Abstract: Xi Jinping's cultural thought is a major theoretical innovation achieved by the Party in the new era. A crystallization of the collective wisdom of the party and the people, it has been bearing the imprint of people-oriented nature from the moment it was conceived. The people-oriented nature of Xi Jinping's cultural thoughts is mainly reflected in the three dimensions of “for the people, relying on the people, and benefiting the people”. “For the people” means to realize the people's yearning for a better life, to meet the people's growing spiritual and cultural needs, and to safeguard the people's basic cultural rights. “Relying on the people” means to rely on the people's responsibility to promote the continuation of cultural inheritance, to rely on the people's creation to promote cultural innovation and development, and to rely on the people's efforts to build China into a country with a thriving socialist culture. “Benefiting the people” means to benefit people of all ethnic groups by emphasizing the construction of a shared spiritual homeland for the Chinese nation, benefiting all people by advocating common prosperity in spiritual life, and benefiting the people of the world by advocating exchanges and mutual learning among global civilizations.

Key words: Xi Jinping's cultural thought, people-oriented nature, spiritual life, cultural development, a country with a thriving socialist culture