The paper does empirical analysis on the relationship between cultural consumption of urban and rural residents, cul- tural investment, and GDP. The result shows that it is cultural consumption of urban and rural residents not cultural investment that could promote the development of China＇s cultural industry further, which proposes that the development of China＇s cultural industry should start with demand for cultural consumption, and promote the development of China＇s cultural industry sound and rapidly through the coordinated growth o...
