A few days ago, Beijing Academy of Social Sciences and Social Science Literature Publishing House jointly released "Beijing Blue Book: Report on Beijing's Cultural Development (20 17-20 18)". According to the Blue Book, Beijing's urban cultural strength and competitiveness rank among the top in the country, and many cultural development indexes rank among the top. Cultural undertakings and industrial development have reached a new level, and the status of the national cultural center has been further consolidated and enhanced.

According to the blue book, in the related index ranking of 20 17, Beijing ranks the same as the global city index of 20 16 and remains in the ninth place; In the ranking of global city strength index, Beijing ranks13; Beijing ranks seventh in the global urban cultural exchange index. In the ranking of China cities, Beijing ranks first, but there is still a big gap compared with London, new york and Tokyo. In 20 17, Beijing ranked fourth in the comprehensive competitiveness of China cities, and maintained the same stable position for three consecutive years, ranking behind Shanghai, Hongkong and Shenzhen.

Beijing's cultural construction and development ranks in the forefront of the country, and the urban innovation and entrepreneurship environment ranks first; Beijing's urban brand development, cultural brand, tourism brand, livable brand, investment brand and brand communication index rank first in the country; Beijing's urban cultural competitiveness index ranks first in the country; Beijing's urban cultural influence index ranks first in the country. It is worth noting that Beijing's urban cultural soft power index ranks fourth overall, and the public satisfaction index of urban cultural soft power ranks 13 nationwide. This shows that there is still much room for improvement in Beijing's livable city construction and cultural soft power construction, especially in terms of public satisfaction with urban cultural services.