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The Site Meeting of Key Project Construction of Zhijiang Cultural Industrial Belt and Global Press Conference of Xiangshan Art Commune Were Held

2018-12-18

        Yesterday morning, the site meeting of key project construction of Zhijiang Cultural Industrial Belt and Global Press Conference of Xiangshan Art Commune were held in the Xiangshan Art Commune of Yichuang Town. Qi Xiaohu member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Committee and Minister of Propaganda, and Chen Hongying vice mayor, attended. Zhang Genming the district committee secretary, delivered a speech. Shi Yingli the director of Standing Committee of District People’s Congress, district leaders Wu Xiangqian, Shenyang Red, Miao Lingrong, Zhao Huada and the responsible persons of relevant provincial, municipal and district departments, and the responsible persons of China Academy of Art and Zhejiang Conservatory of Music participated.

        On behalf of the District Committee and the District Government and the million people of West Lake, Zhang Genming first extended a sincere welcome to the guests at the conference and expressed his gratitude to people from all walks of life who have long been concerned about and supported the development of West Lake for a long period. He pointed out that in recent years, West Lake District has thoroughly implemented the deployment requirements of the Central and Provincial Party Committees and Governments, assessed the situation, and made major strategic arrangements for industrial development and spatial layout; in terms of industrial development, we focus on creating such three pillar industries as literary industry, digital economy, financial science and technology; in terms of spatial layout, the best choice have been made in the best time and place, that is, to vigorously support and promote the development of the cultural and creative industry with Zhijiang area as the core.

        Zhang Genming pointed out that the cultural and creative industry in the West Lake District is in the best period of opportunity for development. At present, the central government strongly promotes the development of the cultural and creative industry and has made a series of important instructions. The provincial party committee and the government proposed to build the Zhijiang Cultural Industrial Belt and the Qiantang River Financial Harbor. The municipal party committee and government vigorously implemented the “development around the river” and listed the cultural and creative industry as one of the major industries with priority development. Under such a big background, our district firmly focuses on the goal of “building China’s digital culture and art highland”, vigorously supports the digital culture industry, vigorously promotes the development of the Yichuang Town, and accelerates the construction of Xiangshan Art Commune, the living room of Yichuang Town. It can be said that the completion and release of Xiangshan Art Commune is a vivid embodiment of the implementation of the major deployment of the central and provincial governments in the West Lake District, and a milestone in the historical process of Zhijiang Cultural Industrial Belt.

        Zhang Genming stressed that as a traditional dominant industry in West Lake District, the cultural and creative industry started early with a good foundation, rapid development and excellent prospects, and has always been in the forefront of Zhejiang Province and and even the whole country. In 2017, the cultural and creative industry accounted for 36 % of the district’s total economic output value, with an added value of 39 billion yuan, and was successfully selected as a key county (city, district) of the cultural industries in Zhejiang Province. Within the jurisdiction, there are a large number of well-known cultural enterprises, including more than 20 listed cultural and creative companies, 3 state-level and 11 district-level cultural and creative parks, and nearly 30 studios of cultural masters. As a key area for the development of cultural and creative industry in the district, the Zhijiang area has both time-honored cultural and creative enterprises such as Songcheng Performing Arts, and well-known universities such as the China Academy of Fine Arts and Zhejiang Conservatory of Music. The landing of high-quality enterprises and the concentration of universities have laid a good foundation for the development of cultural and creative industries in the Zhijiang area.

        Zhang Genming emphasized that Yichuang Town, jointly built by West Lake District, China Academy of Fine Arts and Zhejiang Conservatory of Music, is the second batch of Characteristic Towns in Zhejiang Province. The town consists of three important components, and the first phase, Phoenix•Creative International, the first creative park rebuilt from a cement factory in China, has now become an influential platform for cultural and creation in Zhejiang Province and even in China; the second phase, Phoenix•Creative Building, was completed in 2015, and nearly 200 cultural and creative enterprises have settled in it; the third phase, Xiangshan Art Commune, is the first high-level and high-quality cultural and creative gathering platform since the provincial party committee and the provincial government decided to build Zhijiang Cultural Industrial Belt, and it is also a model of transforming decay into magic in the process of urban village transformation in Zhijiang area. In the future, we will gather a large number of high-quality cultural and creative enterprises and a large number of high-end talents, focus on the development of digital creative industries, such as art education and training, film and television content production, digital cultural resources, digital creative technology and equipment, and strive to create a creative life industry cluster with the integration of art and life, culture and technology.

        Subsequently, the release and signing ceremony of related project and the launch ceremony of Xiangshan Art Commune project were also held. 


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