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Creative China must find its own Path Update:2009-12-08 Justin 0Connor Source: No.199 | November2009 Creative China must find its own Path Justin 0Connor ? It is commonly said that China needs to ‘catch-up’ with `the west or the `developed world. This phrase implies a singular path; there may be short cuts and `late-comer advantages but the destination一a modern, developed country一is the same. But just when it seems China is within touching distance, the `developed world changes the definition of what it is to be `developed and puts more obstacles in the path of those trying to catch-up. In English we call this `moving the goal-posts. After manufacturing, services and high-technology seemed to present clear goals for China, the cultural creative industries arrive as the new `value-added product and service sector, posing yet more problems for the countrys policy-makers. Many in the West have argued that China will take a long time to catch-up in these areas and that this provides a new source of competitive advantage to the West. Indeed, for some, the absence of a competitive cultural creative industries sector is evidence that China is not, and maybe can never be, fully `developed. ? Much of this can be dismissed as another example of the Wests superiority complex; however, there can be no doubt that the cultural creative industries present great possibilities but also great challenges for China. These industries一from visual and performing arts, to recorded music, film and TV, to digital animation and new media services, through to fashion, design and architecture一are highly creative and innovative products and services, relying on complex flows of knowledge and intellectual property. They are also cultural or symbolic products that reflect and influence our pleasures and ambitions, and our individual and collective sense of meaning and identity. For these reasons all nations have sought to protect and develop their own national culture and traditions by investing