Abstract: The development of culture industry plays an important role in improving regional industry's additional value、independent innovation level、resources and environment protection capacity and then optimizing regional industrial structure. This paper is based on data 2005-2014 of regional GDP、culture industry added value、three-industry added value of Middle Yangtze River、Hunan province、Hubei province and Jiangxi Province,using the Theil index、industrial structure deviation、industrial structure upgrading、grey correlation analysis and co-integration analysis to analyze the development of culture industry influence on regional industrial structure. It turns out that the development of Middle Yangtze River's culture industry has a certain positive role in promoting industrial structure optimization. It remains to formulate culture industry fusion development policy、cultivate culture industry talents and implement intellectual property rights protection policy to promote culture industry for the regional industrial structure is optimized.

Key words: culture industry, regional industrial structure, Middle Yangtze River