On the morning of June 10th, the annual art festival – the 11th International Exhibition of Traditional Fine Arts opened in Shanghai Art Collection Museum.
Ms. Zhong Yanqun, Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the 14th Shanghai Municipal People's Congress, Mr. Wang Ronghua, Vice-Chairman of the 10th CPPCC Shanghai Committee, Mr. Wang Lan, Secretary of the CPC Changning District Committee, Mr. Zhang Wei, Acting Mayor of Changning District People’s Government, Mr. Zhang Wangyao, Director of Changning District NPC, Mr. Ma Shengde, Former Inspector of ICH Department of Ministry of Culture and Member of the National Committee of Experts on Intangible Culture Heritage Protection, Mr. Chu Xiaobo, Deputy Director of Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism, Mr. Fu Jihong, Deputy Director of Foreign Affairs Office of Shanghai Municipality, Mr. Zhang Lei, Member of the Standing Committee, and Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the CPC Changning District Committee, Mr. Lu Hao, Deputy Mayor of Changning District People’s Government, Mr. Huang Zhaoqiang, President of the co-host Shanghai Creative Industry Association, Mr. Akio Isomata, Consul General of Japan in Shanghai, Mr. Huseyin Emre Engin, Consul General of Turkey in Shanghai, Mr. Pablo Obregon, Consul General of Argentine in Shanghai, Mr. Syed Farizal Aminy, Consul General of Malaysia in Shanghai, Ms. Leisbeth Berrios Leon, Consul General of Venezuela in Shanghai, Mr. Deny Kurnia ,Consul General of Indonesia in Shanghai, Mr. Ramazan Parvaz, Consul General of Iran in Shanghai, Mr. Daniel Cruz Cardenas, Consul General of Colombia in Shanghai, Ms. Maria-Helene Fuchs, Acting Consul General of Austria in Shanghai and other distinguished leaders, guests, representatives of artists, media reporters participated in the opening ceremony.Mr. Wang Ronghua, Vice-Chairman of the 10th CPPCC Shanghai Committee, Mr. Masayuki Imai, winner of Japanese National Medal of Culture, Mr. Mostafa Muhamed Alham, Governor of Luxor in Egypt, Mr. Juan Falú, Director of Cultural Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of Argentine, Guy Salter, OBE MVO, Chairman of London Craft Week and other domestic and foreign leaders and guests sent congratulatory letters to the exhibition.
Highlights
All guests gathered to witness the grand opening of the exhibition
Mr. Lu Hao, Deputy Mayor of Changning District People's Government and Mr. Josh Bobley, Visiting scholar of Oxford University presided over the ceremony
Mr. Hu Muqing, President of Shanghai Art Collection Museum (the undertaking organization of the exhibition) introduced the guests attending at the opening ceremony.
Mr. Chu Xiaobo, Deputy Director of Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism gave the welcome speech
Mr. Zhang Wei, Acting Mayor of Changning District People’s Government(the hosting organization of the exhibition)gave the welcome speech
Mr. Akio Isomata, Consul General of Japan in Shanghai gave the speech
Mr. Fang Lei, Director of Changning Administration of Culture and Tourism, Ms. Li Shuiqing, Chief Curator of Shanghai Art Collection Museum, Ms. Cang Ping, Dean of Shanghai Art & Design Academy, Ms. Tang Yan, Director of Shanghai Jiading Juyuan New Area Management Committee signed the MOU on Tour Exhibition of the 11th International Exhibition of Traditional Fine Arts.
Leaders issued the certificates to the artists who donated works to the museum
The consuls general attending the ceremony left congratulatory messages to the exhibition
Representative of leaders launched the exhibition together
Guests
On the ceremony
The exhibition is themed by "Tracing Art in the Heart", attracting more than 150 artists, Arts and Crafts Masters, National Intangible Culture Heritage Inheritors from over 24 countries, including China, Japan, Korea, Poland, America, France, Canada, Iran, Austria, Czech, Norway, Turkey, Romania, Argentina, Ukraine, Hungary, Slovakia, Pakistan, Venezuela, Indonesia, Colombia, Laos,etc.
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In addition, Mr. Jiang Yunqiang, General manager of Hongqiao Airport, Mr. Lu Jianfei, former Secretary of the Party Committee of Shanghai Normal University, Mr. Qiu Chunlin, Director of Chinese National Academy of Arts, Mr. Chen Anying, Director of Art History Department, Academy of Arts and Design, Tsinghua University, Mr. Wu Penghong, Director of Shanghai ICH Protection Center, Mr. Daiheng, Director of Jiangsu ICH Protection Center, Ms. Guo Yi, Director of Zhejiang ICH Protection Center, Mr. Xutao, Party Secretary of CPC Committee of Shanghai Art and Design Academy, co-undertaking organization of the exhibition, Mr. Abdelrahman Hassan, Deputy Consul General of Egypt in Shanghai, Ms. Hedda Himle Skandsen, Deputy Consul General of Norway in Shanghai, Ms. Onny Jalink, Deputy Consul General of Netherlands in Shanghai, Ms. Tham Wanrong, Deputy Consul General of Singapore in Shanghai, Ms. Kim YoungShim, Jeollanamdo Provincial Government China representative, Mr. Hossein Bordbar, President of Iran Bordbar Art Foundation and other representatives attended the opening ceremony.
The Exhibition, a famous brand of "Shanghai Culture" Project, is to celebrate China's 16th Cultural and Natural Heritage Day and the 10th anniversary of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Law of China.
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