East China’s Jiangsu province has taken the cultural industry as an important starting point for changing the development mode, adjusting the economic structure, and promoting high-quality development in recent years by relying on the local unique resource advantages so as to promote the province’s cultural industry to be the front runner in the country.
The Confucius Temple scenic belt is vying for the honorary title of the first batch of key pedestrian streets in China by challenging the Wangfujing Street in Beijing and Nanjing road in Shanghai.
Beginning in May this year, the Confucius Temple-Qinhuai Scenery Belt Management Committee has begun to upgrade and renovate Dashiba Street, an important street in the area. The old houses are repaired in the way that ancient architectural styles have remained intact.
Tian Shupeng, Deputy Director of Engineering Department of Nanjing Confucius Temple Cultural Tourism Group
We have taken into consideration
the combination of tradition and modernity
As far as possible
traditional elements are retained
on the second floor and above
On the first floor
because there are more businesses
we combine some modern elements
which not only facilitate business needs
but also guarantee the overall effect
The deep cultural accumulation and intimate service make the Confucius Temple Scenic Area the most popular tourist destination in Jiangsu during the holidays in the past years.
a visitor from Zhejiang
The cultural landscape is fantastic here
and the quaint also has a historical background
It’s really an enjoyment to visit this place
[sound bite]a teacher from Shandong
The school organized this study tour
to make students better understand
the cultural heritage of Nanjing
and integrate the knowledge of textbooks
into their lives
Traditional cultural resources are revitalized under the blessing of modern commerce, and the industrial relics of early years are also being reborn in industrial transformation.
In the urban reconstruction,Binhu District of Wuxi has shut down and relocated Xuelang Steel Mill while retaining the inherent characteristics of the old factory building to have it upgraded into a digital movie industrial park.
Yang Chengbing, Secretary of the Party Branch of Wuxi National Digital Film Industry Park
The tax revenue of the steel mill
was nearly 100 million yuan
and the output value was also nearly 10 billion yuan
Now the entire park has more than 5 billion yuan
in operating income last year
and the tax revenue is about 560 million yuan
In terms of social benefits
including cultural benefits
this complete industrial chain
is much larger than that of the original steel plant
In recent years, Jiangsu has been accelerating the integration and development of the cultural industry around the goal of building a strong cultural province. The main indicators of the cultural industry in Jiangsu have consistently ranked at the forefront of the country. According to the latest statistics, the value added of the cultural industry in Jiangsu increased from 233 billion yuan to 397.924 billion yuan within the past five years, accounting for 11% of the country's total value. The total value-added of the cultural industry and the number of enterprises has ranked second in the country for many years.
