文化软实力是城市影响力和竞争力的重要部分，城市文化中蕴藏着激发城市综合经济活力、改善城市人居环境以及提高城市可持续发展水平的强大力量，在国际咨询公司Resonance Consultancy发布的《全球最佳城市报告2020》（World’s Best Cities 2020）中，伦敦、纽约、巴黎和东京位列榜单前四，文化有关指标也是该报告评价体系中的主要内容之一。本文梳理了上述4个全球化城市的文化发展现状，从文化政策支持和文化基础设施两大维度，总结了国际城市在文化建设和发展方面的经验。在我国城市化进程新阶段和特大城市转型发展新时期，本文提出了制度层面完善文化建设体系和理念层面优化城市文化服务供给等适合我国特大城市文化发展的建议，以期提升城市活力，让文化软实力促成城市的全面可持续发展。
The soft power of urban culture is an important part of the city’s influence and competitiveness. Urban culture contains powerful forces that promote the overall economic vitality of the city，improve the quality of the urban living environment，and improve the level of sustainable development of the city. In the annual “World’s Best CITIES 2020” released by the Resonance Consultancy，London，New York，Paris and Tokyo ranked in the top Four. Cultural indicators are one of the main contents in the report evaluation system. This article combs the cultural development status of these four global cities. And analyzes the experience of cultural construction and development from the two dimensions of cultural policy support and cultural infrastructure.
