Culture is a key aspect to evaluate of the power and influence of a city.Particularly, top level world cities are all world cultural centers with cultural significance.UNESCO has the authoritative explanation for international comparison on culture and the city.London authority has produced comparison on cultural issues between London, New York, Paris, Tokyo and Shanghai.In view of previous studies, the paper has studied the definition of culture, city and cultural cycle, urban culture, city and cultural development and, city and cultural demand so as to construct an assessment system for world cultural centers. <<