The Yangtze River Basin has rich cultural resources，diverse cultural forms and significant cultural values. It plays a central role in the formation of Chinese civilization and the development of human civilization. As an important cultural industry gathering area in China，the Yangtze River Economic Belt has a good foundation for cultural industry development. Shanghai，Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province are the leading areas for the development of cultural industries in the Yangtze River Economic Belt. The report discusses the development pattern，outstanding problems and relevant policy suggestions of the cultural industry in the Yangtze River Economic Belt，and points out at present，the development of the cultural industry in the Yangtze River Economic Belt still has outstanding problems such as unsound industrial competitiveness，unbalanced regional development and imperfect cooperation mechanisms. The construction of the Yangtze River Cultural Industry Belt can effectively promote the transformation of the rich cultural resources advantages of the Yangtze River Basin into economic advantages. To promote the vigorous development of the cultural industry in the Yangtze River Economic Belt，it is necessary to construct a coordinated development mechanism for cultural industries，give full play to the role of the cultural market，improve the cultural industry policy，and achieve high-quality development of the cultural industry in the Yangtze River Economic Belt.