The guiding ideology of cultural system reform is: under the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory and Theory of Three Represents, comprehensively implement Scientific Outlook on Development, thoroughly implement the spirit of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Third, Fourth and Fifth Plenary Sessions of the 16th National Congress, emancipate the mind, seek truth from facts, keep pace with the times, firmly grasp the direction of advanced culture, follow the characteristics and laws of socialist spiritual civilization construction, and adapt to the requirements of the development of socialist market economy. Comprehensively promote institutional innovation, liberate and develop cultural productive forces, mobilize the enthusiasm and creativity of cultural workers, prosper socialist culture, constantly meet the growing spiritual and cultural needs of the people, improve the scientific and cultural quality of the whole nation, cultivate socialist citizens with ideals, morality, culture and discipline, and promote the all-round development of people.

The principle requirements of cultural system reform are: adhere to the direction of advanced socialist culture; Adhere to the guiding position of Marxism in the ideological field and ensure the national cultural security; Adhere to the courage to practice, bold innovation, and establish a new concept of cultural development; Insist on putting social benefits in the first place and strive to achieve the unity of social and economic benefits; Adhere to the coordinated development of cultural undertakings and cultural industries; Adhere to differentiated treatment and classified guidance, step by step, and gradually push away.

The objectives and tasks of the cultural system reform are: taking development as the theme, reform as the driving force and institutional innovation as the focus, forming a scientific and effective macro-cultural management system, an efficient micro-operation mechanism of cultural production and service, a cultural industry pattern with public ownership as the main body and multiple ownership systems developing together, and a unified, open and competitive modern cultural market system; It is necessary to form a perfect cultural innovation system, and form a cultural opening pattern with national culture as the main body, absorbing foreign beneficial culture and promoting Chinese culture to the world.