国内英语新闻:Senior CPC official urges better sharing of public cultural services

BEIJING, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- Senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official Li Changchun on Monday called for greater efforts to divert public cultural services to people at a grassroots level and in rural areas.

In a visit to an exhibition showcasing achievements of a national cultural program over the past five years, Li, a Standing Committee member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, said a plan must be made to set the objectives and measures of the program in the next five years.

Li Changchun, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, talks with pupils during his visit to an exhibition showcasing achievements of a national cultural program over the past five years, in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 27, 2010.

The program, co-hosted by the ministries of culture and finance, seeks to extend public cultural services such as films, museums and libraries to more people at the grassroots level and in rural areas, largely by using digital and Internet technologies.

Li called for greater efforts to build a network with cultural information and resource centers at every level from the national to the village and urban communities, and to build more cultural facilities like digital libraries for minors.