Abstract: The paper finds that main cultural statistical indicator systems are developed on the basis of UNESCO cultural statistical framework in the comparison of different cultural statistical indicator systems in the world. Therefore, definitions and classification methods that they use are similar. What is different is that every system has its own distinct perspectives in studying cultural industry, which means every country or area has its own unique feature on the definition of culture and specific classification. In China, the system of cultural statistical indicators also evolves from the framework created by UNESCO, with identical theoretic foundation, but gives more considerations to the accessibility of its historical statistical data in the classification.