西部国家中心城市的定位与文化软实力提升——以西安和成都为例

The Orientation and the Cultural Soft Power's Improvements of National Central Cities in Western China——A Case Study of Xi'an and Chengdu

从国家战略和区域整体发展的角度看,在新时期,国家中心城市的设置有十分重要的意义。国家中心城市的发展不仅需要经济基础,政策扶持,还需要提升自身的文化软实力,充分发挥自己的优势和特点。在这方面,西部的两座国家中心城市——西安和成都具有典型性。它们既是历史文化底蕴深厚的名城和省会,又是新时期"一带一路"的节点城市,承担了西部崛起的重要国家使命。因此,在良性竞争的基础上实现合作共赢,致力于提升文化软实力,西安和成都将会成为文化城市的典型范例。

From the perspective of national strategies and thewhole regional development, the establishment of national centralcities is significant in the new period. The development of nationalcities is not only based on the economy, policy supports, but also needsprogresses in cultural soft power and exploiting local advantages andfeatures. In this regard, Xi’an and Chengdu, two national centralcities in western China, are most representative. These two provincialcapitals are both well-known historical cities and shoulder themission of Rising in the West as the node cities in the Belt and Road.Therefore, Xi’an and Chengdu will be the model of the culturalcity which achieving Win-Win corporation on the basis of the virtualcompetition and devoting improving cultural soft power.