The capital is the political and cultural center of a country. This report reviews the practice of ancient capital construction as the best area and a place of diverse cultures，as well as the function of promoting cultural innovation and enhancing national cultural influence and radiation in the transformation of urban functions in modern society. It analyzes that Beijing’s status as a national cultural center has been constantly strengthened since the founding of the People’s Republic of China and highlighted the leading role of culture in various fields of cultural construction after the 18th National Congress of the CPC. This report argues that the capital should make new explorations and new achievements in promoting the modern cultural governance and improving the cultural governance efficiency in the construction of culturally powerful country in the new era，and focus on three tasks which include building a modern system of public cultural services，improving the modern cultural market system，and elevating the level of opening-up of integration of culture and tourism through abiding by the international economic and trade rules，as well as solve four problems which are balance of related factors of culture governance modernization，optimization of arrangement of cultural elements and resources，handling properly the relationship between central departments and the capital，and coordinating correctly the relationship between cultural security and cultural development.