Efforts urged to advance nation's cultural development

Efforts must be made to strengthen the nation's mainstream values, shape mainstream public opinion and foster mainstream culture in order to provide a strong ideological guarantee, spiritual strength and favorable cultural conditions for building a stronger country and advancing national rejuvenation, he said.

Cai urged efforts to boost people's confidence, build up broader consensus and form mainstream public opinion. The Party's leadership over cultural development must be upheld to ensure that the work related to publicity, ideology and culture always advances in the right direction, he said.

Li Shulei, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting and made arrangements for publicity work.