当代中国文化根植于中华传统文化的沃土，立足于当代社会。中国将文化建设纳入中国特色社会主义事业总体布局，推动中华文化的现代化转换。一种具有特殊时代魅力的中国文化正在形成。本书重点介绍新世纪以来中国的思想文化建设、人民文化权益的保障，新道德、新风尚的铸造，文学艺术的发展，教育、科技、哲学社会科学的进步，文化遗产的保护传承、宗教文化发展的现状、文化产业的格局以及对外文化交流的状况，等等。（146.Contemporary Chinese culture, stemming from its brilliant traditional culture as well as modernity. China is pushing forward the modernization of Chinese culture through bringing cultural development into her overall Chinese socialist strategy. The Chinese culture with its special charm of the time is taking into shape. The book introduces China's thought and culture development, the protection of people's culture rights and interests, the establishment of new moralities and customs, the development of culture and art, the progress of education, science and technology, philosophy and social sciences, the preservation and inheritance of culture heritages, the status of religious development, and the pattern of cultural industry and foreign culture exchanges in the new century, etc.）