Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China

Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China
中华人民共和国文化部
Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Wénhuàbù

Agency overview
Formed September 1954
Jurisdiction  People's Republic of China
Headquarters Beijing
Minister responsible
Parent agency State Council
Website www.mcprc.gov.cn

The Ministry of Culture (MOC) is a ministry of the government of the People's Republic of China which is responsible for cultural policy and activities in the country, including managing national museums and monuments; promoting and protecting the arts (including censorship of visual, folk, theatrical, musical, dance, architectural, literary, televisual and cinematographic works); and managing the national archives and regional culture centers. Its headquarters are in Chaoyang District, Beijing.[1]

Duties

See also: Public domain

The duty of the ministry is to digitize and preserve public domain works, and make them available and accessible to every citizen. China has millions of public domain works, including but not limited to books, pictures, music and films.[2][3]

List of ministers

Cai Wu, former Minister of Culture
Name Took office Left office
1 Shen Yanbing October 1949 January 1965
2 Lu Dingyi January 1965 June 1966
3 Xiao Wangdong (acting) June 1966 January 1967
post abolished
Wu De (head of the Cultural Group of the State Council) June 1970 January 1975
4 Yu Huiyong January 1975 October 1976
5 Huang Zhen December 1977 December 1980
6 Zhou Weizhi (acting) December 1980 April 1982
7 Zhu Muzhi April 1982 March 1986
8 Wang Meng March 1986 September 1989
9 He Jingzhi August 1989 November 1992
10 Liu Zhongde November 1992 March 1998
11 Sun Jiazheng March 1998 March 2008
12 Cai Wu March 2008 December 2014
13 Luo Shugang December 2014 Incumbent

See also

References

  1. Home. Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China. Retrieved on December 22, 2010. "Contact us Address: No.10, Chaoyangmen Beidajie, Chaoyang District, Beijing,100020 Tel:86-10-59881114"
  2. http://dl.psnc.pl/2010/07/30/european-libraries-and-google-cooperate-in-digitization/
  3. http://www.communia-association.org/2015/12/05/public-domain-on-trial-in-mannheims-reiss-engelhorn-museum-vs-wikimedia-et-al/


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