On December 2nd to 5th, the 2023 Boao Forum for Chinese Entrepreneurs was held in Boao, Hainan. As one of the parallel sub forums, the 2023 China Cultural and Economic Development Forum opened on the morning of the 3rd. With the theme of "Chinese path to modernization drives high-quality development of the cultural industry", the 2023 China Culture and Economic Development Forum gathers the forward-looking views of cultural celebrities, experts and scholars, and industry representatives to jointly explore the future direction of high-quality development of the cultural industry. The picture shows Chu Xuejun delivering an opening speech at Xinhua News Agency Co., Ltd. as the Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman. He said that the continuous vitality of culture lies in continuous innovation and integration into the lives of the people. Since the advent of the digital age, cultural digitization has become a trend. Cultural digitization has inherent advantages that cannot be ignored in promoting culture to enter the public and serving the public. Through the collection and processing of digital technology, excellent traditional cultural resources in various categories can be transformed into data information, allowing a wider range of people to be exposed to the essence of traditional culture in a timely manner, which helps to further popularize excellent traditional Chinese culture. Therefore, promoting excellent traditional Chinese culture should be in line with the digital age. The picture shows Liu Yuzhu delivering a speech at the event site, followed by Liu Yuzhu, chairman of the China Heritage Protection Foundation and former director of the National Cutural Heritage Administration. He believes that cultural economy is the integration and interaction of culture and economy, and the integration and symbiosis of culture and economy are concentrated in the continuous expansion of cultural industry space. He also emphasized in his speech that the "Cultural Heritage Reception Hall" program jointly launched by the China Cultural Heritage Protection Foundation and Xinhua News Agency has received great attention, leveraging Xinhua News Agency's media influence to promote public understanding and participation in the cultural heritage industry. He said that the China Foundation for the Protection of Cultural Relics will build a broad platform to increase communication efforts, and look forward to cooperating with more enterprises and institutions to jointly help the high-quality development of cultural relics, promote the prosperity of cultural relics and cultural relics industry, and promote the realization of Chinese path to modernization. The picture shows Xie Bing, Deputy Director of the National Cutural Heritage Administration, delivering a speech at the event, saying that the development of culture is closely related to the prosperity of the country, and scientific and technological innovation plays a central role in cultural development. He believes that culture will play an important role in the process of Chinese path to modernization. Chinese path to modernization emphasizes the inheritance and innovation of traditional culture. Therefore, cultural relics workers should, on the basis of inheriting traditional culture, form plans with traditional charm and in line with modern requirements through innovative means. Chinese path to modernization is integrated with science and technology, which provides new opportunities for cultural relics protection. Therefore, cultural relics workers should make full use of digitization and virtual reality, break the limitations of time and space, and present cultural relics in a more vivid and three-dimensional form. Through technological means, the public should understand and love cultural relics. The picture shows Yan Gongda delivering a speech at the event, titled "From Humanistic Background to Lifestyle - The Support of Chinese Excellent Traditional Culture for the Construction of Contemporary Life Aesthetics", at the event. Yan Gongda is the Honorary President of the National Education Calligraphy and Painting Association and the President of the Higher Calligraphy Education Branch, a renowned cultural scholar and calligrapher.