1st Ningbo Citizen Culture & Art Festival to be held
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- Category: Ningbo News
- Published: Tuesday, 02 September 2014 09:28
It is learned from the press conference held on August 26 that the 1st Ningbo Citizen Culture & Art festival, as well as the Cultural Consumption Month, will be held from September 1 to October 31, which will be the highest, largest and most influential comprehensive cultural and art event in Ningbo’s history.
According to Zhang Songcai, Vice-director of the Propaganda Department of Ningbo Municipal Party Committee and Vice-director and Office Director of the organizing committee of the festival, the event will be held at both the municipal level and the county (or district) level. At the municipal level, besides the opening ceremony as well as the “cultural evening fair” activity, and the closing ceremony as well as the awarding ceremony, there will be 39 activities in four series, including entertainment shows, impression of Ningbo, book reading activities and opera shows. While at the county (or district) level, there will be 109 activities. Specifically speaking, the major activities include such high-level cultural events as the Contemporary Russian Oil Painting Exhibition, the 6th China International Vocal Singing Competition, the 1st Ningbo Opera Week, and the 1st “International Short Films Week” at Ningbo Culture Plaza, as well as such grassroots cultural activities as “Competition between Villages” to be held in Yinzhou District, and some entertainment shows to be held in Jiangbei District.
During the period, the organizing authority will also launch a series of beneficial activities for citizens, such as extension of working hours and larger discounts in various kinds of cultural consumption spots. For example, citizens holding “Ningbo Culture Card” can enjoy discounts or gifts for consumption at cinemas and theaters, bookstores and art markets. A series of government-funded entertainment shows at different squares can cater for interested citizens. Such activities as “cultural volunteers spreading culture to grassroots” will reveal the achievements of cultural construction to more citizens.
