Main functions:

  Making guidelines for the development of science and technology related to culture; coordinating key national scientific and technological research projects on culture and arts and promoting the application of major scientific results; advancing the informatization construction of art-related science and technology; taking charge of the co-development of art colleges and universities with related departments; guiding the professional education in culture and arts; organizing the stipulation of policies and standards for the qualification tests of artistic talents and ensuring their coordination, supervision and implementation, examining and licensing trans-provincial talent qualification agencies.