Abstract: In the 70 years since the founding of new China，the Communist Party of China（CPC）has experienced some major historical changes in its understanding of the position of culture in the nation’s strategic layout：culture as a subordinate to politics；culture’s paralleled development with economy；culture’s coordinate development with economy，politics，society，and ecology；culture uplifted as the nation’s soft power. This historical evolution proves that the Party is becoming mature in understanding and grasping the law of cultural development；it also raised the Party’s theoretical understanding of cultural construction to a new historical level. At the time of new China’s 70th anniversary，it is practically important to study the law of cultural development，summarizing experiences and lessons in cultural construction for the Party to lead the nation to build China into a powerful country with socialist culture and to realize the Chinese dream of the nation’s great rejuvenation.

Key words: new China’s 70 years, cultural strategy, cultural position, historical evolution, basic experience