五、推进文化事业繁荣发展

　　自治区成立以来，新疆始终高度重视文化建设，保护、传承和弘扬优秀传统文化，大力发展现代文化，不断满足各族人民日益增长的精神文化需求，有力保障各族群众享有平等的文化权益。

　　公共文化服务水平显著提升。1955年，新疆仅有1个公共图书馆和36个文化馆。1978年，建成1个博物馆。2007年，国家支持新疆启动公益性文化工程“东风工程”和“农家书屋工程”。2008年、2012年先后启动惠及新疆广大农村群众的广播电视村村通工程和户户通工程。截至2014年，全区每个行政村都有农家书屋。2010年以来，国家、自治区累计投入资金15亿元，实施“县级文化馆、图书馆修缮工程”“文化信息资源共享工程”“乡镇综合文化站工程”“广播电视村村通和户户通”等一系列基础文化设施工程。截至2014年，建成117个文化馆、107个公共图书馆、82个博物馆(纪念馆)和1147个文化站，广播电视村村通、户户通用户共346万户，基本建成区、地、县、乡四级公共文化服务体系。

V. Promoting cultural prosperity

Since the autonomous region was established in 1955, Xinjiang has attached great importance to culture, promoting the preservation, bequeathal and onward transmission of fine cultural traditions, and vigorously developing modern culture, in order to meet the ever growing cultural needs of the people of all ethnic groups and safeguard their equal cultural rights and interests.

Public cultural services have improved remarkably. In 1955, Xinjiang had only one public library and 36 cultural centers. In 1978, Xinjiang built its first museum. In 2007, with state support, Xinjiang launched two nonprofit cultural projects - the East Wind Project (to give books and publications free of charge) and the Rural Library Project (to provide farmers with books, periodicals, newspapers and audio and video products). In 2008 and 2012, Xinjiang started the Radio and TV Programs for Each Village Project and the Radio and TV Programs for Each Rural Household Project, both benefiting all local rural population. By 2014, every administrative village in Xinjiang had its own rural library.

Since 2010, the state and the autonomous region have provided a total of RMB1.5 billion to improve cultural infrastructure, launching the County-level Library and Cultural Center Renovation Project, the National Cultural Information Resources Sharing Project (constructing information centers to share Xinjiang' s resources with other areas of the country), and the Town and Township Comprehensive Cultural Center Project, as well as the aforementioned Radio and TV Programs for Each Village Project and Radio and TV Programs for Each Rural Household Project. By 2014, Xinjiang had built 117 cultural centers, 107 public libraries, 82 museums (memorial halls) and 1,147 cultural activity venues, made radio and TV access to 3.46 million rural households, and completed the basic public cultural service system of four levels (the autonomous region, prefecture, county (city) and town (township)).