2008年中山市提出创建国家历史文化名城的目标,历时3年终于2011年3月被正式纳入国家历史文化名城的行列。在此之间,中山的文博事业做了大量的工作并积极发挥了自己应有的作用。以中山市创建国家历史文化名城为例,对文博事业在创建国家历史文化名城中的作用和机遇进行初探,以期了解文博事业在发展过程中所面临的机遇与挑战。 Zhongshan City in 2008 proposed the goal of creating a national historical and cultural city, which lasted 3 years finally in March 2011 was officially included in the ranks of national historical and cultural cities. In the meantime, Zhongshan’s cultural industry has done a great deal of work and actively played its due role. Taking Zhongshan as an example, this paper explores the role and opportunities of the cultural and art undertaking in establishing a national historical and cultural city in order to understand the opportunities and challenges confronting the cultural and arts undertaking in its development.