This chapter explores the changing expectations of consumers in China's cultural spaces, highlighting the shift towards multifunctional areas that provide not only reading opportunities but also avenues for socialization, exhibitions, and enriching experiences.
Both urban and rural residents have benefited immensely from the market economy. Restaurants, supermarkets and malls crop up in our neighborhood and have made our lives more convenient than ever before. The market, however, has not responded to our cultural demands as efficiently as it has to our more earthly desires. The development of cultural spaces, therefore, hinges on more targeted initiatives at least for the time being. On the show: Laiming, Niu Honglin & Xingyu