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<article xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://jats.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/1.1/xsd/JATS-journalpublishing1-mathml3.xsd" dtd-version="1.1" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">SSR</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Scientific and Social Research</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn>2661-4332</issn><eissn>2981-9946</eissn><publisher><publisher-name>Bio-Byword Scientific Publishing Pty. Ltd.</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.26689/ssr.v8i9.15756</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title>Cultural Confidence, Cultural Awareness and the Innovative Development of Culture</title><url>https://artdesignp.com/journal/SSR/8/9/10.26689/ssr.v8i9.15756</url><author>LiPeihuan</author><pub-date pub-type="publication-year"><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>8</volume><issue>9</issue><history><date date-type="pub"><published-time>2026-10-21</published-time></date></history><abstract>Cultural confidence itself is an inevitable requirement for the self‑development of culture. In cultural exchanges, cultural confidence refers to the conscious awareness of the development of one&amp;rsquo;s own culture, rather than cultural arrogance or cultural inferiority. Cultural awareness promotes the innovative development of culture on a practical basis, which serves as the fundamental source of cultural confidence.</abstract><keywords>Cultural confidence, Cultural awareness, Innovative development of culture, Cultural exchanges</keywords></article-meta></front><body/><back><ref-list><ref id="B1" content-type="article"><label>1</label><element-citation publication-type="journal"><p>[1] Tylor E, 2005, Primitive Culture. Guangxi Normal University Press, Guilin, 1.
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