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same time, statistical analysis shows that the above-mentioned “central lowland” is a new issue
emerging after the implementation of the 12th Five-Year Plan. Such issue is also prevalent in
many other fields. For example, through the Fourth Evaluation of Chinese Cultural Centers in
2015, we can easily find that Central China is at the bottom of many rankings of cultural center
development indicators. We believe the efforts to revitalize public libraries in Central China
should focus on the following aspects: 1) The macro adjustments of national policy. Appropriate
adjustments should be made by the central government in the aspects of capital, resources and
supporting policies to accelerate the development of public libraries in Central China to the
national level as soon as possible. 2) Specify and strengthen the main responsibilities of local
governments. At present, the most realistic, effective and rigid way is to implement the National
Basic Public Cultural Service Standards (2015-2020) and local guidance in order to establish
the financial support system based on standardized calculation, which ensures the local resident
population to be entitled to enjoyment of public cultural services. 3) Speed up the construction
of the central-branch system of public libraries on the county level. By seizing the opportunity
of the government-guided construction of the central-branch library system, public libraries in
Central China should enhance the competence of the central library in the county and then forge
more capable branch libraries in rural areas. It can be said that the innovation of the system of
central-branch public libraries and the resource sharing and communication are regarded as
the most valid approaches to elevate service ability in Central China. 4) Expand and deepen
the application of “Library+” and “Internet+.” “Library+” refers to the integration of library
services and other industries, which is the key task to achieve social participation in Central
China. To establish the online platform of county central-branch public library system is the key
to deepening digital services. Based on the Internet, the operation process of public libraries has
been altered and the service pattern has been greatly innovated, which provides more effective
resources with docking needs. 5) To improve the guiding function of evaluations. Accordingly,
the performance-oriented incentive mechanism should be set up and the evaluation system of
levels, regions and the whole system should be established. 6) Seize the historic opportunity
to promote the construction of public cultural service system in underprivileged areas. There
are 261 nationally-supported under privileged counties in Central China, which accounts for
31.4% of China’s underprivileged counties. In order to implement the Construction Plan of
Public Cultural Service System in Underprivileged Areas, the party committee and government
of the underprivileged counties should firstly find out the holistic situation, and then map out
the construction list according to scientific calculation, which lays out an accurate target for
poverty alleviation with cultural precision. In a word, the development of the public libraries in
underprivileged countries is of great significance in elevating Central China out of the “central
lowland”.