Virtue Runs Lucheng Civilized Baotou: Our core values

德润鹿城文明包头: 我们的价值观
Derun Lucheng wenming Baotou: womende jiazhiguan
Virtue Runs Lucheng Civilized Baotou: Our core values
2013
Propaganda and Education Bureau of the Central Propaganda Department (中宣部宣教局); China Network Television (中国网络电视台); State Grid Corporation (国家电网公司)
69x48 cm.
BG E18/110

"Virtue Runs Lucheng Civilized Baotou” (德润鹿城文明包头) is a series from Baotou, Inner Mongolia. Lucheng (鹿城, City of Deer) is a nickname of Baotou. The focus is on the twelve "socialist core values" (社会主义核心价值观)  that have been promoted since 2012. The national values are "prosperity" (富强), "democracy" (民主), "civility" (文明), and "harmony" (和谐); the social values are "freedom" (自由), "equality" (平等), "justice" (公正), and "rule of law" (法治); the individual values are “patriotism” (爱国), “dedication” (敬业), “integrity” (诚信), and “friendship” (友善).

It is not clear when the series was published, but it must have been in 2013. The images are all by different designers who were selected as the winners of a design competition organized in 2013 by the Propaganda Department of the Baotou Municipal Party Committee, the Baotou Municipal Civilization Office, the Baotou Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce, the Baotou Municipal Radio and Television Bureau, and the Baotou Daily.

Many of the themes on the posters echo those of the Chinese Dream posters. The only exception is this poster with an image of a village by Feng Zikai (丰子恺), a famous designer from the 1920s, whose works have also been (mis-)used for the Chinese Dream.

All posters in this series