This special issue of IJCS will be of value to readers who are interested in the development and renewal of cultural studies, as well as those with a direct interest in cultural and scholarly developments in China.Cultural studies has always been an interdisciplinary, inter-sectoral and international colloquy.It is also an adventurous intellectual enterprise, seeking to understand the relations between cultural (symbolic) and economic-political values in modernizing countries.In that spirit, the issue is devoted to articles and interviews arising from the first-ever international conference held in mainland China on the theme of the creative industries and innovation.It was the brainchild of John Hartley and was planned by a group of researchers working at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), as part of an Australian Research Council 'Discovery' grant to investigate the internationalization of the creative industries in the light of China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).It was held in Beijing, 7-9 July 2005. 1 The forum was addressed by central government ministers from China (Dr Wu Qidi, PRC Vice-Minister of Education) and Australia (Senator Rod Kemp, Federal Minister for the Arts and Sport).Both were upbeat about the creative industries and their presentations may be read herein.The forum brought together four 'constituencies':
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