Many famous calligraphers and painter come to Zhongshan because of its profound cultural foundation and distinctiveness.

Great changes have been taken in the several years after 2007 when the strategic plan of building Zhongshan into a culturally famous city was proposed. Recently, propaganda department of Zhongshan Municipal Party Committee said in an interview that the declaration and creation to make Zhongshan a culturally famous city helps people better know the rich culture of Zhongshan, the culture and history will be as a core competence of Zhongshan.

Zhongshan has a long history of history and culture, including culture of farming, overseas Chinese and celebrity. The cultural industry in Zhongshan has been developing rapidly so that the municipal government and party committee made an important decision in 2007 to build Zhongshan into a culturally famous city and the related application and construction began in early 2008. We should try our best to promote an all-round development in politics, economy, society and culture, consolidate and improve the result of culturally famous city.