Theoretical Roundtable: Expanding the breadth and depth of cultural and economic research

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How should we understand the relationship between culture and economy? What experiences and inspirations have been formed by the integration and development of culture and economy in our country? What aspects should cultural and economic research be deepened from? This theoretical roundtable will gather expert opinions and learn together with everyone.

How should we understand and grasp the relationship between culture and economy?

Pang Jinju, former vice president of Nankai University, pointed out that from the general law of human social development, economic development determines cultural development. Culture is a reflection of a certain socio-economic form and significantly affects socio-economic development. The two interact and jointly promote the progress of human society. The discourse of Marxism on the relationship between economic foundation and superstructure is the fundamental principle for understanding and grasping the relationship between culture and economy. It should be pointed out that culture can be divided into advanced culture and backward culture. Advanced culture plays a positive and promoting role in economic development, while backward culture hinders or even destroys economic development. Ma Feng, Dean of the Central Academy of Culture and Tourism Management Cadres, mentioned that after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, especially since the reform and opening up, our understanding of the relationship between culture and economy has gradually deepened. On the one hand, culture has ideological attributes, and ideology determines the direction and path of cultural progress; The material form of culture or cultural products, like general commodities, have economic attributes. On the other hand, sustained and healthy economic development cannot be separated from human factors and the supportive role of culture; Economic development cannot be solely based on indicators or data. Culture endows economic development with profound humanistic value. Once advanced culture is combined with the most active human factors in productivity, it will greatly improve the quality of labor, expand the breadth and depth of labor objects, and enhance human ability to transform nature and create wealth. Ren Ping, a distinguished professor at Suzhou University, believes that culture and economy are like two wheels of human social development, and they interact with each other to jointly promote social development and progress. From the perspective of world history, the economic development of a country often drives cultural development, while culture also silently integrates into economic activities, providing support and impetus for economic development. From the perspective of materialist history, there exists a relationship between economy and culture that determines and is determined, as well as between action and reaction. This provides an important foundation for us to further examine the integration, interaction, and development of culture and economy. Wei Pengju, Dean of the Institute of Culture and Economics at the Central University of Finance and Economics, mentioned that research on the relationship between culture and economy roughly includes three levels: at the macro level, Marx and Engels' research on the laws of human social development shows that economy is the foundation, and cultural development is generally constrained by economic foundation, but there are also active reactions; At the meso level, modern cultural industry research has found that cultural products and services have market value just like other commodities; At the micro level, research on the cultural construction of microeconomic entities and the impact of cultural environment on economic entities shows that a certain social cultural environment always has an assimilation effect on the people living in it. [Detailed]

What experiences and inspirations have China gained in the integration and development of culture and economy?

Pang Jinju pointed out that after the establishment of the People's Republic of China, especially since the reform and opening up, China has adhered to the dual focus and hard work of material and spiritual civilization in socialist modernization construction, and has achieved significant achievements. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has adhered to economic construction as the center, while placing cultural construction in an important position in overall work, consolidating the common ideological foundation of unity and struggle among the entire Party and people of all ethnic groups in the country. In promoting the coordinated development of material civilization and spiritual civilization, we have deepened our understanding of the regularity of cultural and economic integration and development. Ren Ping pointed out that China has gained many experiences and inspirations in the integration and development of culture and economy. The key points are as follows: firstly, culture provides a profound foundation for the economic prosperity and development of a country or a nation. Secondly, to better promote the integration and development of culture and economy, it is necessary to continuously deepen the understanding and grasp of the mechanism of mutual promotion and progress between economic and cultural economy. The integration and development of culture and economy is conducive to enhancing social cohesion. Ma Feng believes that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the pace of cultural and economic integration and development in China has significantly accelerated, forming rich practical experience. One is the integration and symbiosis of culture and economy, which has expanded the space for industrial development. The second is the mutual empowerment of culture and economy. The third is the increasingly prominent functional role of the deep integration of culture and tourism in serving major national strategies. Wei Pengju mentioned that from the great practices since the reform and opening up, especially in the new era, ideological and cultural development has enhanced economic vitality, and economic prosperity has promoted cultural confidence and self-improvement. One important reason why our country can create two miracles of rapid economic development and long-term social stability is to inspire the innovative spirit of the whole society with the power of ideology and culture, as well as the excellent character of diligence and thrift. At the same time, the historic leap in China's economic strength has also enhanced the cultural consciousness and confidence of the whole society, boosted domestic cultural consumption and international cultural trade. [Detailed]

What important achievements have been made in cultural and economic research by the academic community at present?

