Dandelion Project is an outline for the development of children's culture and art in China, which was jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Education, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, the General Administration of Press and Publication, the Ministry of Agriculture, the All-China Women's Federation, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League and the National Committee for Children's Culture and Art in recent ten years. At present, the planning of the next decade of this plan is being coordinated among various departments.
Dandelion Project is named Dandelion because of its unconditional style. No matter in the fields, paths and cliffs, as long as there is a little sunshine and a breeze, it will take root and sprout and multiply rapidly. The plan has several provisions for children's art education: first, the requirements for children's movies, television and radio; Second, the requirements of children's publications; The third is to carry out art education and campus culture education on campus. The fourth is to carry out a variety of cultural and artistic activities in the women's Federation system, women's and children's activity centers or the Young Pioneers system of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League. In addition, in the development requirements of children's libraries and children's theaters affiliated to the Ministry of Culture, the development of rural children's cultural undertakings is particularly prominent.
1997, the ninth five-year plan for the development of cultural undertakings and the outline of 20 10 long-term goals clearly pointed out that children's cultural undertakings should be vigorously developed. Conscientiously implement the "Dandelion Plan" for children's literature and art jointly formulated by the Ministry of Culture, the State Education Commission, the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television, and the Press and Publication Administration, strengthen the industry management of children's cultural work, and improve the supervision and guarantee mechanism. Pay close attention to the implementation of the second phase of the "Dandelion Plan" for children's literature and art, and strive to build 100 national and provincial rural children's cultural parks by 2000; 80 children's dramas, 60 children's movies, 750 animated films (about 7500 minutes), 400 children's TV dramas, 250 children's TV sketches, 5 100 minute children's TV cartoons, 100 episode children's radio dramas and 50 children's radio programs were produced. All provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government and regions (cities) set up children's departments in group art museums and cultural centers, children's cultural activity rooms in county (district) cultural centers and conditional township cultural stations, amateur children's art schools (classes) and art troupes in all prefectures (cities) and 50% of counties, and children's cultural centers and independent public schools in all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government and conditional regions (cities).