With the encouragement from the Ministry of Culture, CCPIT, Gansu provincial Committee of CPC, Gansu Provincial Government and APCEO, the 1st International Culture Industry Summit was held in the intersection point of the Silk Road culture and the Great Wall culture of China--Jiayunguan City of Gansu Province, which is also the holy land of Chinese ancient civilization, and important guests from 30 countries and regions around the world participated in the summit. The theme of the summit is ¡°Chinese civilization and the development of global cultural industries¡±.
The following is the speeches of Christian Quesnot Global Vice-Chairman of APCEO, Personal Chief of Staff of the Presidents of the French Republic.
Respected Mr. Wang Sanyun, Speaker Laauli Leuatea Polataivao, Mr. Li Xiaojie and Mr. Liu Weiping, Distinguished Guests, Dear Friends, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Good morning! Welcome to the 1st International Culture Industry Summit. It is a great opportunity for us to get together and discuss the cooperation and development of global culture industry.
Here, on behalf of the International Host & Sponsor of the summit: Asia-Pacific CEO Association, I would like to show my sincere gratitude for the support from Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Gansu Provincial Party Committee, People¡¯s Government of Gansu Province, and thank you all for your support and active engagement.
Since Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer, the key members of the Frankfurt School, initially put forward the notion ¡®culture industry¡¯ during 1940s , global culture industry has stepped onto a brand new stage including the creative industry in UK, copyright industry in USA, content industry in EU, and sensible industry in Japan. They all formed their own complete and well-functioned industry systems.
Now, culture industry has gained its significant place in economic planning in many countries. The global culture industry is booming into an era of comprehensive prosperity. It is undoubtedly that culture industry in developed country has gained its prominence. Nevertheless, culture industry in developing country has greatly elevated its place in the international market.
Especially, since the financial crisis, a considerable number of countries have drawn their focuses on culture industry as they sought for the new incentives for the economic growth. Thus, a variety of culture industries spring up and compete fiercely with each other worldwide. It is widely recognized that culture industry possesses enormous economic potential and it is rising up rapidly as a new form of economy. In some developed countries, culture industry has been proved to be a new stimulating power for the economic recovery as its value added exceeds other industries and its growth rates universally go beyond the overall economic growth rate. Now, in different places, culture industry has become or is on its way to be the pillar industry.
The development of global culture industry is of great importance as culture industry constitutes a crucial part of a nation¡¯s soft power. Whether a nation or a country can maintain its survival in the fierce competition largely depend on its cultural soft power. Only when its culture is carried on continuously, could the nation keep long term prosperity.
Nowadays, the needs for various kinds of culture are increasing dramatically and becoming more and more complex. They bring promising prospects and great opportunities for the global culture industry. Besides, as the world economy has entered into a new stage, culture industry brings spiritual consumption that is the source of innovation as well as the mental power for technology innovation that boosts the world economy. In some sense, we can say that the era of global culture industry is coming.
The global culture industry has a promising future. Many countries and regions are working on their strategies and planning for the promotion of the culture industry, striving to seize the chance to gain some advantages in the future competition.
From our perspective, cooperation and active interaction among different countries and places is of necessity for creating a prosperous future for global culture industry.
First, we need to talk and negotiate to get rid of the international trade barriers that deter the development of the culture industry; Second, we need to strengthen the communications between different cultures, which lay the foundation for the culture industry cooperation; Third, we need to strengthen the cooperation of the regulators in different countries in order to fight against the illegal culture products and establish a well functioned international culture market. If so, we will have a better development and prosperous future for the global culture industry.
Dear friends, today we are here in Jiayuguan, a place that I admire so much. I hope that we could join hands and try to broadcast advanced cultures and create a more prosperous future for the global culture industry. Thus, we could meet people¡¯s increasing spiritual and culture needs and realize the economic innovation brought by culture.
Thank you!
