Cultural Policy Research Of The Communist Party Of China (1949-1957),

Cultural policy is the political manifestation of the culture. The conception is that theruling class formulate a set of requirements, principles and strategies to implement ideology andadministrative management in the areas, such as Literature, Art, Press and Publication,Broadcasting and Television, Heritage Museum. It is the basic starting point for governmentpolicy behavior. It plays an important role in guiding cultural development and socialprogress. From1949-1957, it is an important historical period of China’s social development.China had transformed the semi-colonial semi-feudal society to a new democratic society. Andit will achieve the great transition of the socialist society. Culture is transforming form thedemocratic culture to the socialist culture. During this period, the Communist Party of Chinaaccording to the domestic political, economic and cultural situation, carry out a large number offruitful cultural transformation and construction work under the guidance of the ideology ofMarxism and Xinmin culture theory. Through the mass movement of learning Marxism, thetransformation of the old culture and education, the reform of intellectual thoughts, threecritical movements and the promotion of the "Double Hundred Policy ", CPC establish thebanner of Marxism and make it a mainstream ideology of the society as a whole. Literature, Art,and Education have developed rapidly. These initiatives, as well as the policies and principlesmake up the main content of the party’s cultural policy and initially built the basis of thecultural policy system. In the process of cultural transformation, Literature, Art, Education andother cultural areas have gratifying achievements. But some negative effects also appear, suchas, neglection of the objective law of cultural development, dealing with the problem anxiously,simply and crudely. Summarize the lessons learned, and we can understand the far-reachingsignificance for the rise of a new wave of China’s building of socialist culture in the new era. Itis also benefit to promote the development and prosperity of socialist culture. It can providesome useful reference for the current cultural policy decision-making more scientific.