Contemporary China’s culture is derived from traditional culture and rooted in contemporary practice. China has incorporated cultural development in the overall layout of the great cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Presenting a general picture of cultural development in the People’s Republic of China, the book mainly focuses on China’s ideological and cultural building in the 21st century, people’s cultural rights and interests, new moral and ethical trends, development of literature, art, philosophy and social sciences, as well as advancement of education and technology, protection and inheritance of cultural heritage, development of religious culture, pattern of contemporary cultural industry and status of foreign cultural exchanges.