entities undertaking socialized operation andmanagement, to establish a government-funded calculation and guarantee mechanism that supports thesustainable development of socialized operation and management, to establish an incentive mechanismfor undertaking entities to expand and innovate services, and to construct a professional talent cultivationsystem that adapts to the needs of socialized operation and management. The classified promotion of theinternal reform within cultural institutions mainly lies in the reform of the internal personnel managementsystem and the income distribution system, with particular emphasis on income distribution.