Abstract: Currently, domestic attempts to construct cultural public service alliance have been made in some regions, whereas the operations of the alliance at present remain on the level of specific work collaboration, without breaking the original boundary in system and mechanism. Based on the analysis of American LYRASIS alliance board function and composition, procedure, assessment and feedback system, this paper attempts to analyze the governance mode of public cultural services alliance and provide reference for building corporate governance structure of China’s public cultural service alliance. It recommends that China’s public cultural service alliance should set up the governance body of entity, publicness and independence; that priority should be given to the public interest; that consideration should be taken of proportion of internal and external members in terms of council directors’ composition; and that member selection system should be formulated with regular evaluation and feedbacks, in order to provide the basis for the council’s decision-making. Keywords Public cultural service alliance, Corporate governance structure, Council system

Key words: Public cultural service alliance, Corporate governance structure, Council system