Ma Feng mentioned that since the new century, China's practice of integrating culture and economy has become increasingly rich, which has also promoted relevant academic research. One is to closely follow the development of cultural economy and strengthen practical research, including cultural industry agglomeration, cultural finance, cultural technology, cultural consumption, international cultural trade, etc. Secondly, it has formed a multi-level and diversified research perspective. Thirdly, disciplinary construction and talent cultivation have been strengthened. Pang Jinju believes that in recent years, the achievements of research on the cross integration of culture and economy in China mainly include the following aspects: in terms of theoretical research, the categories of cultural industry, cultural industry, and cultural economy are defined, the characteristics of cultural economy and its differences and connections with cultural industry are explained, and the relationship between the development of cultural industry and the transformation of economic development mode is explained; Wait a minute. In terms of policy research, measures have been proposed to establish a sound modern cultural public service system, guide and promote cultural consumption, and attach importance to expanding cultural exports. In terms of disciplinary construction, propose the category of cultural economics and preliminarily construct the theoretical framework of cultural economics; Some universities offer courses related to cultural economics, develop textbooks on cultural economics, and pilot programs in cultural economics. Wei Pengju mentioned that currently, cultural and economic research can be roughly divided into two directions: firstly, analysis is conducted around the characteristics and trends of cultural economization, with a focus on cultural industry research. The second is to analyze relevant cultural phenomena from the perspective and methods of economics. Ren Ping proposed that the academic community should strengthen the summarization and summarization based on the examination of different cultural and economic forms, and have initially formed several academic achievements, mainly including: clarifying that cultural and economic research should examine the relationship between culture and economy as a whole, exploring the characteristics of mutual promotion between economic culture and cultural economy, and forming a regular understanding of the integration and development of culture and economy; It is clear that cultural and economic research should attach importance to the human factor, adhere to the people-centered approach, and fully reflect the requirements of the new development concept; While deepening theoretical research, strengthen case studies to provide practical support for cultural and economic development. [Detailed]

What aspects and fields can we focus on in deepening cultural and economic research in promoting Chinese path to modernization?

Secondly, we should closely focus on the Chinese characteristics, essential requirements and major principles of Chinese path to modernization, and focus on the inherent links between culture and economy, and the characteristics and laws of coordinated development. Thirdly, we should focus on promoting the creative transformation and innovative development of excellent traditional Chinese culture, and deepen research around promoting the deep integration and high-quality development of culture and tourism. Pang Jinju mentioned that to strengthen cultural and economic research, efforts need to be made in the following main areas and aspects: firstly, to strengthen the research on the relationship between culture and economy in the basic principles of Marxism, especially in the latest achievements of Marxism's sinicization and modernization. The second is to strengthen the summary of our practical experience in promoting the overall layout of the "Five in One" initiative, promoting high-quality development, and actively developing advanced socialist culture in contemporary China, especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. The third is to strengthen the exploration and elucidation of the content related to the mutual promotion of economic development and cultural prosperity in the excellent traditional Chinese culture. The fourth is to strengthen research on the development status and experience of foreign cultural economy. The fifth is to define the relevant categories of cultural economics. Six is to summarize and refine the regular understanding of the operation and development of cultural economy, and based on this, construct a systematic theory. This requires interdisciplinary joint research and continuous progress and breakthroughs. Ren Ping believes that taking the achievements that have been made in academia as a new starting point for research, the following aspects can be promoted in the future: first, a deep understanding and grasp of Chinese path to modernization's rejection and transcendence of western capital centered modernization and materialism expansion modernization, and promote and deepen the study of cultural economy in the process of promoting the coordinated development of material civilization and spiritual civilization and building the modern civilization of the Chinese nation. The second is to focus on summarizing and summarizing the essential connotation, basic characteristics, historical causes, main functions, and internal laws of cultural economics, and to make efforts in scientific, systematic, and systematic aspects. The third is to examine successful cases of cultural and economic forms, summarize the experience and inspiration of cultural and economic integration and development from practical research, and continuously deepen the understanding of the laws of cultural and economic operation. The fourth is to strengthen research on the key links, necessary paths, basic characteristics, main functions, and operational rules of economic and cultural economic transformation and promotion, laying a foundation for theoretical innovation and creation. [Detailed]

In the new era, how should we strengthen the construction of cultural and economic theories, and better provide theoretical support for the integration and development of culture and economy?

Pang Jinju mentioned that in the new era, to strengthen the construction of cultural and economic theory, we must adhere to Marxism as the guide, learn and draw on all beneficial achievements of human civilization, promote the intersection and integration of economics with culture, art, aesthetics, education, philosophy, history, law and other disciplines, and establish a cultural economy based on China's national conditions, in line with China's actual situation, and with Chinese characteristics. Wei Pengju believes that in the new era, to strengthen the construction of cultural and economic theory, we must adhere to the "two combinations", apply the perspective and method of "six must adhere", and explore cultural and economic paradigms with Chinese characteristics; To focus on cultural and economic forms, strengthen field investigations, obtain fresh experiences from them, and summarize and refine them; We need to strengthen the construction of talent teams, improve the talent training system, and promote the development of cultural economics towards specialization and refinement.One is to integrate research resources, consciously apply the basic principles of Marxism, draw wisdom and nourishment from excellent traditional Chinese culture, absorb and draw on beneficial research achievements from abroad, and strengthen the discipline construction of cultural economics with Chinese characteristics. The second is to strengthen the research foundation, focus on systematic and theoretical construction, and build an academic system of cultural economics that combines theoretical, practical, national, and contemporary characteristics. The third is to adhere to integrity and innovation, break through the limitations of Western cultural studies and economics in terms, concepts, theories, and categories, timely research, propose, and apply new ideas, concepts, and methods with Chinese characteristics, propose new concepts, categories, and expressions that are easy to understand and accept by the international community, and create a cultural and economic discourse system with Chinese characteristics, Chinese style, and Chinese style. [Detailed]