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| 中华人民共和国文化部 Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Wénhuàbù | |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | September 1954; 71 years ago (1954-09) |
| Dissolved | 19 March 2018; 7 years ago (2018-03-19) |
| Superseding agency | |
| Jurisdiction |  China |
| Headquarters | Beijing |
| Minister responsible |
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| Parent agency | State Council |
| Website | www |
TheMinistry of Culture (MOC) was aministry of thegovernment of the People's Republic of China which was dissolved on 19 March 2018. The responsibilities of the MOC, which were assumed by theMinistry of Culture and Tourism, encompassedcultural policy and activities in the country, including managing national museums and monuments; promoting and protecting the arts (includingcensorship of visual, folk, theatrical, musical, dance, architectural, literary, televisual and cinematographic works); and managing the national archives and regional culture centers. Its headquarters were inChaoyang District,Beijing.[1]
The ministry was dissolved on 19 March 2018 and replaced by theMinistry of Culture and Tourism as part of thedeepening the reform of the Party and state institutions.[2]
In 1955, the Ministry of Culture sought to develop rural cultural networks to distribute media like other performances,lantern slides, books,cinema, radio, books, and to establish newspaper reading groups.[3]: 48
On March 9, 1958, the Ministry of Culture held a meeting to introduce a Great Leap Forward in cinema.[4]: 149–150 During theGreat Leap Forward, the film industry rapidly expanded, with documentary films being the genre that experienced the greatest growth.[4]: 150 The number of film-screening venues, including both urban cinemas and mobile projectionist units that traveled through rural China, also radically increased during this period.[4]: 150
During theCultural Revolution, in 1970 the communist party deemed the cultural politics of the ministry so disruptive that it was dissolved and a Culture Group was established within theState Council.[5]: 160
In 1998, the Ministry of Culture revived the practice of mobile rural cinema as part of its 2131 Project which aimed to screen one movie month per village in rural China and upgrade analog equipment to digital projectors.[3]: 246
The duty of the ministry was todigitize and preserve public domain works, and make them available and accessible to every citizen. China had millions of public domain works, including but not limited to books, pictures,music andfilms.[6][7]
