China's cultural minister says the country's cultural development is in one of its best periods since the People's Republic of China was founded sixty years ago.

Speaking in Beijing, Cai Wu says the development is reflected in the greater creation in arts and literature, thriving culture market and industries, enhanced protection system of cultural construction, and increasingly expanded cultural exchanges.

The Chinese cultural minister reveals that over the past sixty years, China has established sound relations in cultural exchanges with 160 countries and regions.

(CCTV September 15, 2009)