National cultural center is one of the central functions of Beijing as a capital city. As the national cultural center and innovation center for science and technology，Beijing manifests strong advantages in rank of index of cities in 2014：in the spheres of cultural competitiveness of image，science and technology，human capital and education，as well as cultural comprehensive index and cultural consumption，Beijing plays a leading role，which shows the momentum and competitiveness of Beijing’s cultural development in the country. Also in the aspect of comprehensive strength of city，cultural strength and construction of creative city，Beijing is in the front rank while slightly weaker than Shanghai. In the year 2014，Beijing ranks eighth in competitiveness of global cities compared with fourteenth in 2012，nonetheless，Beijing still has a long way to go to catch up with other global cities like New York，Tokyo，London and Paris. In the construction of livable city，Beijing ranks first in the listed eight Chinese cities while comes seventy-fourth in the global ranking，which suggests much work need to be done to construct the first-class livable city；in the aspect of public cultural service，Beijing is far behind the top three of Paris，London and Tokyo，also falls behind Shanghai and Hongkong slightly，especially in the terms of public service satisfaction. This report focuses on strengthening capital’s central function and promoting the construction of national cultural center，generalizes the situation and trends in cultural development of Beijing in 2014，analyzes Beijing’s cultural competitiveness in the country and worldwide，and puts forward suggestions of insisting on and strengthening the central function of the capital，planning the Thirteenth Five-year Plan of cultural development based on the current situation and development goal.