The new era means the new journey,in which new situations and tasks arise in the work of promoting the ideology and culture.The core competencies of publishing practitioners are crucial for the success of ideological and cultural work,as well as for the development quality and direction of the publishing industry.Hence this paper in-cludes relevant practitioners in the stages of'editing,printing,and distribution'as its research objects and reflects the objective status quo of the publishing industry's development by studying the changes of the core competence requirements for publishing practitioners since the People's Republic of China was founded.Meanwhile it gives a systematical review of the transformation in publishing practitioners'core competencies and reveals the profound connotations and practical significance of General Secretary Xi Jinping's remarks on the Chinese-style moderniza-tion of the publishing industry,clarifying the direction and path for enhancing their professional competences,as well as providing suggestions and countermeasures for improving their core competencies and career planning.