Two women attend the 2016 Shanghai Cultural Festival, March 26, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua]

公共文化服務保障法

The Public Cultural Service Guarantee Law is a basic law of overall importance in the cultural field. It was adopted by the NPC Standing Committee in December 2016.
《公共文化服務保障法》是我國文化領域的第一部基本法，由全國人民代表大會常務委員會于2016年12月發布。

The law clarifies the extent of the public culture service, that is, public cultural facilities, cultural products, cultural activities or other relevant services in which the government takes the lead and social resources participate, and which are supplied mainly for the purpose of satisfying the basic cultural demand of citizens.
這部法律闡明了公共文化服務的范疇，指由政府主導、社會力量參與，以滿足公民基本文化需求為主要目的而提供的公共文化設施、文化產品、文化活動以及其他相關服務。

It also states the principles that should be observed for public cultural services, which is adhering to the orientation for the advancement of the advanced socialist culture, adhering to the people as the center, and adhering to the guidance of the socialist core values, and giving support to the creation and production of fine public cultural products to enrich the content of public cultural services in accordance with the policy of "letting a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend".
該法還指出了公共文化服務所應遵守的原則，即堅持社會主義先進文化前進方向，堅持以人民為中心，堅持以社會主義核心價值觀為引領；按照“百花齊放、百家爭鳴”的方針，支持優秀公共文化產品的創作生產，豐富公共文化服務內容。

The law also sets the standards for the basic public cultural services and the systems for free public cultural service facilities or preferential admission and public notices on public cultural services. Moreover, it includes the financial guarantee, supervision and management, personnel training, and the legal responsibilities for the violations of the law.
該法還為基本公共文化服務、免費或優惠開放的公共文化設施系統、公共文化服務公告制度設立了標準。此外，該法還規定了財政保障、監管和人員培訓措施，以及違反法律要承擔的法律責任。