The Research on the Soft Power of City Culture

The soft power of city culture is the core of the city soft power. It refers to the influence, cohesion and appeal that a city possesses, which is the main element of the competitiveness and interacts with hard power, for example economy and technology. The soft power of city culture contains the cohesion of city culture, the appeal of city culture, the innovation of city culture, the integration force of city culture and the radiation of city culture. To improve the soft power of city culture, we must treated the following relationships well: the relation between soft power and hard power, the relation between the soft power of national culture and city culture, and the relation between the soft power of culture in this city and in other cities. Key words: Soft power of city culture; Cohesion of city culture; Appeal of city culture; Innovation of city culture; Integration force of city culture; Radiation of city culture