President encourages artists to drive cultural progress

President Xi Jinping has encouraged Chinese artists to uphold their people-centric approach in creation and production of works of art and help build China into a culturally advanced socialist nation.

Xi, who is also the general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remark in a letter to the members of the China Oriental Performing Arts Group.

The letter, dated Saturday and made public on Sunday, came after 10 members of the performing arts group recently wrote to Xi and shared with him their achievements in producing literary works and artworks over the past decade.