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2019 Asian Weightlifting Championships to be held

Details: Category: Ningbo News; Published: Wednesday, 01 May 2019 07:17

The 2019 AWF Asian Weightlifting Championships to be started on April 20 attracts a lot of men of muscles from Asian countries. By the evening of April 17th, 14 teams have arrived in Ningbo.

Shi Zhiyong, an athlete of Ningbo origin and weightlifting Olympic champion, arrived in Ningbo with the Chinese national weightlifting team on the afternoon of April 17. The weightlifting team of Saudi Arabia arrived on the early morning of April 16. The other teams that have arrived include those of Kazakhstan, South Korea, India and Sri Lanka.

Reportedly, the Asian Weightlifting Federation and the Chinese Weightlifting Association will hold meetings on April 18 and 19. The opening ceremony of the Asian Weightlifting Championships will be held on the morning of April 20

Chinese and Western Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition Opens at 117 Art Center

Details: Category: Ningbo News; Published: Wednesday, 01 May 2019 07:14

On April 20th, Chinese and Western Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition takes place at 117 Art Center of Ningbo Municipal Cultural Center. The exhibition is to present a hundred or so artistic works accomplished by ten Chinese artists and six international artists from Germany, Britain, and Romania.

Many of the ten Chinese artists who come from Ningbo and other cities as well have ever studied, traveled, or lived overseas. Those artistic works are of various forms such as paintings on paper, cloth and other comprehensive materials, and different styles such as lacquer painting and Chinese painting

Ningbo Cultural Fair will have " Literary Living Room"

Details: Category: Ningbo News; Published: Monday, 15 April 2019 06:44

On April 10th, it is learned from the City Cultural Center that “Art Living Room” will be unveiled at Ningbo International Cultural Fair in the form of the first urban art popularization space model in China.

According to reports, the art living room is located in Hall 3 of Ningbo International Convention and Exhibition Center, the main venue of the Cultural Fair.

The whole exhibition area is characterized by “literary art and youthfulness” and consists of three sections: experience zone, exhibition zone and meeting zone, including art meeting, cloud shelf, digital experience, skill interaction, and cultural creation derivative. 200 art league organizations and more than 30 space alliance members will be invited to participate in the exhibition. More than 500 pieces of art boutique will be exhibited. And over 160 online art and cultural products, and art training courses will be available for visitors to observe, experience or purchase.

What is even more exciting is that during the three-day exhibition, the art living room will hold 9 theme activities and two normal interactive activities.

Ningbo Orange Music Festival Successfully Held

Details: Category: Ningbo News; Published: Wednesday, 01 May 2019 07:13

As part of the activities of 2019 China (Ningbo) Cultural Industries Fair, Ningbo Orange Music Festival was successfully held in the evening on April 21.

Ningbo Cultural Plaza has held an outdoor music festival each year since 2014 to boost diversified music exchanges, such as Summer Solstice Music Day, Orange Music Contest, Orange Music Festival and talent show, creating an atmosphere of music in Ningbo. Successfully held for 3 years, Orange Music Festival was originally Orange Music Contest and has formed its brand effect and attracts tens of thousands of audience from local and surrounding areas every year, enjoying enormous population among music lovers in Ningbo. It’s known that the tickets for this year’s Orange Music Festival wer sold out within 3 days.

In this year’s musical festival, many noted Chinese bands and singers, such as QUEEN SEA BIG SHARK, Fangdongdemao (The cat of landlord), Qiezidan (Eggplant Egg), Guo Ding and Chen Hongyu put on different forms of music performance including ballet and rock music and won the hearts of wide young audience

2019 Ningbo Characteristic Cultural Industry Fair to open on April 12

Details: Category: Ningbo News; Published: Monday, 15 April 2019 06:41

On April 9th, it was learned from the relevant press conference that the 4th China (Ningbo) Characteristic Cultural Industry Fair, which was jointly hosted by the Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department and the Municipal Government, will open on April 12 for a three-day extension.

The theme of the fair is “Building a Cultural Metropolitan Circle”. The main venue is located in Ningbo International Convention and Exhibition Center with an exhibition area of 40,000 square meters. There are 6 theme pavilions, namely“International Cultural Creation” and “City Creation", "Traditional Culture and Modern Living Integration", "Cultural Bonded Trade and Art Design", "Cultural Science and Technology Finance Integration" and "Cultural Ningbo 2020". More than 160 groups and more than 1,000 companies will participate in the event, including 23 overseas delegations and more than 270 overseas enterprises, from 17 countries and regions around the world. The organizing committee has invited more than 50,000 Chinese and foreign businessmen, and it is estimated that more than 320,000 people will visit this fair.